Chapter 9 Test Flashcards
temperance movement
and organized campaign to eliminate alcohol consumption
transcendentalism
police got through a process of spiritual discovery and insight, people could rise above, or transcend, the material world
segregate
separated according to race
abstinence
refraining from doing something
abolitionist movement
The movement to put an end to slavery during the late 1700s
emancipation
freeing of enslaved persons
gag rule
rule passed by the House of Representatives in 1836 prohibiting anti-slavery petitions from being read or acted upon
suffrage
The right to vote
naturalize
to apply for and be granted American citizenship
discrimination
unequal treatment on people
William Lloyd Garrison
denounced moderation and called for an immediate and to slavery, his newspaper the liberator, and only protested forceful actions
Frederick Douglass
founded abolitionist newspaper the Northstar in 1847
Harriet Tubman
mostly underground railroad conductor, save 300 people
Catherine Beecher
established the heartfort female seminary where she taught her book to encourage women to build America stronger through household advice
Lacretia Mott
organize Seneca Falls convention on women’s rights
sojourner truth
female abolitionist speaker and writer
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
read her declaration of sentiments at Seneca Falls
what is the ideology of transcendentalism
to encourage people into the religious life, away from the alcohol abuse
what was the goal of the temperance movement followers?
to gain followers who agree with this, building America into a stronger country
what did prison reformers try to achieve?
prisons were supposed to allow inmates to reflect on their sins and possibly later rejoin society as low abiding citizens
what was the main goal of public education reformers?
A democracy required citizens who were literate and morally upright and Republican virtues which were virtues that people need to govern themselves in the new Republic
why would the AAs be upset about the proposal of the American colonization Society
it gave the Africans territory in Africa however they have good time at customs so life would be difficult and unmanageable
what are the main routes that escaping slaves would use in the underground railroad
rivers swamps mountains
what was the declaration of sentiments able to accomplish
The convention past 12 resolutions including one called suffrage
what where women able to gain thanks to their involvement in Reform movements
education, jobs, say in democracy
what region of the country did Irish and German immigrants tend to settle
North and west city setting
what was the major reason why over 2 million I was should come to the US between years 1845 to 1849
they’ll rebellions, so they came for political freedom
why would many labor unions dislike the new immigrants
that they would work to a strike for lower wages
explain the cultural differences between the north and south in the 1850s
divided churches and the south holding onto traditions
explain why the United States is going to gain a large influx of Irish immigrants to this country. then compare and contrast the benefits of problems associated with an increase in the amount of immigrants to America.
United States is going to gain a large influx of Irish immigrants because the Irish potato famine causes starvation. With the Irish immigration brought new ideas to my country however with these new ideas caused major disagreements. The Biggest is dealing with different religious beliefs which ultimately lead to violent attacks between the two.
explain the abolitionist movement and how the movement is going to lead to social activism and potential rights for women. Provide at least one female example to support your explanation.
The abolitionist movement was to put an end to slavery in the late 1700s. It’s going to lead to social activism and potential rights for women because it will cause a rift in what normality is to them. Take Elizabeth Cady Staton when she wrote her declaration of sentiments.
