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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name the groups of immigrants who migrated to the US, tell where they settled, and thier reasons for migrating | Britians, Irelands, Germans, Canadians, and Chinese. New York, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Population boom, agricultural change, crop failure, and Industrial Revolution. |
| What is civil disobedience and how is Thoreau connected with this concept? | It is the refusal to comply with certian laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest. Henry david Thoreau wrote a book about civil disobedience. |
| What was the Second Great Awakening and when did it happen? | The second religios renewal of faith, in the 1790s to the early 1800s. |
| What was the temperence movement? | It was the moderation or self-restraint in action. |
| Who was Horace Mann and why was he signifigant? | He was a teacher and called "father of education" and worked to improve it. |
| Who was Dorothea Dix and why was she signifigant? | She was the most effective advocate of humanitarian reform in America. |
| Define abolitionist. | The act or action of abolishing a system, practice, or institution. |
| Name five abolitionist. | Fredrick Douglass, William Garrison, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, and Lucretia Mott. |
| What movement paralleled the abolitionist movement? | Proslavery movement. |
| Explain the Seneca Falls Convention. | To represent womens' rights. |