Key Terms
People
Religion Sparks Reform
Antebellum Reforms
Anti-Slavery Reform
100

The term prohibition refers to the ending of this practice.

Sale of Alcohol

100

Leading abolitionist who created his own newspaper and called it “The Liberator” in 1831.

William Lloyd Garrison

100

This was a broad religious movement that swept across the United States after 1790.

Second Great Awakening

100

During the Antebellum Era, many states did away with religious and property qualifications for voting. This made it possible for most of what demographic population to vote?

Adult White Males

100

The complete freeing of enslaved peoples and giving them full political and social rights.

Emancipation

200

An organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests in the workplace

Labor Union

200

The most famous fugitive slave, abolitionist and African American of his time. His speeches and writings led to human rights reforms not just for former slaves and marginalized groups in America but for all peoples.

Frederick Douglass

200

A religious gathering that relied on emotional sermons to awaken religious feelings.

Revival

200

The “mill girls” of Lowell went on strike in 1834 to protest this.

Low Wages, Poor Working Conditions, Understaffed Factories

200

This group of reformers wanted to end slavery in the United States.

Abolitionists

300

The form of protest that calls on people to disobey unjust laws.

Civil Disobedience

300

Slave who, in 1831, led the most successful slave revolt up to that time.

Nat Turner

300

Experimental communities that all shared the common goal of self-sufficiency and were designed to be perfect societies. 

Utopian Communities

300

Prior to the start of the education reform movement, most educated children fell into these two descriptive categories.

Wealthy and Male

300

The loose network of escape routes, safe houses, and friendly assistance for fugitive slaves.

Underground Railroad

400

Modeled after the Declaration of Independence, this document listed what rights and reforms women expected to happen.

Declaration of Sentiments

400

These TWO women organized the Seneca Falls Convention on women’s rights.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott

400

Philosophy that emphisized the truth to be found in nature and intuition.

Transcendentalism

400

Discussions opposing slavery, faith and community were major topics at this gathering which was the first of its kind.

Black National Convention

400

Name ONE of the THREE cultural institutions or practices that African American slaves developed or embraced to help them cope with their enslavement.

  1. Secret networks of communication

  2. Family traditions and names

  3. The development of unique religious practices that combine Christianity and African rituals

500

A system in which manufacturers provided the materials for goods to be manufactured at home.

Cottage Industry System

500

Famous abolitionist, women's rights advocate and former slave who gave speeches in NYC

Sojourner Truth

500

Compared to many Irish, German, Southeast Asian immigrants, British immigrants had a much easier time adjusting to life in America because…

  1. They came to America mainly for economic reasons

  2. They assimilated to the culture much quicker and shared a common language

  3. They were already skilled in many many major industries allowing them to get higher paying jobs

500

This Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling in 1842 legalized workers right to strike.

Commonwealth v. Hunt

500

Name TWO of the THREE major claims made by supporters of slavery in the South.

  1. Slavery was essential to their econony

  2. Northern states benefit from the cheap labor costs of slavery

  3. Christianity supported slavery 

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