Chapter15 Flashcards
What was the wave of religious fervor in the 1800’s?
Second great awakening
How did the 2
nd
Great Awakening begin?
Frontier camp meetings called revivals
What does temperance mean?
Drinking little or no alchol
What was the first school for the hearing impaired?
Mass lawyer horance mann
What did Dorothea Dix do?
Reformed care for the mentally ill
What was Washington Irving famous for being and what did he write?
Americas first international famous author with his story, 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 , by harriet beecher stowe
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriot 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 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?
Injustice of slavery
What did Frederick Douglas do with help of friends in 1847?
Purchase his freedom from his original slave holders
Who worked for women’s rights as an abolitionist?
Sojourner truth
Where was Sojourner Truth born?
New york
Why did Truth choose her new name?
Becouse she said “i will walk in the light of GODs truth
What was a network of escape routes out of the South for enslaved people?
Underground railroad
Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?
Harriot tubman
What are communities based on a vision of a perfect society?
Utopias
Where was the first women’s rights convention?
Senecafalls new york
What was the most controversial issue at the Seneca Falls Convention?
Was over womens suffrage
What did Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott both fight for?
Fought for wemons 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 19
th
Amendment do?
Made wemons suffrage a reality in every state
