Hannah Ross
February 27, 2017
APUSH
DBQ In the beginning of the nineteenth century, Americans started to focus on the welfare of minority groups. Women’s suffrage, abolition, and asylum and prison reform became hot topics during the Second Great Awakening, a movement that took place in the early 1800s. The Second Great Awakening was headed by religious leaders who sought out changes in American society through uniting the American people (Doc. B). Due to the Second Great Awakening, reform movements were established between 1825 and 1850 to represent the changes American people sought for in the matters of slavery, suffrage, and asylum and prison reform.
Nat Turner’s rebellion, occurring in 1831, changed dynamics of slavery in America. …show more content…
This movement fought for women’s right to vote, because it was a right not originally given to women in America at that time. The women’s suffrage movement started in the late 18th century, but was renewed when other reform movements started to gain popularity. This movement went hand and hand with the abolition movement, because slave women were already uniting together for the cause of abolition. A rough impact on the suffrage movement came in 1840 when the World Anti-Slavery Convention banned female abolitionists from attending. This was a large motivation for the Seneca Falls Convention, a women’s rights convention. This is where Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote the Declaration of Sentiments, which asked that equal democratic rights for women be established like the Declaration of Independence did for Americans. Stanton believed the American government was unfair when it came to the women’s equality (Doc …show more content…
Different movements gained support through social and political involvement, offering minority groups representation. Americans started seeing equality as a human right that needed to be fought for (Doc F). Unfortunately, the well-being of minority groups in America were not a priority for some people. Some people didn’t find these reform movements necessary and didn’t think they would make any significant changes (Doc G). The Second Great Awakening was an era of great change for American minority groups and people who were willing to fight for the issues of slavery, suffrage, and asylum and prison