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New Movements in America: Immigrants, Urban Challenges, and Social Reform

Explore the arrival of Irish and German immigrants in America, the challenges faced by US cities, the transcendentalist and romanticist art movements, the reform movement including temperance, prison reform, education reform, and the movement to end slavery. Learn about important figures such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, William Lloyd Garrison, and Harriet Tubman.

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New Movements in America: Immigrants, Urban Challenges, and Social Reform

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  1. Chapter 14 New Movements in America Section 1: Immigrants and Urban Challenges Millions of Immigrants Arrive Fill in the chart below to answer the question about the Irish and German immigrants who came to America. Irish German Why they came? What they did when they arrived? How they were different then the other group. 2 Reasons why US citizens felt threatened by immigrants. How did the Know Nothing Party want to limit the rights of Immigrants? Growth of US cities • Reasons for Growth • increased immigration from Europe • Problems of Growth • overcrowding

  2. Chapter 14 Section 2: American Arts • Transcendentalism • Definition: • Important people: Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. -Ralph Waldo Emerson Go Confidently in the direction of your dream. Live the life you imagined. -Henry David Thoreau What did both Emerson and Thoreau advice? American Romanticism Ideas: Artists Who were they? Why did they paint/write? Writers Do you think utopian communities are possible? Why or why not? Asher B. Durand White Mountain Scenery, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire, 1857The New-York Historical Society, New York City

  3. Chapter 14 Section 3: Reforming Society The Second Great Awakening Reform Movement What was it? Who supported it? Who opposed it? Temperance: What was it? Prison Reform: Write 4 details Improvements in Education Availability: describe the difference in educational availability for the groups below. Provide details of the Common-School Movement below. New England vs. South & West Wealthy vs. Poor Boys vs. Girls Who? What? Why? Women’s Education: fill in the timeline with important advances in women’s education. Teaching People with Special Needs: write the significant contributions of the following men. 1821: 1830’s: 1848: Samuel Gridley Howe: Thomas Gallaudet: African American Communities For each of the headings below, take notes on how they related to African American communities. Richard Allen: Alexander Crummel: Quakers: Public Education: Colleges: The South:

  4. Chapter 14 Section 4: The Movement to End Slavery American’s Oppose Slavery Abolition definition: American Colonization Society • 3 details of the American Colonization Society: • David Walker’s opinion of Colonization: Differences Among Abolitionists • Reasons for opposing slavery: Spreading the Word Take detailed notes on the following people. African American Abolitionists Take detailed notes on the following people. William Lloyd Garrison Angelina & Sara Grimke Frederick Douglass Sojourner Truth The Underground Railroad Define: Describe how it worked: Briefly describe Harriet Tubman: • Opposition to ending slavery • Give details on how each of the following opposed ending slavery. • White Northerners: • The Federal Government: • White Southerners:

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