FMS 8th Ch 14 Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Nativists | Americans and others who opposed immigration. |
| Middle Class | A social and economic level between the wealthy and the poor. |
| Tenements | Poorly designed apartment buildings that house large numbers of people |
| Utopian Communities | Groups of people who tried to form a perfect society. |
| Second Great Awakening | A Christian renewal movement. |
| Temperance Movement | A reform that urged people to use self-discipline to stop drinking hard liquor. |
| Dorothea Dix | A middle class reformer who worked on reforming prisons. |
| Abolition | A complete end to slavery. |
| William Lloyd Garrison | Abolitionist--published the Liberator an abolitionist newspaper. Helped found the American Anti-Slavery Society. |
| Frederick Douglas | Former slave--escaped from slavery. One of the most important African American Leaders. |
| Harriet Tubman | Former slave-- traveled through U.S. and preached the truth about slavery and women's rights. Conductor of the Underground Railroad. |
| Underground Railroad | A network of people who arranged transportation and hiding place for fugitives or escaped slaves. |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton | Advocate for women's suffrage. She helped Lucretia Mott organize the Seneca Falls Convention. |
| Lucretia Mott | Advocate for women's suffrage. She helped Elizabeth Cady Staton organize the Seneca Falls Convention. |
| Seneca Falls Convention | The first public meeting about women's rights held in the U.S. |
| Declaration of Sentiments | This document detailed beliefs about social injustice toward women. |
| Susan B. Anthony | American social reformer, she was active in the temperance, abolitionist, and women's suffrage movements. |
| Irish Potato Famine | A disease to potatoes that left many families in Ireland with little food. Millions of Irish people died. Many more fled to the U.S. |
| Sojouner Truth | Powerful supporter of both abolition and women's rights. Never learned to read or write |
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