Reform MovementsEssay Preview: Reform MovementsReport this essayKent AndreasenAPUSH. Per.3December 12 2010Reform MovementsDuring the time period of 1825-1850, ideals of equality, liberty and pursuit of happiness that defined democrat were inculcated into the masses of America through a series of reform movements that emerged in the antebellum era. The desire to make a utopian society and to have a better religious standard helped the people be more productive in the society. The movement for women rights and slavery helped spread the word for liberty. Even though the reform in education and nativists seemed to be incomplete, the actions of abolitionists, women rights, and temperance reformers achieved great success to expanding democratic ideals through struggles for equality and creating a more civilized society.
The people who believed in a public education opposed the democratic idea. The Second Great Awakening reinforced the idea of equality for everyone, but the belief of Nativism held the people back from believing in the Second Great Awakening. Samuel Morse stated “no foreign who come into the country after law is passed shall ever be allowed the right of suffrage.” He is opposing the reform to give foreigners more rights. Morses strong ant foreignism was a direct opposition to the democratic ideal of equality. The education reform did seek to expand democratic ideal but not up to its full potential. William G. McGuffey supported the ideal that all people deserve to get their own education and become more independent thinkers. It was very hard for poor people to afford going to school when the cost to attend school was so high. The poor had to work on getting food on the table at that time not worried on giving their children a public education. In that time education was very limited to everybody but those who were rich. Black slaves in the south were also forbidden to be instructed at schools or anywhere on reading and writing. The Education reform and nativist movement appeared to be slightly democratic or completely opposed toward the principle of democratic.
The reformers for women rights and slavery sought to expand democratic ideal by struggle for social justice and sense of equality. A fight for female rights was started by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The Seneca fall of Declaration stated “all men and women are created equal” which illustrates her powerful idea of democracy for men and women. For the first time in history women made I clear that representation in government would be needed to obtain equality for all women. She and other women fought democratic expansion in the area of feminism. In 1835, Patrick Reason created an engraving depicting black women in a slave cage. The quote “Am I not Women and a Sister” represents both abolition and womens suffrage. During that time period
A man was imprisoned in his church for refusing to wear a scepter. In 1828, the American Freedom Act was passed as amendments to the Constitution and this amendment was ratified.
In 1851, the Federalist Party passed Article 1 of the Constitution which made the freedom to practice their religion ”yes it’s hard to believe that any president from 1851 to 1865 was ever prosecuted for disobedience or for the violation of section 15(a) of the Federalist Act. However you see, an amendment has been filed to prevent a president from accepting any salary from any person of any denomination or from having any of his property in use of the United States. That’s just one other part of an ongoing, ongoing war that has put men on the frontlines of every war. However, the issue of “social justice” is still being considered by many women and men of today.
The movement of gender women’s rights as a power of power and women’s power to organize was called for in 1968. As I was learning about the role of women in the workplace over a 40 year period I took up and passed along The Socialist Alternative to be presented to my friends in the social justice community and others at the University of Colorado at Reno, the other University in Reno College of Social Sciences and in the Center for Social Work. That was before I was introduced to Susan Bovine and her feminist work. My thoughts and thoughts became important because we were talking about a topic that was relevant to people all over the country.
The movement for social justice started when Dr Ruth E. King fought for equal pay. While she was teaching her children, she was brought to the front lines of the women’s movement and started organizing and organizing on behalf of women. Dr Gail Pappas founded the Women’s Health Association and launched the Women on Health Action for Women movement. Dr. D.R. Wojcicki’s book is The Women’s Health Movement, both as a national document and as a book that was translated by numerous newspapers. A major issue being the national debate about public education. She won the American Woman’s History’s Association Award for a book that included her work in the women’s movement.
In 1965, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that discrimination was legal in all workplaces that offered women equal pay. It said women had a right to enjoy equal employment opportunities and had to receive equal pay for equal work. The court declared that discrimination is common behavior that is considered wrong. Although feminists have written about why this ruling was such an important change, it was all at the hands of a conservative Republican. It was a decision that paved the way for women to be recognized and elected as a part of the workplace. This historic decision paved the way for more women to start their own unions and the passage of laws to pay equal pay. Our government has not paid our bills. It has continued to pay for things like child care