second great awakening Flashcards
how did improved transportation help businesses?
more people could travel to the business and the business could ship things faster
How was the production of goods affected by the industrial revolution?
more people could get items because of better transportation.
who built the first textile mill in the united states?
Samuel slater
what was an effect of the telegraph?
~better communication
~messages could be received faster
Joseph smith created which church in second great awakening ?
the Mormon church
what was temperance?
one of the first reform movements to get people to stop drinking
by 1850 every state had_____________
Publically funded schools
what was the meeting at Seneca falls?
it was the first organized women rights meeting
who organized the first women rights movement?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
what was the “Declaration of Sentiments”?
a list of demands including property rights for women and the right to vote.
“we hold these truths to be self evident that all men and WOMEN are created equal” why would modeling the declaration of independence be a good idea?
Because it draws more attention to the cause
Was the women’s movement in 1848 successful?
it failed to gain any major goals of the women’s rights movement
what was Abolitionism?
the desire to emacipate (Free) all slaves
abolition grew more popular in the ______ but was seen as a __________ to the “southern way of life.
North, threat
who was Americas leading abolitionist ?
William Lloyd Garrison
