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US History I ch 8
Reforms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 19th-century religious movement emphasizing individual's role in salavation and social and personal improvement | Second Great Awakening |
| An emotional meeting designed to awaken religious faith through impassioned preaching and prayer | revival |
| Philosophical and literary movement that celebrated truth in nature, simple living, and personal imagination | transcendentalism |
| Transcendentalist and author of Walden; he supported ideas of self-reliance and civil disobedience | Henry David Thoreau |
| Social reformer who worked on behalf of the mentally ill and influenced states to open special hospitals | Dorothea Dix |
| The movement to end slavery | abolition |
| The reformer and abolitionist who published The Liberator and called for immediate freedom for slaves | William Lloyd Garrison |
| Former slave who was spokesperson for abolition and the publisher of the antislavery newspaper The North Star | Fredrick Douglass |
| The slave and preacher who led violent slave uprisings in 1831 Virginia; later was captured and hanged | Nat Turner |
| The right to limit or prevent debate on an issue in Congress; secured by Southerners in 1836 and repealed in 1844 | The gag rule |
| The 1848 meeting in New York state which called for women's equality | Seneca Falls Convention |
| The Quaker abolitionist who delivered the opening and closing addresses at the Seneca Falls Convention | Lucretia Mott |
| The women's rights activist who, with Lucretia Mott organized the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
| An organized effort to stop the drinking of alcohol | temperance movement |
| Two abolitionist sisters from South Carolina who also spoke out against gender inequality | Sarah and Angelina Grimke' |
| Former slave who became a spokesperson for abolition and women'ts rights; famous "Ain't I a Woman" speech | Sojourner Truth |
| System of production in which manufacturers provide materials for goods to be produced at home | cottage industry |
| A young worker who learns a craft from a master | apprentice |
| A work stoppage organized to force an employer to respond to workers' demands | strike |
| Organization formed in 1834 by journeymen from six industries; sought to standardize wages and work conditions | National Trades' Union |
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