Antebellum Reform - Study Notes

Antebellum Reform - Study Notes 1.What was millennialism in the antebellum era? Identify and discuss the significance of the Shakers.-believed that people should return to the simplicity and purity of the early Christian Church by withdrawing from the vanities of society practicing celibacy-organized their communities into “families”-believed in spiritual and formal equality between men and women-separation of the sexes-men and women lived in separate quarters-labor was strictly organized by gender-can achieve salvation here and now (while youre alive) Second Great Awakening-immediateness cannot wait 25 years gradualism may not be soon enough-each one of us must be committed to abolishing slavery  ¢Ã‚† anyone who refuses to help abolish is as guilty as any slave-owner-prepared themselves for a judgment day maintained moral purity (utopian reform focus on conviction wanted to stop excess drinking, later on emphasis on no sex die out) examples of this are: the Mormon Church, Shakers-perfectionism, immediatism, moral suasion anti-institutionalism-led to educational reform and McGuffy books tried to incorporate good social values within ppl-practical reform abolition, moral purity, educational reform, temperance, womens rights, prison reform, creation of insane asylums (more egalitarian, democratic, inclusive America)-abolitionist community created the Liberty Party in 18402.Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Tak...