Were the grassroots movement in the Age of Reform successful in achieving their goals?

Once again another religious revival became popular at the turn of the nineteenth century where everyone was once to go to church, and women looked upon as to stay at home and look after the children. Often women were apart of revivals which were just a fraction of the opportunities they received. Woman finally had to operate outside their strict roles as wives and mothers. During the antebellum period it was a period of individualistic and reliance on reason over faith. This period lead to a decline in church membership, what many thought decreased was the belief of religion, and passion for going. The antebellum period was not a wide spread through out America it did not reach the South considering it included many women, blacks, and individualism was being promoted. As an effect preachers did began to preach on the subject of “hellfire and brimstone” people were swept over by these sermons, and as a result became in an emotional states in which they repented and asked for salvation. The Second Great Awakening led to abolitionist who preached good works and deeds when individuals could not find salvation. The grassroots movements in the Age of Reform were successful in achieving their goals with women’s right women received more responsibilities, abolitionist included blacks to have a say in reforms, and public education where education was for everyone, men, woman, even blacks. Woman rights movement appeared as a result of those who were feeling discontent and who would no longer tolerate being in total subjection. The women’s right advocates met at Seneca Falls in New York. Where the woman would express in the “Declaration of Rights Sentiments” for their demands to be allowed, and enfranchised. The demands stop there the woman soon wanted to attain woman’s property rights. Through out the antebellum period woman were involved as activists in abolitionist movement. Woman did attain some of the rights that they wanted, there was the first the Cult of Domesticity where woman were glorified for house work. This was not evidently enough so another attempt was made to please the woman the Republican Motherhood where he mother had the opportunity to teach the child to be a good Republican citizen. The woman even got the chance to got to school and receive an education, become teachers, scientist, etc. Along with women’s rights public education was on the rise during the antebellum period. Tax supported public education through miserably lagging in Slavery in the South. Grimy-handed laborers demanded instruction for their children. Many advocates preached for public teaching yet Horace Mann was one of the most outspoken on education reform. His Massachusetts model was the basis of a tax-supported public school system. More schools went from one room, stove, teacher, and often eight grades- and became the beginning of American democracy. Educational advances were aided by improved text books, and a Yale educated Connecticut Yankee who was known as the School master of the Republic. The Abolitionist movement was all over different reasons, included Theodore Weld, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman John Brown and William Lloyd Garrison. These abolitionists were of all kind white, black, women, men, wealthy, even poor. There were latter’s newspapers, like The Liberator which was very influential in abolitionist circles. These people fought for almost every right that was not given to the poor, woman, or blacks, and was partially fulfilled with them. The grassroots movements in the Age of Reform were successful in achieving their goals due to woman’s right, abolitionists, and public education. Woman’s right was a success in the fact that many rights were granted to them. They received education rights, jobs, and the responsibility to raise a good Republican citizen. Education was a success in ways, new textbooks were granted, new teacher, and new schools. The abolitionist accomplished a lot by writing in the newspapers, books, protesting, and preaching aloud. Much was accomplished in during the grassroots movements in the Age of Reform.