Chapter 15 Flashcards
What was the wave of religious fervor in the 1800’s?
The Second Great Awakening.
How did the 2nd Great Awakening begin?
It began with frontier camp meetings called revivals.
What does temperance mean?
To drink little or no alchohol.
What was the first school for the hearing impaired?
Gallaudet University.
What did Dorothea Dix do?
She reformed care for the mentally ill.
What was Washington Irving famous for being and what did he write?
He was America’s first internationally famous author. He wrote, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”.
What novel explored the issue of slavery and was the best selling novel of the 19th century?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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?
Frederick Douglass.
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?
They helped him purchase his freedom from his origional slaveholder.
Who worked for women’s rights as an abolitionist?
Sojourner Truth.
Where was Sojourner Truth born?
As a slave in New York.
Why did Truth choose her new name?
Because she wanted to leave her old slave life behind.
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, New York.
What was the most controversial issue at the Seneca Falls Convention?
Womens’ Sufferage.
What are communities based on a vision of a perfect society?
Utopias
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?
It gave women the right to vote.
