1.Describe the movements and comunities led by Ann Lee, George Rapp, Joseph Smith Jr., Ezra Stiles Ely, Charles Grandisom Finney, and other, and their respective social agendas; describe the Antebellum "Culture of Self-Improcement," with a focus on gender, alcohol, education, prisons, and prostitution, and the rise of Abolitionism.
2.Describe the conflicts over the acquisition of former Mexican Territory following the War with Mexico, the Compromisse of 1850, and it's fallout, including the Fugitive Slave Act and the Dred Scott Decision.
3.Discuss the decline of Whig Party and the emergence of new political factions ranging from Free Soil to Nativism, and the growing 1850s factionalism within the Democratic Party and the emergence of a new Republican Party.