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Widespread spiritual movement

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Second Great Awakening

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A religious gathering that relied on emotional sermons to awaken religious feelings

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revival

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An important preacher in the revivalist movement

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Charles Grandison Finney

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Leading transcendental philosopher

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Philosophy that emphasized the truth to be found in nature and intuition

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transcendentalism

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Author of Walden who practiced ideas of transcendentalism

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Henry David Thoreau

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The form of protest that calls on people to disobey unjust laws

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civil disobedience

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Experimental communities designed to be perfect societies

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Utopian Communities

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Reformer who worked for improved treatment of the mentally ill

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Dorothea Dix

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Movement to outlaw slavery

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abolition

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Abolitionist leader

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William Lloyd Garrison

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The freeing of slaves

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mancipation

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A free African American who urged blacks to take their freedom by force

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David Walker

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Escaped slave who became a noted abolitionist leader

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Frederick Douglass

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Leader of a violent slave rebellion

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Nat Turner

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A rule limiting debate on an issue

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gag rule

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Social customs that restricted women to caring for the house

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cult of domesticity

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Leaders in the abolitionist movement

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Sarah and Angelina Grimké

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Movement to ban the drinking of alcohol

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temperance movement

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Leader in the abolitionist and women’s rights movements

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Leader in the abolitionist and women’s rights movements

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Lucretia Mott

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Convention held in 1848 to argue for women’s rights

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Seneca Falls convention

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Former slave who became an abolitionist and women’s rights activist

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Soojourner Truth

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System in which manufacturers provided the materials for goods to be produced at home

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cottage industry

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A skilled artisan who owned a business and employed others

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Skilled worker employed by a master

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journeyman

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A worker learning a trade or craft, usually under the supervision of a master

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apprentice

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Work stoppages by workers

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Early national workers’ organization

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National Trades‘ Union

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Why were factories, and the assembly line, important?

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New machines allowed unskilled factory workers to make goods that skilled artisans once made.

31
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Define:

Second Great Awakening

A

Widespread spiritual movement

32
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Define:

revival

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A religious gathering that relied on emotional sermons to awaken religious feelings

33
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Define:

Charles Grandison Finney

A

An important preacher in the revivalist movement

34
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Define:

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Leading transcendental philosopher

35
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Define:

transcendentalism

A

Philosophy that emphasized the truth to be found in nature and intuition

36
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Define:

Henry David Thoreau

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Author of Walden who practiced ideas of transcendentalism

37
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Define:

civil disobedience

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The form of protest that calls on people to disobey unjust laws

38
Q

Define:

Utopian Communities

A

Experimental communities designed to be perfect societies

39
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Define:

Dorothea Dix

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Reformer who worked for improved treatment of the mentally ill

40
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Define:

abolition

A

Movement to outlaw slavery

41
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Define:

William Lloyd Garrison

A

Abolitionist leader

42
Q

Define:

mancipation

A

The freeing of slaves

43
Q

Define:

David Walker

A

A free African American who urged blacks to take their freedom by force

44
Q

Define:

Frederick Douglass

A

Escaped slave who became a noted abolitionist leader

45
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Define:

Nat Turner

A

Leader of a violent slave rebellion

46
Q

Define:

gag rule

A

A rule limiting debate on an issue

47
Q

Define:

cult of domesticity

A

Social customs that restricted women to caring for the house

48
Q

Define:

Sarah and Angelina Grimké

A

Leaders in the abolitionist movement

49
Q

Define:

temperance movement

A

Movement to ban the drinking of alcohol

50
Q

Define:

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

A

Leader in the abolitionist and women’s rights movements

51
Q

Define:

Lucretia Mott

A

Leader in the abolitionist and women’s rights movements

52
Q

Define:

Seneca Falls convention

A

Convention held in 1848 to argue for women’s rights

53
Q

Define:

Soojourner Truth

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Former slave who became an abolitionist and women’s rights activist

54
Q

Define:

cottage industry

A

System in which manufacturers provided the materials for goods to be produced at home

55
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Define:

master

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A skilled artisan who owned a business and employed others

56
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Define:

journeyman

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Skilled worker employed by a master

57
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Define:

apprentice

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A worker learning a trade or craft, usually under the supervision of a master

58
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Define:

strike

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Work stoppages by workers

59
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Define:

National Trades‘ Union

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Early national workers’ organization

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