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Grade 7 - Unit 8
Early Reform Movements
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Reform | To make changes in something to improve it. |
| Second Great Awakening | A period of religious evangelism that began in the 1790s and became widespread in the United States by the 1830s. |
| Temperance Movement | A social reform effort begun in the mid-1800s to encourage people to drink less alcohol. |
| Common School Movement | A social reform movement that began in the mid-1800s and promoted the idea of having all children educated in a common place regardless of social class or background. |
| Abolition | To end slavery. |
| American Anti-Slavery Society | An organization created by William Lloyd Garrison whose members wanted immediate emancipation (freedom from slavery) and racial equality for all African-Americans. |
| Underground Railroad | A network of people who helped thousands of enslaved people to escape to the north by providing transportation and hiding places. |
| Sectionalism | A devotion to the interests of one geographic region over the interests of the country as a whole. |
| Seneca Falls Convention | The first national women’s rights convention held in 1848 at which the Declaration of Sentiments were written. |
| Declaration of Sentiments | A statement written in 1848 and signed by women’s rights supporters at the Seneca Falls Convention which detailed their beliefs about social injustice against women. |
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