Culture and Society

Question 1

Sojourner Truth

Answer 1

Abolitionist; Womens’ right activist; Escaped slavery

Question 2

Frederick Douglass

Answer 2

Escaped Slavery; became an American Diplomat; Wrote the “Narrative of the Life of a Slave”

Question 3

William Lloyd Garrison

Answer 3

Publisher of The Liberator; Anti-Slavery; Non-violence

Question 4

Nat Turner

Answer 4

Lead only effective slave rebellion in history; organized the murder of 51 white people

Question 5

Second Great Awakening

Answer 5

resurgence of evangelical ideals in 1790s

Question 6

Baptists and Methodists

Answer 6

became national spiritual leaders during the Second Great Awakening

Question 7

African American and Poor Whites’ views of Second Great Awakening

Answer 7

embraced it for its doctrine of absolute freedom and equality

Question 8

Joseph Smith

Answer 8

Creator of the Mormon Church; eventually was murdered in Illinois

Question 9

Temperance Movement

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encourages moderation of abstention from alcohol

Question 10

Dorothea Dix

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As the social reforms for women grew, she reformed prisons and health care for mentally ill; became a female role model

Question 11

Horace Mann

Answer 11

pushed for public education funded by the government

Question 12

Public School Law

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In 1852, Massachusetts passed the 1st mandatory school attendance law.

Question 13

Seneca Falls Convention

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Organized by E. Stanton, and L. Mott; Wrote the Declaration of Sentiments & Resolutions

Question 14

Declaration of Sentiments & Resolutions

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called for female equality and voting rights