REVIEW & RELATE

1. As northern cities became larger and more diverse in the first half of the nineteenth century, what changes and challenges did urban residents face?

2. What values and beliefs did the emerging American middle class embrace?

3. How and why did American manufacturing change during the first half of the nineteenth century?

4. How did new technologies, immigration, and the panic of 1837 change the economic opportunities and organizing strategies for northern workers?

5. What impact did the Second Great Awakening have in the North?

6. What new religious organizations and viewpoints emerged in the first half of the nineteenth century, outside of Protestant evangelical denominations?

7. How did efforts to alleviate poverty and temper alcohol consumption reflect the range of reform tactics and participants during the 1830s and 1840s?

8. What connections can you identify between utopian communities and mainstream reform movements in the first half of the nineteenth century?

9. How did the American Anti-Slavery Society differ from earlier abolitionist organizations?

10. How did conflicts over gender, race, and tactics shape the development of the abolitionist movement in the 1830s and 1840s?