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Foy Ch. 14 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| U.S. citizens who opposed immigration because they were suspicious of immigrants and feared losing jobs to them. | nativists |
| A political organization founded in 1849 by nativists who supported measures making it difficult for foreigners to become citizens and to hold office. | Know-Nothing Party |
| The social and economic level between the wealthy and the poor. | middle-class |
| Poorly built, overcrowded housing where many immigrants lived. | tenements |
| The idea that people could rise above the material things in life; a popular movement among New England writers and thinkers in the mid-1800's. | transcendentalism |
| A period of religious evangelism that began in the 1790's and became widespread in the United States by the 1830's. | Second Great Awakening |
| A social reform effort begun in the mid-1800's to encourage people to drink less alcohol. | temperance movement |
| A social reform effort that began in the mid-1800's and promoted the idea of having all children educated in a common place regardless of social class or background. | common-school movement |
| An end to slavery. | abolition |
| An organization started by William Lloyd Garrison whose members wanted immediate emancipation and racial equality for African Americans. | American Anti-Slavery Society |
| A network of people who helped thousands of enslaved people escape to the North by providing transportation and hiding places. | Underground Railroad |
| The first national women's rights convention in 1848 at which the Declaration of Sentiments was written. | Seneca Falls Convention |
| An 1848 statement written and signed by women's rights supporters at the Seneca Falls Convention; detailed their beliefs about social injustice against women. | Declaration of Sentiments |
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