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Section 1: Religion Sparks Reform
Section 2: Slavery and Abolition
Section 3: Women and Reform
Section 4: The Changing Workplace
Vocabulary/Lowell Mills
100
A religious gathering designed to reawaken faith through impassioned preaching
What is a revival?
100
The freeing of slaves
What is emancipation?
100

The first coeducational college that admitted both men and women in 1837

What is Oberlin College

100
A young worker learning a craft
What is an apprentice?
100
The refusal to obey those laws which are seen as unjust in an effort to bring about a change in governmental policy.
What is Civil Disobedience?
200
A 19th-century religious movement in which individual responsibility for seeking salvation was emphasized, along with the need for personal and social improvement.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
200
1835 law passed by Southern congress which made it illegal to talk of abolition or anti-slavery arguments in Congress.
What is gag rule?
200
The effort to prevent the drinking of alcohol.
What is the Temperance Movement?
200
A system of production in which manufacturers provide the materials for goods to be produced at home.
What is the Cottage Industry?
200

These two sisters worked for their abolition and women's rights 

What is Sarah and Angelina Grimke

300
The most famous preacher of the era, inspired emotional religious faith, using a speaking style that was as much high drama as prayer or sermon.
Who is Charles G. Finney?
300
Prominent American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
300
A women's rights convention that was held in New York in 1848.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
300

Which group commonly worked as strikebreakers for low wages? 

Who are Immigrants?

300
American transcendentalist who was against slavery and stressed self-reliance, optimism, self-improvement, self-confidence, and freedom. He was a prime example of a transcendentalist and helped further the movement.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
400
Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education, he was a prominent proponent of public school reform, and set the standard for public schools throughout the nation. Also established teacher training programs and instituted curriculum reforms.
Who is Horace Mann?
400
One of the most prominent african american figures in the abolitionist movement. Escaped from slavery in Maryland. Went on to publish his own newspaper, The North Star, and hoped that abolition could be achieved through political action.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
400
This person, along with Lucretia Mott, organized the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls, New York. Modeled the "Declaration of Sentiments" which declared "all men and women are created equal" after the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
400
A skilled worker employed by a master craftsman
What is a journeyman?
400
American transcendentalist who was against a government that supported slavery. He wrote down his beliefs in Walden. He started the movement of civil-disobedience when he refused to pay the toll-tax to support him Mexican War.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
500

Literary and philosophical movement that emphasizes simple life that is truth found in nature, emotion, imagination.

What is Transcendentalism

500
A free African American author who urged blacks to take their freedom by force. Aligned himself with William Lloyd Garrison.
Who is David Walker?
500
Born Isabella Baumfree, this former slave travelled the country preaching and teaching about slavery. She also argued for abolition and women’s rights.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
500
An 1824, Massachusetts Supreme Court case that declared that unions were lawful organizations and that the strike was a lawful weapon
What is Commonwealth v Hunt?
500

1.Workers begin forming _____________ to demand better working conditions. 

2.Who primarily worked in the Lowell Mills? 

3.The strike at Lowell in 1834 was primarily about what? 

1. Unions 

2. Unmarried farm girls 

3. Pay cuts