Unit 4: Important Groups

Question 1

American Temperance Society

Answer 1

“Demon Rum”, Lyman Beecher co-founder, a group of activists who pledged to abstain from drinking distilled beverages.

Question 2

Millerites

Answer 2

The Millerites were the followers of the teachings of William Miller who shared his belief in the coming Second Advent of Jesus Christ in roughly the year.

Question 3

Liberty Party

Answer 3

First anti-slavery party, attempted to gain political power for abolitionist.

Question 4

Free Soil Party

Answer 4

Political party that appealed primarily to northern fears about the expansion of slavery. Opposed the extension of slavery into the western territories.

Question 5

Shakers

Answer 5

United society of believers, sexual equality, communal ownership and strict celibacy. Created by Mother Ann Lee

Question 6

American Anti-Slavery Society

Answer 6

Abolitionist party founded by William Loyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan. Created pamphlets, newspapers, orators to spread message. Many died in the violence of lynches.

Question 7

Owenites

Answer 7

Utopian society created by Robert Owen, , cooperative movement. New Harmony community, short lived.

Question 8

“Fire Eaters”

Answer 8

Pro-Slavery politicians who supported the South becoming its own nation. Transformed into Confederate States of Americans

Question 9

Mulattos

Answer 9

Refer to a person who is part Black and part White, or of mixed ancestry

Question 10

Hudson River School of Art

Answer 10

Art movement, paintings of landscapes influenced by Romanticism.

Question 11

“Conscience” Whigs

Answer 11

A faction of the Whig Party in MA noted for moral opposition of Slavery

Question 12

Mormons

Answer 12

Founded by Joseph Smith religious group that emphasized moderation, saving, hard work, and risk-taking, polygamy

Question 13

Know-Nothings

Answer 13

Movement limiting the influence of Immigrant religion and culture in politics, a form of nativism.