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AH1 M6L2 Key Terms 1
American History 1 Module 6 Lesson 2 Key Terms 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Second Great Awakening | A religious revival that began after 1790 that stressed salvation was possible for everyone and highlighted the power of the individual. |
| Great Awakening | Religious revival led primarily by the Puritans in the New England colonies before the American Revolution. |
| Community Reform Movements | These movements sought to alter and improve society as a whole by developing a new philosophy of living and surviving as a community. |
| Women's Reform Movements | There were four major areas of these reform movements during the time period from the late 1700s to the early 1800s. Success was made in the areas of public schools and prisons and asylums, while minor successes were made in the areas of temperance and women's suffrage. |
| Public School Movement | In this movement, Catherine Beecher helped with the establishment of colleges for women and helped in the creation of elementary schools and mandatory education for all white male children. |
| Catherine Beecher | The major leader of the public school movement. She helped with the establishment of colleges for women and also helped in the creation of elementary schools and mandatory education for all white male children. |
| Dorothea Dix | This leader was from North Carolina and led reform for prisons and asylums. |
| Elizabeth Stanton | The leader of the temperance movement. |
| Lucretia Mott | The main leader in the women's suffrage movement, or the right to vote for women. |
| William Lloyd Garrison | Published the newspaper, The Liberator, in 1831 and founded the American Anti-Slavery Society to push for abolition. |
| Frederick Douglass | Born a slave which fueled his hatred for slavery; worked with William Lloyd Garrison until he founded his own newspaper, The North Star, in 1847. |
| Harriet Tubman | The most famous leader of the Underground Railroad; used the Underground Railroad to lead over 300 slaves to freedom from the South to the North. |
| Sojourner Truth | Born a slave but escaped to the North; achieved national attention by winning a court case for the freedom of her son. |
| David Walker | Advocated for an immediate end to slavery and even promoted the use of violence to help end slavery; wrote a pamphlet that led to laws being passed that banned anti-slavery literature from being distributed. |
| Nat Turner | Led a slave rebellion and killed 60 whites including his slave owner which led to stricter laws against slaves being put into place to prevent future rebellions. |
| Henry David Thoreau | A famous transcendentalism writer who said, "Men are born to succeed and not fail." |
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