9:1, 8:3, 9:2 Flashcards
evangelical
emphasize authorityof the Christian Bible, salvation through belief in Jesus, and demonstration of faith
Second great awakening
powerful religious movement of the early 1800s began in the backcountry of Kentucky and Tennessee and spread around the nation
congregation
members of the church over church leaders
revival
camp meeting, people were brought back to a religious life by listening to Jesusand accepting belief in Jesus
denominations
religious subgroups
revivalists ______, ___________,
and _____________
gave speeches
helped slave is escape
worked for women’s rights to vote and other social issues
Charles Grandison Finney
A New York lawyer and Presbyterian minister who emphasize individual’s power to reform themselves
Lyman Beecher
taught that good people would make a good country
transcendentalism
Believe that through a process of spiritual discovery and insight, people could rise above, or transcend, the material world
temperance movement
and organized campaign to eliminate alcohol consumption, that the retina and family life and cost employee absenteeism
abstinence
refraining of doing something, in this case drinking alcohol
Laws were passed to ______ and ________.However, protest soon led to the ________ or the _____ of the most of these laws.
ban manufacture, sale of alcohol
tax enforcement, repeal
republican virtues
The virtues that the American people would need to govern themselves in the new Republic
A democracy required citizens who were ________ and _____.
literate
morally upright
Horace Mann
establish the grade level system, consistent curricula, and teacher training programs
McGuffey’s readers
first official text book series
_____ and _____ often did not have the same opportunity to attend schools that ____ ____ did
African Americans
girls
white boys