AMERICA'S FIRST REFORM

THE "SECOND GREAT AWAKENING"

• Outdoor revivals brought back strong religious feelings
• Protestant Evangelicals preached about individuals ability to reach salvation
• Evangelicals used mass political tactics- mass meetings, pamphlets
• Abolitionist we're greatly encouraged by the Protestant Evangelicals

PRISON REFORM

• Dangerous criminals were locked up with drunks and debtors
• Prisons were often dirty and unhealthy
• Some prisons had inmates keep strict silence
• Guards beat prisoners
• Food was of poor quality

REFORMS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL

• Often the mentally ill we're locked up with criminals
• Often beaten, chained to wall or chair for days
• Men,women,and children locked away in cold dark cells unclothed

REFORMS FOR PRISONS AND MENTAL HOSPITALS

• Dorothea Dix will visit many prisons and hospitals
• She will have cruel punishments banned
• Mentally I'll now treated as patients not criminals
• Eliza Farnham a warden for women's prison was able to get reforms
• She allowed prisoners to speak freely, put in a library, and a prison school

TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT

• Americans feared consumption of alcohol promoted "ungodly" behavior
• Many believed alcohol ruined people's health, disrupted family life, and led to unemployment
• In 1826 the American Temperance Society was formed
• The main objective is to abstain from drinking altogether to better society