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US History, CH12
Age of Reform
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name the religious movement that had a big impact on reform. | Second Great Awakening |
| What is the difference between temperance and prohibition? | Temperance dealt with moderation in booze intake. Prohibition was getting rid of it all together. |
| Who was Horace Mann? | Leader of education reform |
| Who was Dorothea Dix? | Leader in the prison reform movement. |
| Describe what is meant by a Utopian Community. | Communities that tried to create perfect societies. |
| What would an abolitionist want to get rid of? | Slavery |
| What was Liberia? | Colony in Africa where freed slaves could migrate to. By 1830, however, only 1,400 had done so. It was deemed unsuccessful. |
| Who founded the abolitionist newspaper "The Liberator?" | William Lloyd Garrison |
| Why was Frederick Douglass famous? Name some of his accomplishments. | Fugitive slave. Taught himself how to read and write. Important abolitionist speaker, writer, and leader. Founded The North Star. |
| What was the Underground Railroad? | System to help free slaves |
| Who was known as the "Black Moses?" | Harriet Tubman |
| What was a "station" in the Underground Railroad? | A safe stopping point on the journey to freedom. |
| Why would some northerners oppose abolition? | Their dependence on cotton produced by slave labor or bigotry. |
| What document was the Declaration of Sentiments modeled after? | The Declaration of Independence |
| What movement was most related to the Seneca Falls Convention? | Women's Rights Movement |
| When would women gain the right to vote in America? | 19th Amendment, 1920 |
| Who was the author of, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?" | Washington Irving |
| This artistic movement's goal was to explore the relationship between humans and nature through emotion rather than reason. What was it called? | Transcendentalism |
| Who wrote, "Moby-Dick?" | Herman Melville |
| What was the first college for women in the US called? | Mount Holyoke |
| What is meant by Women's Suffrage? | Women being able to vote. |
| What was the first state to ban slavery in their constitution? | Ohio |
| Explain the doctrine of free will. | People's actions determined their salvation. |
| What is a revival? | A huge outdoor religious meeting. |
| Explain Jacksonian Democracy. | The expansion of democracy in the Age of Jackson that will encourage reform. |