1825-1850 Dbq Analysis

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Slavery, society, and religion were key factors for democratic ideals in the time of the reform movements. Slavery was still common in the time of 1825-1850. Society was ruined due to drunks and not having a established prison. Religion wanted to make people better and make sinners good. Therefore it all lead to democratic ideals and to make more of a perfect society. Slavery was still around and still a problem throughout the time period. In the picture by Patrick Reason it says “am i not a women and a sister?”(doc c). Meaning slaves still didn't have rights as a human. Basically America in this time had no enforcement or strict laws Samuel FB Morse said to test America's power with a naturalization law (doc d). Now it is undemocratic for …show more content…

There were many drunks in the streets. The chart of the drunks that was made in 1960 it shows the progression of a drunk and to what they become (doc h). Being a drunk wasn't a pretty path then and now so they wanted to stop people from going down the wrong path and in a way scare them. Society was also bad criminal wise when many crimes accurred. Where did the criminals go? To prison which was new but worked in a way this was a democratic idea. In the fourth annual report it states they try these new things and seem to work (doc a). These prisons

tried to make the people inside them a better person even showed the people inside about religion. Religion wanted to awake the people and mostly the drunks and sinners. This reform movement went along with the second great awakening. Charles G. Finney stated that once the churches the change for better so will the people (doc b). The Constitution of the Brook Farm Association also said something similar it was necessarily about religion but they said also to make a better society with spiritual support,physical support and education(doc f). So all these factors inspired a “perfect

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