Second Great Awakening Dbq

From 1815 to 1850, the Second Great Awakening was beginning, in which many movements began. There was also a lot of geographical expansion, since it expanded from the east to the west. Some of those included the rights of Mexican Americans and Women. These two were treated differently, with Mexican American being hurt and murdered because they decided to stay in America, and with Women being thought of as property, and not as human beings. Both fought to be thought of as equal in our current society in America, and many people we know now today aided in these people getting rights. The United States did not act and conform to the ideas that were stated in the Declarations for the entirety of the people in the United States, because Women and

Mexican Americans did not have equal economic, social, and political rights.
The ideals of the Declaration were not fulfilled because Women did not have equal political and economical rights. In Document 2, the evidence that can be used to support my subclaim is that in the picture to the top, showing the life and age of women, we can see that women get fewer rights from the beginning of their life, since we can see that they may not go to school, and are trained to have children when they are young. However, when you look at the life and age of men, you can see that the man goes and plays with his friends, gets an education, and goes into the military. This evidence supports my subclaim because their economical rights were not fulfilled, since economic rights cover many things, like a right to education, and the right to have money of their own, which women did not have at that time. As the picture of the man shows a very successful scholar, and a war veteran, the picture of the women just shows her getting ready to have a child and to pass away. This shows that there was economic inequality between men and women. In Document 3, the evidence that can be used to support my subclaim is that many laws were in place to lower women’s status in society, as stated in their Declaration of Sentiments. They were not allowed to vote, which took away their rights to have an influence in politics. They made them also follow laws that they weren't even allowed to choose. They even weren’t even allowed to be disobedient to her husband, since he could “administer punishment.” Even male immigrants who barely know anything about American culture have an abundance of rights when you compare them to women. This evidence supports my subclaim because this shows that they had been forced to be lower in society. They did not have any of the rights that men did, and could not do the same things, else they could get hurt or arrested. In the document, it states that once a woman is married, they are seen as “civilly dead.” This clearly shows the unrest in rights at this time, since this is not what is considered equality. The clear lack of political and economical rights shows that equality was not present for women during that time. Many of the documents corroborated, since documents 1 and 3 both did state that a man could legally beat his wife and that women were not actually allowed to own property. Almost all the documents stated that women were not allowed to have a proper education. Almost all the document were reliable sources, since they were made during the Second Great Awakening, which was a period between 1815 and 1850. The first document wasn’t too reliable, since it did not have a specific year that it was created. However, it did corroborate with many other reliable sources.
The ideals of the Declaration were not fulfilled because Mexican Americans did not have equal economic and social rights.

In Document 1. The evidence that can be used to support my subclaim is that many economical challenges had happened to Maria Ignacia’s father, since he refused to become an American, and had to leave, which made him lose money. All his crops and animals were also taken to feed the troops. Even when he returned back to his house, General Kearny put soldiers into his house and continued to take his livestock. This evidence supports my subclaim because he had many of the resources that he owned taken away from him by the United States. When he left, he most likely lost a large sum of money going back and trying to find a home in Mexico, and had to feed soldiers as well as his family when he moved back to his home, now in Las Vegas. He probably had to work harder so that he can support his family, and still stay in America. In, Document 5, the evidence that can be used to support my subclaim is Juan Cortina had seen many Mexican Americans be segregated against by many U.S. citizens, including Generals and other military officers. He also had to suffer through many laws put in place to stop Mexican Americans from being equal to U.S citizens He once saw a farmer being attacked by a marshal, when Juan shot him and saved the man. This evidence supports my subclaim because many of the Mexican Americans could not get the rights that they deserved. Instead of being left alone, they were abused and beaten whenever they did something wrong, as seen in the document. Some people, including Juan, thought of Americans as “flocks of vampires.” They were wronged, since they could not have a normal life in America, even though it stated that in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. There were many documents that corroborated, including the 3rd and the 4th document, as they both stated and showed the land that was lost from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Document

1 and 5 showed how America did not follow the treaties rules, since they did not treat them as normal citizens. Some of the documents were reliable, since they were from sources who lived during the time, like document 4 and 5. However, the first three document were not as reliable, since the first document was a story about Guadalupe Lupita Gallegos’ grandfather, which is a secondary source. Both the 2nd and 3rd documents were made from secondary sources, so they are also not too reliable
In the final analysis, we can see that the United States did not fulfill the ideals stated in the Declaration of Independence, because Women and Mexican Americans did not have equal political, social, and economic rights. The topic of equality is very important in America, because in the constitution, they have many sections and articles where it states that the U.S is a free and safe place to practice religion and live a happy life, regardless of race. However, when you look at the aftermath of the new constitution, you see that most people got discriminated against, with many groups like women and Mexican Americans being hurt for their gender and race. And even now, present-day United States still does not have equality for everybody across the nation. We still see discrimination wherever we go, against many things like race, religion, disabilities, sexual orientation, age, lifestyle, beliefs, career status, etc. Someday equality will be known in America, but for now, we look into the past and see what life was like for people back then, living in a very less equal world, where maybe laws protecting people weren’t common.