Question | Answer |
The belief that God predetermined one's salvation or damnation - whether a person went to heaven or hell. | Calvinistic Belief |
Reform rooted in the revivals of the broad religious movement that swept the U.S. after 1790. | 2nd Great Awakening |
A philosophical and literary movement that emphasized living a simple life and celebrated the truth found in nature and in personal emotion and imagination. | Transcendentalism |
Emphasized the idea of rehabilitiation, treatment that might reform the sick or imprisoned person to a useful position in society. | Dorthea Dix |
The call to outlaw slavery. | Abolition |
He was a slave who escaped to the North and began his own anti-slavery newspaper named "The North Star". | Frederick Douglass |
The most radical white abolitionist who created the newspaper "The Liberator", he also called for the freeing of slaves without compensation to the slaveholders. | William Lloyd Garrison |
The effort to prohibit the drinking of alcohol. | Termperance Movement |
Where women declared that they were entitled to the same rights and equality as men | Seneca Falls Convention |
System in which manufacturers provided the materials for goods to be produced at home. | Cottage Industry |
He preached that people could be saved and seek salvation. | Charles G. Finney |
During the 2nd Great Awakening revivals were held across the country, but were most effective where? | The North |
Which Transcendentalist lived in a small cabin in the woods for two years and believed in civil disobedience? | Henry David Thoreau |
Which Utopian Community followed the Guidance of Mother Ann Lee not permitting sex or marriage and relied on converts and adoption for the group to grow? | Shakers |
He pushed for free and compulsory education for all children. He also helped establish tax supported schools, a longer school year, and teacher training. | Horace Mann |
What group of people living in the North wanted slavery to continue? | Irish Immigrants |
America continued to import slaves until what year? | 1808 |
Who led a slave uprising in 1831leading to the death of 55 whites and causes even more harsh treatment for slaves? | Nat Turner |
How did Southerners defend slavery? | by the bible |
What was the cost of a prime field hand? | $1,500 - $2,000 |
During the 1800's what were women expected to do? | cooking, cleaning, and raising the children |
During the 1830's women joined what causes? | abolitionism, temperance, and feminism |
Who led the Temperance Movement and was so successful that alcohol consumption was reduced by 50%? | Women |
Catherine Beecher found that ____ out of every 4 woman was ill since they rarely bathed or exercised. | 3 |
Who spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention about her life as a slave and was booed? | Sojourner Truth |
When labor shifted away from homes and into factories who became part of the labor force? | women and children |
In the factory system what phase is an apprentice at? | the training phase |
What is a journeyman in a factory? | a skilled employee |
What best describes a master? | the most experienced artisan |
The Irish faced a famine due to a potato blight causing how many immirgrants to come to America? | 1 million |