History Unit 6 IDS Flashcards
The Second Great Awakening what
Series of religious revivals
Camp meetings—>preachers promise salvation to attendants
Church membership skyrockets (Baptists and Methodists see biggest gains)
New sense of religions
Nativists discriminated against Catholics, because of their allegiance to the pope and low wages, and Jews.
The Second Great Awakening who
Baptists and Methodists saw biggest membership gains
Revivalists, evangelicals, unitarians, Mormons, utopics, transcendentalists
The Second Great Awakening when and where
US 1790-1840
After the Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening why
Basis for reform movements Temperance of alcohol Education Abolition of slavery Women's rights Shifted from normal religions to popular ones people followed
Horace Mann who
A senator from Massachusetts active member in US education reform
Horace Mann what
Created the state board of education Fought for free schools, payed by taxes All children required to attend Education used to be homeschooling Public school movement (tax payed schools)
Horace Mann where and when
MA, US
19th century
Horace Mann why
Growth of knowledge---->economic growth 6 month school year for farming, doubled teacher salary Trained teachers (normal schools) Well educated, professional teachers Doubled teacher salary Leads to more able bodies workforce
Nat turner who
Former slave —> freedman
Believed he saw a sign from god to lead a revolt
Nat turner what
Violently travelled Virginia freezing slaves, killing owners, 60 where men women and children killed
Rebellion put down by militia
200 blacks executed
Turner escaped, hanged
Strengthening of black codes in the south, no slave communication
Nat turner where are when
Travelled Virginia, USA on August 21-22 1831
Nat turner why
Frightened south
Aggressively defended slavery
Amistad who
Defended by JQA in Supreme Court
Taken over by African slaves, then by US Navy
Amistad what
Spainish slave ship seized off coast of Cuba by slaves, then taken to US by US Navy as “property”
Many trials decide where the slaves would go
Defended by JQA in Supreme Court, who used the constitution and unalienable rights to defend
Amistad where and when
US 1839
Seized off coast of Cuba
Amistad why
Huge win for abolitionists
Slaves free
The Declaration of Sentiments who
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The Declaration of Sentiments what
Historical document read at Seneca falls, first women’s convention
Based of DOI
Preamble–>justification
Grievances–>an inequalities men receive the better of
Closing remarks–>women want equal rights
The Declaration of Sentiments where and when
Seneca Falls, NY, July 1848 USA
The Declaration of Sentiments why
Social status, legal rights for women
Married women’s property act 1848
Started trend for women’s reform
