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Reform Quiz
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Push Factor | reason one leaves a place |
| Pull Factor | what attracts settlers into an area |
| Irish Immigrants | left because of the Potato Famine |
| German Immigrants | left because of the Democratic Revolution |
| Chinese Immigrants | left because of the Gold Rush |
| Reform | change |
| Women's rights Movement | improve women’s lives and win equal rights such as voting and education rights |
| Worker’s Right Movement | the effort to improve working conditions, pay, and hours |
| Mentally ILL Movement | movement to provide institutions for those suffering from mental illness instead of putting them in jail for no reason |
| Prison Reform Movement | Provide heat and other basic amenities for prisoners. |
| Temperance Movement | the use of little or no alcoholic drinks |
| Abolition Movement | fighting to get rid of slavery |
| Second Great Awakening | A revival of religious faith in the early 1800’s where new spirit of reform lead to movements for women’s, workers, and slaves’ rights |
| Revival | a series of meetings conducted by a preacher to arouse religious emotions |
| Education Movement | movement to have free public education paid for by taxes, teachers should be trained, and required children to attend. |
| Seneca Falls Convention | meeting held in New York to discuss giving women equal rights to males such as voting rights and |
| Suffrage | the right to vote |
| Antebellum Era | the period before the Civil War (1800-1860) in which many different reform movements occurred. |