The name of the group of people who fought to end slavery.
Who were abolitionists?
100
The first "normal school" (teacher training school) in the U.S.
What was Framingham State University?
100
A book, suggested by Joseph Smith, which was originally written on golden tablets given to him by angels.
What is the Book of Mormon?
100
Hostility towards foreigners.
What is nativism?
200
Helped pass the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote.
Who was Susan B. Anthony?
200
Harriet Tubman, and others, led thousands of slaves to freedom via this secret passage.
What was the Underground Railroad?
200
Founded the first "normal school" (teacher training school).
Who was Horace Mann?
200
Famous minister during the Second Great Awakening who preached that all people could attain grace through faith.
Who was Charles Grandison Finney?
200
To drink alcohol in moderation.
What is temperance?
300
The convention which sparked the women's rights movement during the antebellum period was held in this town.
Where was Seneca Falls, NY?
300
Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, which opened the eyes of many Northerners to the horrors of slavery.
What was Uncle Tom's Cabin?
300
"Americanized" the English language by changing the spelling of words.
Who was Noah Webster?
300
Religious group who believed in the universal salvation of souls.
Who are the Universalists?
300
Left their own country for the U.S. due to the potato famine in 1845.
Who were the Irish?
400
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?
400
William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist newspaper.
What was The Liberator?
400
Reformers believed that students could be taught reading, writing, arithmetic, and __________.
What was work ethic?
400
Religious group whose political candidates were not voted for by the American (aka "Know-Nothing") Party.
What is Catholic?
400
According to the temperance movement, the final stage for a drunkard.
What is suicide?
500
Opened the 1st school that enabled women to seek higher education.
Who was Emma Willard?
500
Her anti-slavery speech, "Ain't I a Woman?," actually wound up being influential in the women's rights movement as well.
Who was Sojourner Truth?
500
The number of children (ratio) in the South who were enrolled in school in 1850.
What was 1/3?
500
According to Unitarians, God is not a "trinity," but rather a __________.
What is a "unity?"
500
Response from members of the American Party, when asked about it.