Feminism
What is the goal of Feminism?
Equal rights for women
What was the Temperance movement fighting against?
Alcohol
Which great awakening occured in the early and mid-1800s?
The Second Great Awakening
What was the abolition movement trying to stop?
Slavery
What was the Mexican-American War Fought over?
The border between Texas and Mexico
Seneca Falls, NY
What is "moderation?"
Avoiding extremes
What other movements did the this Great Awakening Influence?
Feminism, Temperance, Abolition
What war can be directly linked to the conflict between slave-holders and abolitionists
The Civil War
Who was President during the Mexican-American War?
James K. Polk
The Declaration of Sentiments was based off of what existing document?
The Declaration of Independence
What was the anti-saloon league?
A group against bars (aka saloons)
The Great Awakening was a religious movement of what religion?
Protestant Christianity
What is emancipation?
Freedom from slavery
What did President Polk do that may have been unconstitutional during this time?
Sent in troops to engage in conflict, bringing the United States into a war
What rights were women in the 1800's fighting for?
Economic Rights, Right to Education, Right to Work, Right to Vote
What was one specific "evil of alcohol" that feminists wanted to stop with the Temperance movement
Domestic Abuse
What was one way people in the Great Awakening spread their message?
Mass camp revivals, speeches, meetings
Abolitionists disagreed over whether immancipation should be gradual or __________
Immediate
What part of the earlier Texas revolution must we remember?
The Alamo.
Who was one of the women who organized the Seneca Falls convention?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott
What is Carry Nation known for?
Using a hatchet to call attention to prohibition laws
Instead of predestination, this great awakening focused on "personal ___________"
Salvation
Name two abolitionists
Fredrick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison, John Brown, etc
What Treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo