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Reform
Reform and a New American Culture
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Social Reform | an organized attempt to improve what is unjust or imperfect in society |
| Predestination | protestant idea that God decided in advance which people would attain salvation after death |
| Second Great Awaking | widespread religious movement in the United States in the early 1800s |
| Temperance Movement | campaign against alcohol consumption |
| Deptor | person who cannot pay money he or she owes |
| American Colonization Society | organization in the early 1800's that proposed to end slavery by helping African Americans move to Africa |
| Abolitionist | person who wanted to end slavery completely in the United States |
| Underground Railroad | network of black and white abolitionists who secretly helped slaves escape to freedom in the North or Canada |
| Seneca Falls Convention | an 1848 meeting at which leaders of the women's rights movement called for equal rights for women |
| Women's Rights Movement | organized campaign to win property, education, and other rights for women |