Chpt 15 Flashcards
What are communities based on a vision of a perfect society
Utopias
What was the wave of religious fervor in the 1800’s?
The second great awakening
How did the 2nd Great Awakening begin?
Began with frontier camp meetings called revivals
What does temperance mean?
Drinking little or no alcohol
What was the first school for the hearing impaired
Gallaudet university
What did Dorothea Dix do
Reformed care for the mentally ill
What was Washington Irving famous for being and what did he write
A author with his story 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
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Who were reformers who wanted to abolish slavery
Abolitionists
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
the injustice of slavery
What did Frederick Douglas do with help of friends in 1847?
Helped him purchase his freedom from his criginal slaveholder
