communities based on a vision of a perfect society
What are utopias?
Women and others gained rights through a series of peacefully breaking laws they felt were immoral.
What is civil disobedience?
religious frontier camp meetings
What are revivals?
Women gained this in 1919 with the 19th amendment.
What is the right to vote?
An abolitionist, he performed civil disobedience by refusing to pay tax rather than support war with Mexico
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
Women were very involved in this crusade against the use of alcohol
What is the temperance movement?
Printed books in Braille for the vision impaired
Who is Samuel Gridley Scott?
This movement led to changes in education, prison and the arts.
What is the second great awakening?
First white abolitionist to call for "the immediate and complete emancipation of all enslaved people." Wanted equal rights for all as well.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
At the Seneca Falls Convention, she called for an end to discrimination of women, and felt that the Declaration of Independence quote, "all men are created equal" meant all people not just men
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?