Abolition
What was the Republican Party founding principle?
To end slavery.
Define Utopian Societies
"Perfect Societies"
Another name for Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormonism
In what year did which state gave women the right to vote?
Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote in 1890.
What's another name for the Educated Reform Movement?
Common School Movement
Why did the people in the South get angry at the Abolition Movement?
Southerners felt they encouraged people to break the law and take away their property (slaves).
What was the main goal of Utopian Societies?
They tried to persuade people into believing what they thought was right.
What was the Second Great Awakening?
It was a big religious movement in the U.S.A.
Why was Jeannette Rankin's historically important ?
She was the first women to be elected to Congress and was also a suffragette.
What were all 3 main purposes of the Education Reform/Common School Movement?
To provide free public education for all
To teach morality and citizenship
“Americanize” immigrants.
Explain the Underground Railroad and explain why it was dangerous to help slaves escape.
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret trails, safe houses.
It was against the law, so you could get fined, jailed, have your property taken, or even killed by angry slave hunters.
Give two examples of Utopia communities
Hopedale, Massachusetts - Equality of the sexes
Oneida, New York - Experimental family relationships
Naashoba, Tennessee
Name 3 ways how American religion changed?
Large revival meetings
Church membership soars
Deism of the Founding Fathers
How did the 19th Amendment impact women and what year was it created?
It gave the national right for women to vote and run for office, and in the year 1920
What were students taught in the education system?
Public education taught basic reading, writing, and arithmetic
What was the main purpose of William Lloyd Garrison newspapers and what were they about?
The newspaper was about anti-slavery and their main purpose was to spread awareness on the situation.
Explain how Hopedale, Massachusetts was an unique Utopian Society?
They believed in gender equality
Name all of the religious groups that emerged during the 2nd Awakening.
7th Day Adventists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), Christian Scientists
After the Civil War, what caused abolitionists to focus on the women's suffrage movement?
African American men were given the right to vote after slavery was ended but women were not. Women felt that they took should be allowed to vote.
Why were citizens taught basic reading, writing, and arithmetic?
To ensure that Americans were educated enough to vote.
How did the divisions in the North and South eventually lead to the Civil War?
Southerners felt they stirred up the north to oppose slavery.
This divided the North and South over state rights.
What Utopian community believed in Abolitionist/ Equal Races?
Naashoba, Tennessee
What type of growth groups replaced the Founding Fathers?
Growth in Protestant churches like the Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians
What were the main difference between the N.W.S.A and the A.W.S.A?
The N.W.S.A focused on gaining women the right to vote through Constitutional Amendment.
The A.W.S.A prioritized on gaining women the right to vote in individual states.
Why did the Education Reform/Common School Movement want to "Americanize" immigrants?
To teach them American culture in order to understand how to understand the law culture.