module 8 Flashcards
Who is Charles Finney?
An important preacher in the revivialist movement.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
Leading transcendental philosopher and well-known writer.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
Author of Walden who practiced ideas of transcendentalism.
Who is Dorothea Dix?
Reformer who worked for improved treatment of the mentally ill.
What is Second Great Awakening?
Protestant spiritual movement that spread through America.
What are Utopian Communities?
Experimental communities designed to be perfect societies.
Who is Williiam Lloyd Garrison?
Abolitionist Leader.
Who is David Walker?
A free African American who urged blacks to take their freedom by force.
Who is Fredrick Douglass?
Escaped Slave who became a noted abolitionist leader.
Who is Nat Turner?
Leader of a violent slave rebellion.
What is Abolition?
Movement to outlaw slavery.
Who are Sarah and Angelina Grimké?
Leaders in the abolitionist movement.
Who are Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
Leader in the abolitionist and Women´s rights Movement.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
Former slave who became an abolitionist and women´s rights activist.
What is the Temperance Movement?
Movement to ban the drinking of alcohol.
Suffrage movement?
The movement to get women to vote.
What are strikes?
During this time workers were treated poorly and the working environment was slacking. To try and change this, workers went on a strike which is a protest to change something. Workers also did this for higher pay.
What is a Union?
Unions could be formed to represent a lot of different things. A big one During this time was the National Trades Union. factory workers opposed this union but the Massachusetts supreme court supported it.
Were treated unfairly because their bosses would make the workers increase their pace and lower their pay. Working conditions were also not good. Supreme court supported them to go on strike.
