unit 8 quiz Flashcards
sojourner Truth
born into slavery with the name Isabella Van Wagener. She gained her freedom in 1827 and went to become a leading African American evangelist and reformer in the abolition and women’s rights movements.
William Lloyd Garrison
American journalist who significantly influenced the abolition movement. Gave first speech against slavery in 1829 and in 1831 began publishing The Liberator, a strong anti-slavery newspaper. Garrison helped found the Anti-Slavery Society and was its pres for 23 years
Sarah and Angelina Grimke
started a school for women
Catherine Beecher
daughter of Lyman Beecher. a national health survey for women
David Walker
wrote a pamphlet and stated that they should fight against the slave holders
Frederick Douglass
became an eager reader of the book Liberator, knew how to read and write, and was taught by his owner’s wife.
Lucretia Mott
Held a women’s rights convention in 1848 at the Seneca Falls New York
Ralph Waldo Emerson
founder of Transcendentalism. Became a Unitarian minister in 1829. Wrote an essay called “Nature”. It was a statement of the movement’s belief.
Nat Turner
born into slavery, a small plantation in Virginia. Turner claimed to be called upon God to help lead enslaved African Americans out of bondage
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
held the convention with Lucretia Mott in 1848
Amelia Bloomer
began wearing pants called “bloomers” and lost her corset, which restricted her breathing.
Gag Rule
rule that slavery was banned to talk about in congress
Antebellum
The time between the formation of the U.S government and the outbreak of the American Civil War.
Seneca Falls Convention
The first women’s rights convention in the United States
Cult of Domesticity
rule that women should stay in the home to work
