discussion questions

2. Evaluate the importance of 19^th century religious revival on social reform. How did religion influence abolition, women’s rights, and/or the temperance movement? How are these reforms related to each other and how did they influence the changing culture of the United States?

Make sure to provide cited information to support your position. All work must be in APA format.

2. Review the major arguments used by proslavery advocates. Take into consideration political, social, economic, and religious positions. How would you argue against these proslavery positions? Are there any arguments posed by proslavery advocates that you found difficult to address? When responding to classmates, provide additional information and sources to help support their arguments and provide assistance in addressing the difficult arguments.

Make sure to provide cited information to support your work. All work must be in APA format.

OpenStax College, U.S. History. OpenStax College. 23 December 2014. (Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11740/latest/)

• Chapter 12 – Cotton is King: the Antebellum South, 1800-1860
• Chapter 13 – Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses, 1820-1860

Primary Source Documents:

• Douglass, F., & Stepto, R. B. (2009). Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
• Dix, D. (2006). “I Tell What I Have Seen”—The Reports of Asylum Reformer Dorothea Dix. American Journal of Public Health, 96(4), 622-624.
• Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions & “Solitude of Self” by E. C. Stanton

Articles & Websites:

• Guyette, F. (2013). Garrison versus Douglass on the abolition of slavery: An Ethics of Conviction Versus an Ethic of Responsibility. Max Weber Studies, 13(2), 254-263.
• Hogan, L. (2008). A Time for Silence: William Lloyd Garrison and the “Woman Question” at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention. Gender Issues, 25(2), 63-79. doi:10.1007/s12147-008-9054-8

Videos:

Watch Video Women in the 19th Century: Crash Course US History #16 Duration: (13:11) User: crashcourse – Added: 5/23/13 YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM1czS_VYDI	Watch Video Education in America: 19th Century Duration: (2:03) User: phoenixfilmandvideo – Added: 10/30/09 YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP9By3l7rlo
Watch Video Dorothea Dix Duration: (3:39) User: e3BW9orW90fBu2w_5sOmcw – Added: 9/18/14 YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmkX9s9EH1Q

Supplementary Materials:

Ebook: “History in the Making: A History of the People of the United States of America to 1877,” read the following:

• Chapter 13: Antebellum Revival and Reform