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Unit 5 Vocab AH 1
Social Reform
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Second Great Awakening | widespread spiritual movement |
| Revival | a religious gathering that relied on emotional sermons to awaken religious feelings |
| Charles Grandison Finney | an important preacher in the revivalist movement who delivered “hellfire and brimstone” sermons |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | leading transcendental philosopher |
| Transcendentalism | philosophy that emphasized the truth to be found in nature and intuition |
| Henry David Thoreau | Author of Walden who practiced ideas of transcendentalism |
| Civil disobedience | The form of protest that calls on people to disobey unjust laws |
| Utopian communities | Experimental communities designed to be perfect societies |
| Dorothea Dix | Reformer who worked for improved treatment of the mentally ill |
| Abolition | Movement to outlaw slavery |
| William Lloyd Garrison | Abolitionist leader |
| Emancipation | the freeing of slaves |
| David Walker | A free African American who urged blacks to take their freedom by force |
| Nat Turner | Leader of a violent slave rebellion |
| Sojourner Truth | Former slave who advocated for abolition and women's rights |
| Temperance movement | movement to ban the drinking of alcohol |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton | leader in the abolitionist and women's rights movements |
| Seneca Falls Convention | convention held in 1848 to argue for women's rights |