Chapter 15 Flashcards
explain deism
Religion based on logical and scientific reasoning rather than faith. God was the “great clockmaker.”
Explain Unitarianism
Belief that God existed in one person ( no trinity), salvation through good works, and didn’t agree with original sin.
Explain Universalism
Salvation of all people because God was too merciful to condemn.
What caused the 2nd great awakening?
The Methodist and baptist disdain toward the new liberal religions
Who was Peter Cartwright?
Methodist circuit rider
Who was Charles Grandison Finney?
Revivalist preacher and president of Oberlin college.
What reform movements did the 2GA start?
Public Ed, temperance, women’s suffrage, and prison reform
What was New York known as?
Burned-over district
Who predicted Christ’s return on Oct 22 1844?
The Millerites
What class/region liked Methodism and baptist?
The poor, rural south and west
What class/region liked E,P,C, or U?
The wealthy, urban east and north
Who was the “Father of Public Ed”?
Horace Mann
O established the Troy Female seminary?
Emma Willard
Who established the mount Holyoke seminary?
Mary Lyon
Who sought to improve conditions of the mentally handicapped?
Dorothea dix
No established the American Peace Society?
William Ladd
Explain the Maine Law of 1851.
Prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol
Who’s the father of prohibition?
Neal S. Dow
Who was the first American feminist?
Lucretia Mott
What was the significance of Seneca Falls?
1st Women’s Rights Convention and Stanton gave the 1st speech
Wrote walden and civil disobedience
Thoreau
Wrote nature and self-reliance
Emerson
Founded New Harmony
Robert Owen
Most famous and controversial white abolitionist
The liberator
William Lloyd Garrison
