HIST 1103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Transcendentalism, Seneca Falls Convention, William Lloyd Garrison
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There was a decline of family based economy and craft guilds and a move towards industrial labor: this was mainly in the northeast. Putting out system : this was being contracted out to do work in the home. Lowell mills girls: young single girls who worked in the lowell factory. They were paid less and the thought was that the girls would get married and move out of the system. These girls were the first one to do a strike in america. In 1860 25% of people in urban areas and the fat growth of these cities gave them the name of instant cities. The immigration from ireland, germany and china are the main reason for the rapid growth of cities. The second great awakening happened in the 1790 to the 1830: feelings and personal actions were what became important in christianity, there were a lot of revivals. Charles finney came up with the idea of perfectionism.
