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James Fenimore Cooper (Who)

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Frist great US novelist

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James Fenimore Cooper (What)

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Wrote historical novels

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James Fenimore Cooper (When)

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Mid 1800s

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James Fenimore Cooper (Where)

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US

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James Fenimore Cooper (Why)

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Introduced distinctively US novels with US characters such as frontiersmen

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Walt Whitman (Who)

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Poet

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Walt Whitman (What)

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Poems that celebrated democracy

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Walt Whitman (When)

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1855 published first volume of work

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Walt Whitman (Where)

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US

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Walt Whitman (Why)

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Broke conventios of rhyme and meter to bring new vitality to poetry

Expressed individualism

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Herman Melville (Who)

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Writer

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Herman Melville (What)

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Wrote Moby Dick

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Herman Melville (When)

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Publish Moby Dick in 1851

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Herman Melville (Where)

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US

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Herman Melville (Why)

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Reflected that the human spirit was often a troubled, self destructive force

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Edgar Allen Poe (Who)

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Southern writer

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Edgar Allen Poe (What)

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Wrote sad stories and poems such as the Raven

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Edgar Allen Poe (When)

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Published the Raven in 1845

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Edgar Allen Poe (Where)

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South

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Edgar Allen Poe (Why)

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Changed literature by freeing it from determination to preach a moral

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Nathaniel Hawthorne (Who)

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Transcendentalist critic

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Nathaniel Hawthorne (What)

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Wrote a number of novels such as the Scarlett Letter

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Nathaniel Hawthorne (When)

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Published the Scarlett letter in 1850

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Nathaniel Hawthorne (Where)

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US

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Nathaniel Hawthorne (Why)

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Challenged transcendentalism

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Transcendentalism (Who)

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Emerson and Thoreau leaders

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Transcendentalism (What)

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Liberation from understanding and cultivation of reading

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Transcendentalism (When)

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Mid 1800s

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Transcendentalism (Where)

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US

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Transcendentalism (Why)

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Helped created US culture

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Emerson (Who)

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Transcendentalist

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Emerson (What)

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Wrote essays and lectured

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Emerson (When)

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Mid 1800s

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Emerson (Where)

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US

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Emerson (Why)

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Spread transcendentalism

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Thoreau (Who)

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Transcendentalist

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Thoreau (What)

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Wrote Walden about his experience in “isolation”

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Thoreau (When)

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Wrote Walden in 1854

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Thoreau (Where)

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Walden Ponds

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Thoreau (Why)

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Set precedent of civil disobedience

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Brook Farm, New Harmony, Oneida (Who)

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George Ripley, Robert Owen, and John Humphrey Noles respectively

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Brook Farm, New Harmony, Oneida (What)

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Utopian societies

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Brook Farm, New Harmony, Oneida (When)

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Mid 1800s

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Brook Farm, New Harmony, Oneida (Where)

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North

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Brook Farm, New Harmony, Oneida (Why)

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Demonstrated US desire to escape industrialism

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Utopian societies (Who)

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Brook Farm, New Harmony, Oneida

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Utopian societies (What)

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Isolated communities preaching certain values such as total equality

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Utopian societies (When)

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Mid 1800s

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Utopian societies (Where)

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North

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Utopian societies (Why)

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Demonstrated US desire to escape industrialism

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Robert Owen (Who)

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Social reformer

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52
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Robert Owen (What)

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Founded New Harmony

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53
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Robert Owen (When)

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1825

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Robert Owen (Where)

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Indiana

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Robert Owen (Why)

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Spurred other “Owenite” experiments

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Charles Finney (Who)

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Father of modern revivalism

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Charles Finney (What)

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Rode from town to town to preach

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Charles Finney (When)

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Mid 1800s

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Charles Finney (Where)

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Particular success in NY

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Charles Finney (Why)

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Pioneer cooperation among Protestant denominations

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Burned Over District (Who)

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Revivalists

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Burned Over District (What)

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Districts where there were lots of religious revival movements

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Burned Over District (When)

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Mid 1800s

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Burned Over District (Where)

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NY

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Burned Over District (Why)

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Why Joseph Smith first organized the Mormon Church

66
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Shakers (Who)

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Mother Ann Lee

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Shakers (What)

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Advocated the simple life

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Shakers (When)

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Founded in 1770s

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Shakers (Where)

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NE and NW

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Shakers (Why)

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Promoted celibacy which meant that they could not expand

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Mormons (Who)

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Joseph Smith and Brigham Young

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Mormons (What)

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First American religion

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Mormons (When)

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1830 published Book of Mormon

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Mormons (Where)

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Settled in Utah

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Mormons (Why)

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First US religion

Trek led people to follow later

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Temperance Movement (Who)

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Women were particularly active

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Temperance Movement (What)

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Urge for reduciton or prohibition of alcohol

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Temperance Movement (When)

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Mid 1800s

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Temperance Movement (Where)

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US

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Temperance Movement (Why)

A

??

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Horace Mann (Who)

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Educational reformer

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Horace Mann (What)

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Reorganized MA school system

Lengthen academic year

Doubled teacher salaries

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Horace Mann (When)

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Mid 1800s

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Horace Mann (Where)

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MA

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Horace Mann (Why)

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Improved US public education

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Public School Movement (Who)

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Horace Mann

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Public School Movement (What)

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Improvements in public eduction

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Public School Movement (When)

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Mid 1800s

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Public School Movement (Where)

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US, especially N

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Public School Movement (Why)

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Improved public education, although in varying degrees depending on area

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Prison reform (who)

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Prisoners

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Prison reform (What)

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New forms of rigid prison discipline

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Prison reform (When)

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Mid 1800s

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Prison reform (Where)

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US

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Prison reform (Why)

A

??

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Asylum movement (Who)

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Dorthea Dix

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Asylum movement (What)

A

Better conditions for mentally ill

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Asylum movement (When)

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Mid 1800s

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Asylum movement (Where)

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US

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Asylum movement (Why)

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Spawned creation go facilites for poor, orphans, etc

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Dorthea Dix (Who)

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Reformer

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Dorthea Dix (What)

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Led the asylum movement

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Dorthea Dix (When)

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Mid 1800s

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Dorthea Dix (Where)

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US

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Dorthea Dix (Why)

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Established numerous mental hospitals throughout the US

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Women’s rights movement (Who)

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Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucreat Mott, etc

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Women’s rights movement (What)

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Push for equality with men

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Women’s rights movement (When)

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Mid 1800s

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Women’s rights movement (Where)

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US

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Women’s rights movement (Why)

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First important US feminist movement

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Seneca Falls Convention (Who)

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Organized by Lucreatia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Seneca Falls Convention (What)

A

Women’s rights convention

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Seneca Falls Convention (When)

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1848

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Seneca Falls Convention (Where)

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Seneca Falls, NY

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Seneca Falls Convention (Why)

A

Sparked the women’s rights movement

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Lucretia Mott (Who)

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Women rights advocate

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Lucretia Mott (What)

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Planned the Seneca Falls convention

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Lucretia Mott (When)

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1848

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Lucretia Mott (Where)

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Seneca Falls, NY

120
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Lucretia Mott (Why)

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Sparked women’s rights movement

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Sarah adn Angelica Grimke (Who)

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Southern US Quakers

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Sarah adn Angelica Grimke (What)

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Advoated for abolition of slavey and advancemetn of women’s rights

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Sarah adn Angelica Grimke (When)

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Mid 1800s

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Sarah adn Angelica Grimke (Where)

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SC

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Sarah adn Angelica Grimke (Why)

A

??

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Who)

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Women’s rights advocate

127
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (What)

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Helped plan Seneca Falls

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (When)

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1848

129
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Where)

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Seneca Falls, NY

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Why)

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Sparked the women’s rights movement

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Susan B. Anthony (Who)

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Feminist

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Susan B. Anthony (What)

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Drew parallels between plight of women and slaves

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Susan B. Anthony (When)

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Mid 1800s

134
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Susan B. Anthony (Where)

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US

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Susan B. Anthony (Why)

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Sparked women’s rights movement

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Abolition (Who)

A

Abolitionists

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Abolition (What)

A

Movements to opposed slavery

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Abolition (When)

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1800s

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Abolition (Where)

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Especially North

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Abolition (Why)

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Mounted sectional tension and set the stage for the Civil War

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David Walker (Who)

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Militant abolitionist

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David Walker (What)

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Published a harsh pamphelt called Walker’s Appeal to the Colored Citizen

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David Walker (When)

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1829

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David Walker (Where)

A

US

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David Walker (Why)

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Struck fear into hearts of slave owners because of its violent nature

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William Lloyed Garrison (Who)

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Abolitionist

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William Lloyed Garrison (What)

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Founded the Liberator, and abolitionist newpaper

148
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William Lloyed Garrison (When)

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1831

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William Lloyed Garrison (Where)

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Boston

150
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William Lloyed Garrison (Why)

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Stirred up emotions over the issue of slavery

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Sojouner Truth (Who)

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Runaway slaver

152
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Sojouner Truth (What)

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Influential figure in both women’s socieities and abolitionist movement

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Sojouner Truth (When)

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Mid 1800s

154
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Sojouner Truth (Where)

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New England and Midwest

155
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Sojouner Truth (Why)

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Attracted large audiences for her cause and stirred up emotions over issue of slavery

156
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Harriet Beecher Stow (Who)

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Abolitionist

157
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Harriet Beecher Stow (What)

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Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin as propoganda and combined the emotional conventions of a sentimental novel with her political agenda

158
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Harriet Beecher Stow (When)

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Published in 1852

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Harriet Beecher Stow (Where)

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US

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Harriet Beecher Stow (Why)

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Brough message of abolitoism to a large audience

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