Author Question: Discuss the various attempts at establishing utopian communities in antebellum America. Whether ... (Read 75 times)

jessicacav · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Protesting against slavery and the Mexican War, ________ refused to pay his taxes, went to jail briefly, and wrote the classic essay On Civil Disobedience (1849).

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Question 2

As a result of the Second Great Awakening, the ________ church became the largest denomination in the United States by 1844, with over a million members.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Question 3

Discuss the beginnings of the women's rights movement in antebellum America.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

Despite factionalism and general public hostility, the antislavery movement in America gained significant strength by the 1840s. Explain why.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 5

Analyze the tensions that existed within the movement to abolish slavery.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 6

Discuss the various attempts at establishing utopian communities in antebellum America. Whether secular or religious, they all failed for similar reasons. Explain.

What will be an ideal response?

ryhom · **Reply #1 on:** Sep 21, 2019

Answer 1

Answer: Henry David Thoreau

Answer 2

Answer: Methodist

Answer 3

Answer: As the expected moral guardians of society, women joined various reform organizations, especially those to abolish slavery. They gained valuable experiences in organizational tactics and a growing awareness of the similarities between the oppression of women and that of slaves. In 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized a convention in Seneca Falls, New York, to offer a declaration of women's rights, especially the sacred right to the elective franchise.

Answer 4

Answer: Despite differences, abolitionists agreed more than they disagreed and generally worked together. The public hostility to abolitionists was extreme, resulting in mob attacks, censorship of the mails in the South, and even passage of a gag rule to stop discussion of antislavery petitions in Congress. Such attacks and restrictions elicited sympathy for the protection and rights of the abolitionists and kept the issue in the public eye.

Answer 5

Answer: The abolitionists split into factions over ideological differences between colonizationists, gradualists, and immediatists. They also differed over the tactics of ending slavery: moral suasion, political action, or advocacy of violence. Class differences and race further divided abolitionists as well as the question of women's roles within the movement.

Answer 6

Answer: Utopian communities seemingly offered alternatives to a world characterized by factories, foreigners, flawed morals, and greedy entrepreneurship. Americans seemed too individualistic, ill-suited for communal living and work responsibilities. Other recurring problems included unstable leadership, financial bickering, public hostility, and waning enthusiasm after initial settlement.