Chapter 15~Spirit Of Reformation Flashcards
What are communities based on a vision of a perfect society?
Utopias
What was the wave of religious fervor in the 1800’s?
Second Great Awakening
How did the 2nd Great Awakening begin?
Frontier camp meetings (revival)
What does temperance mean?
Drinking little to no alcohol
What was the first school for the hearing impaired?
Gallaudet University
What did Dorothea Dix do?
Reformed care for mentally ill
What was Washington Irving famous for being and what did he write?
America’s first internationally famous author and 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?
Abolitionist
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 Douglass
What was the name of the newspaper that Frederick Douglass edited?
“North Star”
What did Frederick Douglass believe destroyed America’s ideals of freedom?
Injustice of slavery
What did Frederick Douglas do with help of friends in 1847?
Purchased his freedom from slaveholder