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S. S. Ch. 14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Immigrant | Someone who is moved into the country |
| Irish Potato Famine | Disease that caused rot in potatoes which caused Irish immigrants to come to America |
| German Immigration | U. S. offered a greater economic opportunity and more freedom from government control |
| Nativists | Americans and others who opposed immigration |
| Know-Nothing Party | Activists that founded a political organization that supported measures making it difficult for foreigners to become citizens or hold office |
| Middle Class | Social and economic level between the wealthy and the poor |
| Tenements | Poorly designed apartment buildings that housed large numbers of people |
| Transcendentalism | The belief that people could transcend (rise above) material things in life |
| "Nothing great in life was ever achieved without enthusiasm" | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Second Great Awakening | During the 1790s and early 1800s, some Americans took part in a Christian renewal movement |
| Temperance Movement | Movement to stop drinking by wanting to ban alcohol |
| Dorothy Dix | Middle-class reformer who visited prisoners throughout Massachusetts starting in 1841 |
| McGuffey's Readers | Most popular textbooks |
| Horace Mann | Father of the public school system |
| Abolition | Complete end to slavery |
| William Lloyd Garrison | Published an abolitionist newspaper, the Liberator, beginning in 1831 |
| American Anti-Slavery Society | The members wanted immediate emancipation and racial equality for African Americans. Founder: Garrison |
| Frederick Douglass | Escaped slavery and is one of the most famous American leaders |
| Sojourner Truth | Slave that contributed to the abolitionist cause of people who arranged transportation and hid |
| Underground Railroad | Not an actual railroad, but was a network of people who arranged transportation and hiding places for fugitives, or escaped slaves |
| Harriet Tubman | Most famous and daring conductor on the U. R. |
| Gag rule | Forbade Congress from discussing antislavery petitions |
| Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women | Pamphlet by Sarah Grimke that argued for equal rights for women |
| Seneca Falls Convention | The first public meeting about woman's rights held in the U. S. (NYC 1848) |
| Declaration of Sentiments | This document detailed beliefs about social injustice toward women |
| Susan B. Anthony | Brought strong organizational skills to the women's rights movement |
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