Jacksonian Democracy
This president was known as the “Common Man’s President.”
Andrew Jackson
The Second Great Awakening encouraged people to strengthen this personal relationship.
God
This movement tried to limit or ban alcohol.
Temperance Movement
This 1848 meeting launched the women’s rights movement.
Seneca Falls Convention
Abolitionists believed slavery was morally _______
wrong / sinful
During Jackson’s time, many states removed this requirement to allow more white men to vote.
Property ownership
Individual responsibility was an idea that people could improve__________ & ___________ through moral behavior.
themselves & society
This reform movement focused on creating tax-supported public schools for all children.
Education reform
The Declaration of Sentiments demanded this...
Equal rights for women
Some abolitionists were considered radical because they supported enslaved people using this method to gain freedom.
violence / rebellion / force
Jackson believed this group had too much power in government and the economy.
Wealthy elite / rich businessmen / political aristocracy
Because it encouraged moral improvement, many Americans began pushing to end this institution.
Reformers believed America could become a better society because individuals had the power to _______.
Improve themselves
The Declaration of Sentiments was modeled after this founding American document.
The Declaration of Independence
This formerly enslaved person became a powerful abolitionist speaker and writer.
Frederick Douglass
This event refers to the forced relocation of the Cherokee people.
The Trail of Tears
The Second Great Awakening inspired many of these types of movements.
Reform movements
Although reformers pushed for change, most movements still excluded this group from full equality.
Women / African Americans
The main right women demanded at Seneca Falls was the right to _______.
Vote (suffrage)
Frederick Douglass used speeches and writing to expose the contradiction between slavery and this American ideal.
freedom / equality
Jackson destroyed this national financial institution because he believed it favored the wealthy elite.
The Bank of the United States
Some historians argue the Second Great Awakening was democratic because it gave power to this group instead of elites.
Ordinary people / common citizens
Many reformers believed society could be improved because of ideas from this religious movement.
Second Great Awakening
The Women’s Rights Movement was considered revolutionary because it challenged this long-standing belief about women’s roles.
That women should stay in the home / traditional gender roles
What is Sectionalism?
When people feel more loyalty to their specific region (like the North or South) than to the country as a whole