No Preference \textbf{Current Liabilities}\\ As a result, some African American congregants left the evangelical churches because of racial discrimination or because they were barred from leadership positions within the church and founded their own evangelical denominations, such as the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church. Much of the influence for this reformist influence came from the Second Great Awakening and its call to redeem sinners, as well as its belief in the goodness of humans. You should study the financial statements before responding to these questions and problems. Reformers worked to create public institutions to deal with the social problems. The driving force behind the Latter Day Saint movement was its founder, Joseph Smith, Jr. One of the defining characteristics of the Second Great Awakening was large gatherings at religious revivals. \quad\text{of \$100,000 in 2012 and \$160,000 in 2013)}& 600,000 &500,000\\ \text{Less Cost of Treasury Shares}& (1,000,000) &(1,400,000)\\ This reform impulse captured one of the Second Great Awakening's basic messages: humanity could be improved, and indeed, perfected through religion and reform. The survey also asked the respondent's gender. The temperance movement and organizations had more than a million supporters who enthusiastically held rallies and distributed pamphlets on the evils of demon rum. By the 1860s, their efforts had indeed slowed, but certainly did not stop, the average Americans consumption of alcohol. Legal. Over the course of the nineteenth century, many towns and counties became dry. Perhaps the greatest legislative victory for the temperance movement during the era of reform was Maines shortlived total ban on alcohol from 1851-1856. Camp meetings were so called because, on the sparsely populated frontier, many attendees had to travel long distances to the meeting and camp out at the location. \text{Merchandise Inventory}& 1,800,000& 1,500,000\\ For the next eight years, Mott and Stanton worked to build support for such an organization. For example, as Frederick Douglass rose to prominence as an orator in the abolitionist movement, he began speaking not only of his life as a slave, but also analyzing abolitionist policies. Also, become productive, self-disciplined citizens. Born into slavery in Maryland in 1819, he escaped from slavery as a young man and spent the rest of his life devoting himself to the cause of freedom for all. Each of these movements worked for freedom and emancipation and to grant a greater body of rights to two of the groups on the periphery of American society. Far more women than men were converted during the revivals of the Second Great Awakening. Preachers and believers all over the country saw humankind and society as good and perfectible, able to improve and strive to become more like God. \quad\text{Total Long-Term Debt}& \$ 5,000,000&\$ 6,000,000\\ \textbf{Long-Term Debt}\\ This is especially true of the Baptist church; independent black congregations were founded all over the South. Many prominent African American abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass were members of the Society. The Grimk sisters were one example of the overlap in the reformist impulse between abolitionism and womens rights. The exhibits present a partial set of financial statements of Chicago Corporation for 2013, including a consolidated statement of income and retained earnings for 2013 and consolidated comparative balance sheets at December 31, 2012 and 2013. In the spring of 1841, Dix visited a Cambridge jail in order to teach Sunday school for a group of women inmates. What is its accounts receivable turnover? \text{Land}& \$ 500,000 &\$ 400,000\\ The reform impulse was not solely confined to the United States; Europeans were also in the midst of their own reform efforts. Moreover, her reports on jails also aided in the efforts to reform prisons. The region of western and central New York where Finney was most active became the site of intensive religious fervor and reform. - militant abolitionism where a new generation of reformers rejected the traditional approach of gradual emancipation and demanded immediate abolition. Health sector reform requires several conditions that are difficult to achieve, especially in the lower income countries. Chief among these physicians was Dr. Benjamin Rush of Pennsylvania. Evangelical Christianity was certainly the most powerful religious movement in the antebellum United States, but it was not the only one. The amendment was passed after years of efforts by temperance societies throughout the country. \text{Convertible Preferred Stock}& \$ 2,000,000 &\$ 2,000,000\\ Although neither group saw their causes ultimate goals achieved during the era of reform, each movement saw great advances. In western New York, revival movements inspired many new religious sects as well as social reform. 13 A House Divided - Revi, DepreciationofPlantandEquipmentandAmortization, BasicEarningsperCommonShare(Basedon1,600,000, DilutedEarningsperShare(AssumingConversionof, AccountsReceivable(NetofEstimatedUncollectibles, of$100,000in2012and$160,000in2013), LessAccumulatedDepreciationandAmortization, TotalLiabilitiesandShareholdersEquity, Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management, John David Jackson, Patricia Meglich, Robert Mathis, Sean Valentine, Information Technology Project Management: Providing Measurable Organizational Value, Anderson's Business Law and the Legal Environment, Comprehensive Volume, David Twomey, Marianne Jennings, Stephanie Greene, Bible Survey- Final EXAM !!!! - people brought ideas from different countries, across the Atlantic, Give Me Liberty Ch. \text{Goodwill}& 1,125,000& 1,125,000\\ Afterward, the rebels would flee to the newly-freed nation of Haiti. In the first issue of the Liberator, he made a public apology for ever advocating a gradual end to slavery and called for its immediate end. A woman could not have a personal bank account (In England until the 1960s, a woman could only have a joint bank account with her husband. Explain in your own words the significance of writing a bad check. \text{REVENUES}\\ In asylums they receive temporary care and attention. Many types of reform movements existed during this period in the United States, and groups and causes only grew more splintered over time. Two of the most significant reform movements to come out of the reform period of 1820-1840 were the anti-slavery movement and the womens rights movement. Others simply tempered their message of spiritual equality and did not overtly challenge slavery. Kentucky Congressional representative Henry Clay argued for colonization because of the unconquerable prejudice against blacks in the United States. The early message also empowered African Americans, free and enslaved. Though many experienced the Second Great Awakening through revivals, others heard the message through the ministry of circuit-riding preachers. Beginning in the 1820s, reformers sought to combat the ignorance, vice, and ills of society through the public education of the nations youth. Accessibility StatementFor more information contact us atinfo@libretexts.orgor check out our status page at https://status.libretexts.org. Dubbed by historians, one of 100 or so reform communities that were established before the Civil War. The message held the greatest appeal for those without power in society. \text{EXPENSES}\\ \quad\text{Total}& \$12,000,000 &\$ 9,200,000\\ In 1836, when abolitionists began to flood Washington with petitions calling for emancipation in the nation's capital, the House of Representatives adopted the notorious "gag rule," which prohibited their consideration. Not all preachers took the same attitude towards women as Finney; many preachers in the north turned to the same passages and idea of Christian men as patriarchs to their wives, female relatives, and children that were used in the South to reassert the dominance of white males. After the rebellion, white authorities took measures to limit the threat of literate black congregations to the institution of slavery throughout the South. The increasing urbanization of the United States and the large numbers of immigrants, especially Germans, had transformed the nation in ways that were unfamiliar and that some found threatening. \text{Cost of Goods Sold}&&\$ 5,000,000\\ A man could divorce his wife should she commit adultery but a woman could not divorce her husband on grounds of adultery. Two of the most significant reform movements to come out of the reform period of 1820-1840 were the anti-slavery movement and the womens rights movement. When one of the conspirators proved hesitant to rebellion, Gabriel called on his brother to speak at a meeting of the conspirators to encourage them to action: outright rebellion. Antebellum PeriodAntebellum is a Latin word that means "before the war." In American history, the antebellum period refers to the years after the War of 1812 (1812-15) and before the Civil War (1861-65). What are the other consequences? \text{Building}& 4,000,000 &4,000,000\\ The Grimk sisters, Sarah and Angelina, spoke out against the system of slavery in many forums. For the most part, the African American community did not see colonization or repatriation as a viable alternative to emancipation and abolition. Women joined and actively participated in abolitionist organizations such as the Anti-Slavery Society; they sponsored events such as the Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women. 14 A New Birth Of Freedom, Give Me Liberty Ch. Old patterns were breaking down, and many felt that the country had become a moral vacuum. Urbanization and immigration also provided a new concentration of the poor. "gentlemen of property and standing" (p. 453). Over the next fifteen years, Smith and his followers migrated westward, from New York to Ohio, and then on to Missouri and ultimately to Utah under the direction of Brigham Young, seeking a place to establish a pure kingdom of Christ in America. Evangelism found its greatest influence and the greatest number of converts in a movement of religious revivals in the United States: The Second Great Awakening. Pace of Life Preference by Gender. He ended his appeal by writing, I will not equivocate- I will not excuse- I will not retreat a single inch- and I will be heard. Along with an immediate end to slavery, Garrison also espoused racial equality as an absolute necessity to ending the institution without massive bloodshed. Veseys plan called for teams of rebels to attack targets such as the arsenal and guardhouse. Saw both individuals and society at large as capable of indefinite improvement. Women played a large role in education reform. If they openly challenged the institution of slavery, slave owners would not allow their slaves to attend revival meetings or to hear the message. However, the modern-day Seventh Day Adventist Church later grew out of the Millerite movement. Antebellum culture in America reflected the growing sectional crisis, at times seeking to pave over sectional differences and at other times making light of them. There have been many movements over time that has led America to where we are today. \textbf{Property, Plant, and Equipment}\\ Throughout New England, many Christians began to espouse Unitarianism, a sect based on the importance of human reason. The book reports that there, Jesus visited the Nephites after his crucifixion and resurrection. Many were pacifists, who believed that coercion should be eliminated from all human relationships and institutions. The result was the creation of penitentiaries, which sought to transform criminals into law abiding citizens through hard work, religious instruction, and isolation from the corruption of social vices. In the South, the movement became more conservative over time, and generally supported the system of slavery. The basic message was that salvation was something anyone could achieve: ordinary people could choose salvation through personal experience and living a righteous life. c. 1,341.001,341.001,341.00 This message of freedom was most clearly expressed in its associations with slave rebellions. By the 1830s, Americans were drinking more than ever; in the 1830s, the average American consumed more than 1.5 bottles of liquor a week. Debtors were punished by imprisonment. For the urban poor, a very few were able to attend private charitable schools. "Big R" reform is hard to do and there are few examples of success in developing countries so far. The abolitionist sentiment was also present in the South. Book: United States History to 1877 (Locks et al. \text{Cash}& \$ 100,000 &\$ 200,000\\ The idea that social ills once considered incurable could in fact be eliminated. Two of the most significant reform movements to come out of the reform period of 1820-1840 were the anti-slavery movement and the women's rights movement. Male2302090Female2182448, b. White abolitionists tended to see free and slave as two polar opposites; black abolitionists knew that there were varying degrees of freedom and slavery. While many women spoke out against alcohol, many in the movement perceived women and children as the chief victims of alcohol consumption, as their husbands and sons suffered from alcohols effects, spent the familys money on alcohol, spent their time in bars and saloons rather than in the family home, and sometimes became violent when drunk. The health reform experience of the past decade does provide a number of more specific lessons for us. Rumors spread across the South that the rebellion was not limited to Virginia; more African Americans were killed or arrested in Alabama, Virginia, and in other slaveholding states. Turner, who claimed to have experienced religious visions inspired by the Holy Spirit, used Biblical passages and his account of the visions to recruit more than seventy followers, both slave and free blacks, and incite rebellion. )%2F13%253A_Antebellum_Revival_and_Reform%2F13.01%253A_Religious_Reforms_in_the_Antebellum_United_States, \( \newcommand{\vecs}[1]{\overset { \scriptstyle \rightharpoonup} {\mathbf{#1}}}\) \( \newcommand{\vecd}[1]{\overset{-\!-\!\rightharpoonup}{\vphantom{a}\smash{#1}}} \)\(\newcommand{\id}{\mathrm{id}}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\) \( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\range}{\mathrm{range}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\RealPart}{\mathrm{Re}}\) \( \newcommand{\ImaginaryPart}{\mathrm{Im}}\) \( \newcommand{\Argument}{\mathrm{Arg}}\) \( \newcommand{\norm}[1]{\| #1 \|}\) \( \newcommand{\inner}[2]{\langle #1, #2 \rangle}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\) \(\newcommand{\id}{\mathrm{id}}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\) \( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\range}{\mathrm{range}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\RealPart}{\mathrm{Re}}\) \( \newcommand{\ImaginaryPart}{\mathrm{Im}}\) \( \newcommand{\Argument}{\mathrm{Arg}}\) \( \newcommand{\norm}[1]{\| #1 \|}\) \( \newcommand{\inner}[2]{\langle #1, #2 \rangle}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\)\(\newcommand{\AA}{\unicode[.8,0]{x212B}}\), 13.2: Cultural Movements- Transcendentalism, Utopian Communities, and the Cult of Domesticity, Second Great Awakening in the South and in Appalachia, Catherine Locks, Sarah Mergel, Pamela Roseman, Tamara Spike & Marie Lasseter, source@https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/history-textbooks/1/, status page at https://status.libretexts.org. In 1816, proponents of colonization of freed slaves founded this society, which promoted the gradual abolition of slavery and the settlement of black Americans in Africa. Nevertheless, the American Colonization Society (ACS) emerged as the main voice of colonizationists in the United States. Ministers such as Connecticut Presbyterian Lyman Beecher also spoke out against alcohol as a societal evil. In 1823, Smith recounted that an angel named Moroni had visited him. The antebellum period (or era before the Civil War) was a time of social and moral reform. Channings 1819 Unitarian Christianity sermon, which outlined many of the core beliefs of the new American sect, such as a belief in human goodness and rejection of the Trinity, inspired many churches to adopt Unitarianism. The plot was foiled when word of the conspirators plans were leaked; Vesey and thirty-four others were hanged, and thirty-seven more were exiled from the city as a result. A Massachusetts schoolteacher was the leading advocate of more humane treatment of the insane, who at the time generally were placed in jails alongside debtors and hardened criminals. Antebellum culture in America reflected the growing sectional crisis, at times seeking to pave over sectional differences and at other times making light of them. \text{Interest Expense} &&455,000\\ In every state, laws restricted the political and civil liberties of free African Americans. \text{Less Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization}& (4,000,000) &(3,800,000)\\ The abolitionist emblem - a portrait of a slave in chains coupled with the motto "Am I Not a Man and a Brother?" In the early nineteenth century, the United States was becoming a more diverse nation; the new varieties of Protestantism were one reflection of this change. \text{Increase in Retained Earnings}&& \$ 2,200,000\\ Like the preachers of the revivals, the temperance movement reformers called for individuals to lead clean lives and to redeem their sinning neighbors. One means of teaching these values was through the series McGuffeys Readers, a series of texts that taught not only spelling and vocabulary, but also punctuality, frugality, and temperance. Each of these movements worked for freedom and emancipation and to grant a greater body of rights to two of the groups on the periphery of American society. Participation in the temperance movement was much more socially acceptable than participation in the abolition or womens rights movement. 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