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FMS 8th Ch 14
U.S. History
Term | Definition |
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Nativists | Americans and others who opposed immigration. |
Middle Class | A social and economic level between the wealthy and the poor. |
Tenements | Poorly designed apartment buildings that house large numbers of people |
Utopian Communities | Groups of people who tried to form a perfect society. |
Second Great Awakening | A Christian renewal movement. |
Temperance Movement | A reform that urged people to use self-discipline to stop drinking hard liquor. |
Dorothea Dix | A middle class reformer who worked on reforming prisons. |
Abolition | A complete end to slavery. |
William Lloyd Garrison | Abolitionist--published the Liberator an abolitionist newspaper. Helped found the American Anti-Slavery Society. |
Frederick Douglas | Former slave--escaped from slavery. One of the most important African American Leaders. |
Harriet Tubman | Former slave-- traveled through U.S. and preached the truth about slavery and women's rights. Conductor of the Underground Railroad. |
Underground Railroad | A network of people who arranged transportation and hiding place for fugitives or escaped slaves. |
Elizabeth Cady Stanton | Advocate for women's suffrage. She helped Lucretia Mott organize the Seneca Falls Convention. |
Lucretia Mott | Advocate for women's suffrage. She helped Elizabeth Cady Staton organize the Seneca Falls Convention. |
Seneca Falls Convention | The first public meeting about women's rights held in the U.S. |
Declaration of Sentiments | This document detailed beliefs about social injustice toward women. |
Susan B. Anthony | American social reformer, she was active in the temperance, abolitionist, and women's suffrage movements. |
Irish Potato Famine | A disease to potatoes that left many families in Ireland with little food. Millions of Irish people died. Many more fled to the U.S. |
Sojouner Truth | Powerful supporter of both abolition and women's rights. Never learned to read or write |