Chapter 12. Antebellum Culture and Reform 

This unit explores the social changes America went through in the early 1800's from the revivals of New England, to the Utopias created across the country and the flowering of unique America art and literature.

The specific focus of this unit will be on:

A.  Evangelical Protestant revivalism 

B. Social reforms

C. Ideals of domesticity

D. Transcendentalism and Utopian communities

E. American Renaissance: literary and artistic expressions 

Reading Assignments

Textbook Chapters:

Ch. 12 Brinkley 14.pdf 

Unfinished Nation Chapter 12: Pages 271- Transcendentalists to 282- Rise of Feminism 

Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments

Class Notes:

Antebellum Reform and Renaissance.pdf 

Homework Assignments:

Printable copy of homework: 

 C12 Homework.pdf

Part 1 - Ideas/themes to know and include in your notes: 

• Emerson and Thoreau
• Brook Farm
• Nathaniel Hawthorne
• New Harmony
• Oneida Community
• Shakers
• Mormons
• Temperance
• Horace Mann
• Asylum Movement/Prison Reform
• Seneca Falls Convention

Part 2 - Vocabulary: These words are from the chapter, class readings, or discussion and will be used in context or need to be defined on the weekly chapter quiz.  https://www.merriam-webster.com/

Transcendentalism

Feminism

Temperance

Lionize

Macabre

Innate

Abstinence

Utopia 

Definitions: Fill in the correct word that matches the definition listed.

1.____________________(n.) the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes

2.____________________(n.) a philosophy that asserts the primacy of the spiritual and transcendental over the material and empirical

3.____________________(n.) a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions

4.____________________(n.) habitual moderation in the indulgence of the appetites or passions (like alcohol)

5.____________________(v.) to treat as an object of great interest or importance

6.____________________(n.) the practice of abstaining from something: the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable

7.____________________(adj.) existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth 

8.____________________(adj.) dwelling on the gruesome, including death