American history homework help

American history homework help. Question 2
1.Abolitionism
An abolitionist who impacted the movement was William Lloyd Garrison, founder of The
Liberator and one of the most outspoken abolitionists in the country. He along with other
supporters demanded the immediate emancipation of slaves.
Assenting to the “self-evident truth” maintained in the American Declaration of Independence,
“that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights —
among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” I shall strenuously contend for the
immediate enfranchisement of our slave population. In Park-Street Church, on the Fourth of
July 1829, I unreflectingly assented to the popular but pernicious doctrine of gradual abolition.
I seize this moment to make a full and unequivocal recantation, and thus publicly to ask pardon
of my God, of my country, and of my brethren the poor slaves, for having uttered a sentiment
so full of timidity, injustice, and absurdity. A similar recantation, from my pen, was published in
the Genius of Universal Emancipation at Baltimore, in September 1829. My conscience is now
satisfied. (Document 6, The First Editorial of The Liberator (Willis 1831).
2.‘’A second reform movement in the antebellum period, in which women would play a large
role, was the temperance movement’’.
This movement was an organized effort to encourage moderation in the consumption of
intoxicating liquors or press for complete abstinence. In fact, alcohol was blamed for many of
society’s demerits, among them an increase of violent crime, bar brawls, domestic abuse of
wives and street fights. No alcohol would mean no drunkenness, causing a decrease in
domestic violence and violent crime. ‘’ Drunkenness is ground for divorce, and every woman
who is tied to a confirmed drunkard should sunder the ties: and if she does it not otherwise, the
law should compel it, especially if she has children.’’ (Document 10, Amelia Bloomer on Life
with a “Confirmed Drunkard” (5lit.com 1852).
3.’’ The women’s rights movement, or as it has often been called, the first wave of feminism,
largely grew out of these two reform movements’’.
One reform movement that has changed American society has been the women’s rights
movement. Although this movement lasted for almost a century, it initially started in Seneca
Falls during July of 1848. Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Both women were two of
the most credible women in holding the convention, both women were prominent figures who
requested that women be treated as equals in all aspects of life. Despite several other women
helping with the famous Convention, Cady Stanton was the original author of the Declaration of
Sentiments. In the document, it states “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men
and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable
rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” (Document 12, Notes
on the Seneca Falls Meeting, including the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments
(www.sscnet.ucla.edu 1848).’’ These opening lines from her excerpt emphasize the unequal
opportunities that women were constantly faced with. As the document goes on making
important points about women and their rights, with women’s voice you start to realize the
potential of American life.
The advancement of independent northern and southern economies, westbound extension of
the country, and a feeling of change denoted the period.

American history homework help