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12.1 terms and peeps
| Term or Person | Explanation |
|---|---|
| social reform | an organized attempt to improve conditions of life |
| predestination | the idea that God decided the fate of a person's soul even before birth |
| Charles Finney | held the first of many religious revivals in 1826 |
| revival | a huge outdoor religious meeting |
| temperance movement | an organized effort to end alcohol abuse and the problems created by it |
| prohibition | a total ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol |
| Dorothea Dix | a Massachusetts school teacher who supported prison reform |
| public schools | free schools supported by taxes |
| Horace Mann | leader of education reform |