American Culture
What is Transcendentalism?
Movement where writers like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau emphasized that people should rely on themselves and connect with nature
What are Utopian communities?
Groups of people who attempt to make a "perfect" community at Brook Farm Massachusetts
Who is Horace Mann?
A man who worked to improve ublic scuools so every child could get an education
What is Greek Revival architecture?
Uses greek-style columns and demonstrated pride in American democracy
Who are circuit riders?
Traveling preachers who spread religion across the frontier during the Second Great Awakening
Name one provision that the reform movements included
Stop drinking, end slavery, and help women gain rights