An Era of Reform
The religious feelings, inspired big movements, that were characterized by emotional, large-scale gatherings, encouraging many to work towards improving society.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
The North had four obvious seasons, that consisted of freezing winters, to hot and humid summers. The South had mild winters, and long, hot summers.
What is the different weather in the North and South?
The slaves working conditions, were horrible, they were given, only what they needed to live. They were given, two shirts, one pair of trousers, one jacket, one pair of trousers for winter, one pair of stockings, and one pair of shoes. Children received two shirts per year, and if any of these failed they were naked until next year, when they got more clothing.
What are the slaves, working conditions?
The secret network of free Black people and White people who helped thousands of people escape slavery and go to states without slavery and Canada.
What is an Underground Railroad?
The person who supported abolition, or the ending of slavery.
Who is an abolitionist?
The improvement of better conditions, for prisoners, and mental illness people. They outlawed cruel punishments like branding people, and they created special justice systems for children in trouble.
What is Prison Reform?
The South's economy was surrounded by agriculture, while the North's economy was surrounded by textile Mills, this was because of the geography.
What is the different economy in the South, and North?
The slaves resisted in many ways, day to day resistance was usually, passive, and consisted of breaking tools, pulling down fences, and stealing food from the kitchen. They refused to work, rejected orders, or struck back violently, when pushed too hard. Slaves also ran away.
What are some ways slaves resisted slavery?
The social separation of groups of people, especially by race.
What is segregation?
The influence that drives someone away from a location.
What is the push factor?
The effort to make education available for more people, and a policy created ensuring no student would be rejected by their race.
What is Education Reform?
The North went through many types of transportation, to get fast transportation for factory owners. By the 1840s, railroads were one of the North's biggest businesses. The South's main type of transportation was natural water ways and canals.
What is the difference in transportation in the North, and South?
The law says, that enslaved families don't exist, and the legal control of children was in en-slavers control, not the parents. Southern States, also did not recognize marriages between enslaved people.
What are enslaved families like?
The state of being subject to prolonged unjust treatment or control.
What is oppression?
The person who favors an agricultural way of life and government policies that support agricultural interests.
Who is an agrarian?
The act where enslavement was reduced and ended. Congress also passed a law that ended the Atlantic trade of enslaved people in 1808.
What is the Movement to End Slavery?
The South's education was very poor, because en-slavers didn’t want slaves to learn how to read and turn against them. However, the North's education was better, but people were sent to work at a younger age.
What is the difference in the North's, and South's education?
The Saturday nights were social events that required work activities, like pea shelling, or corn husking parties. Quilting bees gave women time to express their feelings with needle and cloth. The quilts made were beautiful, and needed for their families. Sunday's were time for religion, and recreation, doing things such as going to church, eating, hunting, fishing, dancing, singing, telling tales, playing games, and visiting with friends.
What is enslaved people's free time, like?
The being of easily seen or understood.
What is evident?
The dramatic change in economies and cultures brought about by the use of machines to do work formerly done by hand.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The movement of where women and men became more equal, at the Seneca falls Convention, is where organizers modeled the Declaration of Sentiments. Which is laws about men and women being equal.
What is Equal Rights for Women?
The North lived in big cities, while people in the South lived on farms.
What is the difference on where the North, and South lived?
The enslaved people sang about faith, love, and the kindness and cruelty of masters. They also had lots of legends. Enslaved people, also created dances, that were based on African traditions. They also could dance without music; they had an inner song that would go through their feet. Dancing helped put their cares, to the side, and express their feelings, and refresh their spirits.
What is African American Culture?
The rebellion of enslaved people led by Nat Turner that took place in Virginia in 1831.
What is Nat Turner’s Rebellion?
The philosophy of emphasizing that people should transcend, or go beyond, logical thinking to reach true understanding, with the help of emotions and intuition.
What is transcendentalism?