Religious Revivals
What religious movement, sweeping through America’s Protestant churches in the early 19th century, sent a generation of believers on missions to perfect the world?
The Second Great Awakening
Who was the Massachusetts Board of Education secretary that campaigned for more schoolhouses, longer school terms, higher teacher pay, and expanded curriculum during the education reform movement?
Horace Mann
What 1826 organization, formed in Boston, aimed to combat alcohol abuse and created children's clubs known as the "Cold Water Army"?
The American Temperance Society
What New England teacher-author, known for her work on behalf of the mentally ill, assembled damning reports on the inhumane conditions in asylums, leading to reform in the treatment of the mentally ill?
Dorothea Dix
What 1832 Supreme Court case declared that Native American tribes were "domestic dependent nations" and had the right to govern themselves, impacting U.S.-Indian relations?
Worcester v. Georgia
What religious faith, gathering momentum in New England at the end of the 18th century, held that God existed in only one person and denied the divinity of Jesus?
Unitarianism
What Yale-educated Connecticut Yankee was known as the “Schoolmaster of the Republic,” creating reading lessons designed to promote patriotism, and compiled a famous dictionary in 1828?
Noah Webster
What dramatic novel by T. S. Arthur, published in 1854, depicted the devastating effects of alcohol on a village, becoming a bestseller second only to "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
"Ten Nights in a Barroom and What I Saw There"
What 1848 New York convention, considered the birthplace of the women’s rights movement, issued the "Declaration of Sentiments" calling for equal rights for women?
The Seneca Falls Convention
What Massachusetts-based organization, formed in 1828, aimed to promote peace and was linked with European counterparts advocating against war?
The American Peace Society
What term was given to the western New York region where sermonizers preached "hellfire and damnation" due to the prevalence of religious revivals?
The Burned-Over District
What teacher-preacher from Ohio published a series of grade-school readers in the 1830s that sold over 120 million copies, emphasizing morality, patriotism, and idealism?
William H. McGuffey
What Maine reformer and mayor of Portland was known as the "Father of Prohibition" for sponsoring the Maine Law of 1851, which prohibited the manufacture and sale of liquor?
Neal S. Dow
What team, active in the women's rights movement, co-edited the newspaper "The Revolution" and were strong advocates for women's suffrage?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
What term describes the major transformation from a subsistence economy of scattered farms into a national network of industry and commerce in the 19th century?
The Market Revolution
What 1830 religious book was claimed to be derived from golden plates received by Joseph Smith from an angel, marking the founding of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints?
The Book of Mormon
What Massachusetts institution, created in 1836, aimed to administer relations with Native American tribes, including their relocation?
The Bureau of Indian Affairs
What 1851 law, hailed as “the law of Heaven Americanized,” prohibited the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor in Maine?
The Maine Law of 1851
What 19th-century abolitionist and women's rights advocate, born into slavery, is best known for her "Ain't I a Woman?" speech?
Sojourner Truth
What religious group, founded by Joseph Smith and later led by Brigham Young, migrated to Utah in 1846-1847 to escape persecution?
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)
What prominent leader of the Millerites, or Adventists, believed that Christ would return to earth on October 22, 1844, leading to the movement's failure when the prophecy did not come true?
William Miller
What famous writer, known for “The American Scholar,” delivered lectures on self-reliance and American individualism in the 1840s and 1850s?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What poem, popularized in the temperance movement, begins with the words of a little girl pleading with her father to come home from the bar?
"Father, Dear Father, Come Home with Me Now"
What influential book, authored by Catherine Beecher in 1841, emphasized the role of women in domestic life and the moral influence they had on society?
"A Treatise on Domestic Economy"
What 1843 petition to the Massachusetts legislature, describing the inhumane conditions in asylums, led to significant reform in the treatment of the mentally ill?
Dorothea Dix's petition on the treatment of the mentally ill