According to the authors of the documents above, what was going wrong with the young nation and what did they propose to right those wrongs? .....

Read, Think, and Discuss:

· American Yawp,  Chapter 10

Primary Sources

· David Walker, Walker's Appeal, in Four Articles (Boston, 1829), pp. 22-39

· Excerpt from Frances Trollope, "A Camp Meeting, 1829" published in Domestic Manners in America, 1832

· Charles Colcock Jones,  The Religious Instruction of the Negroes , in the United States (Savannah, Ga., 1842), pp. 206-219

· Declaration of Sentiments, 1848

· A Member of the Ladies Home Missionary Society Visits Five Points, 1854

The first half of the nineteenth century was marked by the growth of cities, the introduction of new people, and an increase in industrialization.  Many Americans were frightened by these changes and looked to their churches for answers in an era known as the Second Great Awakening. Religion provided one solution to what many Americans saw as the nation's ills. But it was not the only solution. According to the authors of the documents above, what was going wrong with the young nation and what did they propose to right those wrongs? For each of this week's online primary sources, identify (in your own words-- do not cut-and-paste from documents) one problem and one solution to that problem as offered by each author. Indicate the sources used for each and be sure to use all five sources.