Ch.15 Flashcards
What was the wave of religious fervor in the 1800’s?
The second great awakening.
How did the 2nd Great Awakening begin?
Camp meetings called revivals.
What does temperance mean?
Drinking little or no alcohol
What was the first school for the hearing impaired?
Sallaudet university
What did Dorothea Dix do?
Reformed care for the mentally ill
What was Washington Irving famous for being and what did he write?
An author
Sleepy Hollow
What novel explored the issue of slavery and was the best selling novel of the 19th century?
Uncle Toms Cabin
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stows
Who were reformers who wanted to abolish slavery?
Abolitionists
Who was the first white abolitionist to call for the immediate and complete
emancipation of slaves?
William Lloyd Garrison
Who was the most well known abolitionist?
Fredrick Douglas
What was the name of the newspaper that Frederick Douglass edited?
The North Star
What did Frederick Douglass believe destroyed America’s ideals of freedom?
The injustice of slavery
What did Frederick Douglas do with help of friends in 1847?
Purchase his freedom
Who worked for women’s rights as an abolitionist?
Sojourner Truth
Where was Sojourner Truth born?
New York
Why did Truth choose her new name?
She said I will walk in the light of gods truth
What was a network of escape routes out of the South for enslaved people?
The Underground Railroad
Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Where was the first women’s rights convention?
Seneca Falls
What was the most controversial issue at the Seneca Falls Convention?
Women’s sufferage
What did Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott both fight for?
Women’s suffrage
Who was the Quaker that helped runaway slaves in addition to working towards
women’s suffrage?
Lucretia Mott
Who called for equal pay, college training, and coeducation?
Susan b Anthony
What did the 19th Amendment do?
Gave women the right to vote
What are communities based on a vision of a perfect society?
Utopias
