Reforms of Antebellum American Timeline

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  • Second Great Awakening

    Second Great Awakening

    A major religious revival that encouraged people to improve society. It inspired many reform movements, especially abolition. Helped fuel Northern opposition to slavery. (1790s-1830s).
  • Temperance Movement Expansion

    Temperance Movement Expansion

    Reformers pushed people to stop drinking to improve families and society. This became a huge Northern reform and added to cultural disagreements with the South. (1820s-1850s).
  • Rise to Abolitionist Preaching

    Rise to Abolitionist Preaching

    Religious leaders began openly condemning slavery. Northern and Southern churches split, increasing tensions and helping the abolition movement grow. (1830s).
  • Public Health & Sanitation Reform

    Public Health & Sanitation Reform

    Reformers pushed for clean water, sewage systems, and better city planning. These changes reflected Northern progress and highlighted differences with the South. (1840-1850s)
  • Dorothea Dix's Mental Health Reform

    Dorothea Dix's Mental Health Reform

    Dix exposed the poor treatment of mentally ill people and convinced states to build better hospitals. Her work prompted justice and reform across the country. (1841-1850s)
  • Seneca Falls Convention

    Seneca Falls Convention

    First women's rights meeting in U.S. history. Started the organized women's rights movement and strengthened connections between reform groups like abolitionists. (1848).