Convention held to raise awareness of the women's rights movement during the antebellum time period
What is Seneca Falls Convention?
100
A religious revival similar to the Great Awakening
What is the Second Great Awakening?
100
The first-ever district with tax-supported free public schools
What is Dedham?
100
President responsible for the spoils system
Who was Andrew Jackson?
200
Legislation in 1830 pushed through Congress by Andrew Jackson which provided money for relocating Native Americans
What is the Indian Removal Act?
200
Document written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton which was modeled after the Declaration of Independence
What is Declaration of Sentiments?
200
The most famous preacher of the antebellum time period, who emulated George Whitefield
Who was Charles Grandison Finney?
200
Education reformer who founded "normal schools."
Who was Horace Mann?
200
The Native American group effected by the "Trail of Tears"
Who were the Cherokees?
300
A political party whose members kept their membership secret and vowed to never vote for a Catholic
What is the Know-Nothing (or American) Party?
300
Her efforts led to the passage of the 19th amendment (granting women the right to vote)
Who was Susan B. Anthony?
300
Religious group which rejects the idea of the existence of a hell
Who are Universalists?
300
Education reformer who "Americanized" the English language
Who was Noah Webster?
300
The literary movement started by writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller which suggested that humans are born with all knowledge and access it by interacting with nature
What is transcendentalism?
400
To withdraw from the Union
What is to secede?
400
African-American abolitionist whose speeches wound up also influencing the women’s rights movement (particularly “Ain’t I a Woman?)
Who was Sojourner Truth?
400
Religious group who rejects the idea of Jesus being the son of God
Who are Unitarians?
400
The first ever "normal school" (teacher-training school)
What is Framingham State University?
400
Andrew Jackson's battle with the Second Bank of the United States led to this event in the U.S.
What is Panic of 1837?
500
Vice president of the United States who also resided in South Carolina during the controversies over taxes on imports
Who is John C. Calhoun?
500
Her efforts led to the better treatment of mentally ill patients in prisons by showing that their health could improve based on their living conditions
Who was Dorothea Dix?
500
The founder of the Mormon religion who published the Book of Mormon
Who was Joseph Smith?
500
Horace Mann stepped down from his role in the MA Senate to take a role in this instead.