Henry J. Sage
Sage American History: Social and Cultural Issues in the Antebellum Period
Article covering Antebellum social and cultural movements including education reform, literature, Seneca Falls, immigration, and religion.
Other
Smith College: Across the Generations:exploring Us History Through Family Papers
The reform movement during the nineteenth century is explored through original documents. This site gives an overview of the social history of this time period.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Pathways to Equality
Explore the various reform movements American women participated in during the 19th century.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Stirrings of Reform
The democratic upheaval in politics exemplified by Jackson's election was merely one phase of the long American quest for greater rights and opportunities for all citizens. Another was the beginning of labor organization, primarily among...
Social Studies Help Center
Social Studies Help Center: Individual's Impact on the Nation's Problems
Find out about the impact of social reformers in the 19th century including women's rights, temperance, care for the mentally ill, and education.
Quia
Quia: Federal Indian Policy Oder Quiz
Take this quiz on the women and reform movements of the 19th century.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Institutionalizing Religious Belief: The Benevolent Empire
Many social movements in the early 19th century had a religious foundation. Read about the Benevolent Empire, a loose coalition of Protestant denominations that addressed social issues of the time.
US Department of State
Biographies of the Secretaries of State: William Learned Marcy (1786 1857)
Brief biography of William Learned Marcy explains his rise to prominence and influence on 19th Century American diplomacy.
Digital History
Digital History: Pre Civil War Reform: Introduction
A good introduction to the topic of reform movements in Pre-Civil War America. What were the reasons that encouraged reform of many social ills?
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Monumental Idea
This is a small-group project utilizing web research, cooperation, creativity and hands-on production in order to fully understand the impact of social reformers of the 19th century. Students will be responsible for building a monument...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1848: Quiz 3
A quick comprehension check over reform movements in the US during the mid 1800s.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1848: An Age of Reform
Take this quick self assessment over the age of reform in the United States.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Woman's Rights Activists During the Civil War
During the Civil War, reformers focused on the war effort rather than organizing women's rights meetings.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Culture and Reform in the Early Nineteenth Century
Temperance, abolition, and a whole host of other reform movements sprung up in the early nineteenth century. Can you tell a teetotaler from a Transcendentalist? Test your knowledge here.
Ohio State University
Osu History Teaching Institute: The Age of Reform
This lesson looks at two reform movements anti-slavery and women's rights and their cultural connections among the various reform impulses.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Us History: Political Machines and Progressive Reforms
Read and study the sources about political machines, corruption, and Progressive reforms. Then use the four sources and your knowledge of U.S. history to answer the questions.
Digital History
Digital History: Religious Liberalism
A brief description of the basis of Unitarianism in America and its influence on the reform movements of the time.
History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: Reform Movements: Quiz (1)
This 12-question multiple choice quiz is immediately scored and covers facts dealing with the Reform Movement in the ealy 1800s.
History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: Reform Movements: Quiz (5)
Choose the correct word from the drop down menu for each of the twenty questions to evaluate your knowledge of reform movements.
History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: The Growing National Crisis: The 1850s: Quiz 5
Choose the correct word from the drop down menu for each of the twelve questions to evaluate your knowledge of people and events relating to the growing national crisis in the 1850s.
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Katherine S. Carper, "The Immigrant Waterfront"
This article focuses on the "Water Street Revival," a short-lived (July-October 1868) religious reform effort, which began after journalist Oliver Dyer published a "Packard's Monthly" article identifying John Allen, the owner of a...