Religion
In the 1790s, a renewed and passionate interest in religion
Second Great Awakening
The freeing of slaves
Abolition
Prevailing customs demanded that women restrict their activities after marriage to the home and family. Housework and children considered the only proper activities for married women
Cult of Domesticity
A system of production in which manufacturers provide the materials for goods to be produced at home.
Cottage Industry
What does reform mean?
Change
Communities designed to create a perfect society.
Utopian Community
1835 law passed by Southern congress which made it illegal to talk of abolition or anti-slavery arguments in Congress.
Gag Rule
The effort to prevent the drinking of alcohol
Temperance Movement
The refusal to obey those laws which are seen as unjust in an effort to bring about a change in governmental policy.
Civil Disobedience
Belonging to the period before the Civil War
Antebellum
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.
Charles Grandison Finney
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.
William Lloyd Garrison
A women's rights convention that was held in New York in 1848.
Seneca Falls Convention
The movement to end slavery
abolitionism
Made it her life's work to educate the public as to the poor conditions for both the mentally ill and for prisoners.
Dorthea Dix
How did the Second Great Awakening influence the African American Church?
Brought Christianity on a large scale to African American Community. Helped African Americans to realize that people of all color belonged to God.
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.
Frederick Douglass
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.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The freeing of slaves was known as...
Emancipation
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this best selling novel in mid-1800s.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The belief that people can rise above material things in life to reach a higher level of understanding.
Transcendentalism
A free African American author who urged blacks to take their freedom by force. Aligned himself with William Lloyd Garrison.
David Walker
Born Isabella Baumfree, this former slave travelled the country preaching and teaching about slavery. She also argued for abolition and women’s rights.
Sojourner Truth
A 48 hour slave rebellion in which a group of slaves unsuccessful attempt to overthrow and kill planter families.
Lasting impact on whites: fear another slave rebellion could happen again.
Tightened the grip on slavery
Nat Turner's Rebellion
long 12 hour days with little freedom, little safety, and little pay
poor buildings, dangerous machines, and crowded boarding houses
The above describes the conditions at what workplace?
Lowell Mill