Chapter 15 Flashcards
What was the wave of religious fervor in the 1800’s?
Second Great Awakening
How did the 2nd Great Awakening begin?
Revivals
What does temperance mean?
Drinking little or no alcohal
What was the first school for the hearing impaired?
Gallueduet University
What did Dorothea Dix do?
Reformed cane for the mental ill
What was Washington Irving famous for being and what did he write?
First internationally famous author. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
What novel explored the issue of slavery and was the best selling novel of the 19 century?
Uncle Toms Cabin
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Who were reformers who wanted to abolish slavery?
Abolishinists
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?
North Star
What did Frederick Douglass believe destroyed America’s ideals of freedom?
Justice of Slavery
What did Frederick Douglas do with help of friends in 1847?
Purcgase his freedom from original slave owners
Who worked for women’s rights as an abolitionist?
Sojourner Truth