Religion/ Transcendentalism
Which event led to the reform movements?
What was the secret network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom?
Underground Railroad
What was the 1848 meeting in New York that marked the beginning of the women's rights movement?
Seneca Falls Convention
Define labor strike.
When workers refuse to work
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote what abolitionist novel?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Define civil disobedience.
Peacefully disobey unjust laws
What was the goal of the American Colonization Society?
send free African Americans to Africa
Name one of the two reformers who organized the Seneca Falls Convention.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton OR Lucretia Mott
These organizations are formed by workers to improve pay and conditions
Horace Mann
What is one idea of transcendentalism?
civil disobedience, self-reliance, nature, simple living
Which former slave turned abolitionist created an autobiography advocating for education as a tool of resistance?
Frederick Douglass
These sisters from South Carolina became outspoken abolitionists and advocates for women's rights?
Sarah and Angelina Grimke
Why are labor strikes effective?
Because they show how important the workers are
Which reformer worked to improve treatment of the mentally ill and prison condition?
Dorothea Dix
Who is the transcendentalist thinker and writer credited with civil disobedience?
Henry David Thoreau
Which abolitionist was known for demanding immediate abolition in his newspaper, The Liberator?
William Lloyd Garrison
Sojourner Truth
Which female labor leader organized textile workers to demand 10 hour work days
Sarah Bagley
What was the difference between Frederick Douglass/William Lloyd Garrison and David Walker/Nat Turner?
Walker/Turner supported violent approaches to fighting for abolition
Who is the transcendentalist writer who promoted individualism, self-reliance, and the belief that truth is found through intuition and nature?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What was the impact of Nat Turner's Rebellion?
states made stricter laws limiting the slaves
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Sentiments?
advocate for women's rights at the Seneca Falls Convention
What was the ruling in Commonwealth v. Hunt
labor strikes and trade unions were legal
What was the Gag Rule of 1836?