Ch 12 IDs Flashcards
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James Fenimore Cooper (Who)
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Frist great US novelist
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James Fenimore Cooper (What)
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Wrote historical novels
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James Fenimore Cooper (When)
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Mid 1800s
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James Fenimore Cooper (Where)
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US
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James Fenimore Cooper (Why)
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Introduced distinctively US novels with US characters such as frontiersmen
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Walt Whitman (Who)
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Poet
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Walt Whitman (What)
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Poems that celebrated democracy
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Walt Whitman (When)
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1855 published first volume of work
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Walt Whitman (Where)
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US
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Walt Whitman (Why)
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Broke conventios of rhyme and meter to bring new vitality to poetry
Expressed individualism
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Herman Melville (Who)
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Writer
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Herman Melville (What)
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Wrote Moby Dick
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Herman Melville (When)
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Publish Moby Dick in 1851
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Herman Melville (Where)
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US
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Herman Melville (Why)
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Reflected that the human spirit was often a troubled, self destructive force
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Edgar Allen Poe (Who)
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Southern writer
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Edgar Allen Poe (What)
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Wrote sad stories and poems such as the Raven
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Edgar Allen Poe (When)
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Published the Raven in 1845
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Edgar Allen Poe (Where)
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South
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Edgar Allen Poe (Why)
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Changed literature by freeing it from determination to preach a moral
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (Who)
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Transcendentalist critic
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (What)
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Wrote a number of novels such as the Scarlett Letter
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (When)
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Published the Scarlett letter in 1850
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (Where)
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US
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (Why)
Challenged transcendentalism
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Transcendentalism (Who)
Emerson and Thoreau leaders
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Transcendentalism (What)
Liberation from understanding and cultivation of reading
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Transcendentalism (When)
Mid 1800s
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Transcendentalism (Where)
US
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Transcendentalism (Why)
Helped created US culture
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Emerson (Who)
Transcendentalist
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Emerson (What)
Wrote essays and lectured
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Emerson (When)
Mid 1800s
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Emerson (Where)
US
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Emerson (Why)
Spread transcendentalism
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Thoreau (Who)
Transcendentalist
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Thoreau (What)
Wrote Walden about his experience in "isolation"
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Thoreau (When)
Wrote Walden in 1854
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Thoreau (Where)
Walden Ponds
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Thoreau (Why)
Set precedent of civil disobedience
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Brook Farm, New Harmony, Oneida (Who)
George Ripley, Robert Owen, and John Humphrey Noles respectively
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Brook Farm, New Harmony, Oneida (What)
Utopian societies
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Brook Farm, New Harmony, Oneida (When)
Mid 1800s
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Brook Farm, New Harmony, Oneida (Where)
North
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Brook Farm, New Harmony, Oneida (Why)
Demonstrated US desire to escape industrialism
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Utopian societies (Who)
Brook Farm, New Harmony, Oneida
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Utopian societies (What)
Isolated communities preaching certain values such as total equality
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Utopian societies (When)
Mid 1800s
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Utopian societies (Where)
North
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Utopian societies (Why)
Demonstrated US desire to escape industrialism
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Robert Owen (Who)
Social reformer
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Robert Owen (What)
Founded New Harmony
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Robert Owen (When)
1825
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Robert Owen (Where)
Indiana
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Robert Owen (Why)
Spurred other "Owenite" experiments
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Charles Finney (Who)
Father of modern revivalism
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Charles Finney (What)
Rode from town to town to preach
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Charles Finney (When)
Mid 1800s
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Charles Finney (Where)
Particular success in NY
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Charles Finney (Why)
Pioneer cooperation among Protestant denominations
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Burned Over District (Who)
Revivalists
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Burned Over District (What)
Districts where there were lots of religious revival movements
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Burned Over District (When)
Mid 1800s
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Burned Over District (Where)
NY
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Burned Over District (Why)
Why Joseph Smith first organized the Mormon Church
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Shakers (Who)
Mother Ann Lee
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Shakers (What)
Advocated the simple life
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Shakers (When)
Founded in 1770s
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Shakers (Where)
NE and NW
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Shakers (Why)
Promoted celibacy which meant that they could not expand
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Mormons (Who)
Joseph Smith and Brigham Young
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Mormons (What)
First American religion
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Mormons (When)
1830 published Book of Mormon
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Mormons (Where)
Settled in Utah
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Mormons (Why)
First US religion
Trek led people to follow later
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Temperance Movement (Who)
Women were particularly active
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Temperance Movement (What)
Urge for reduciton or prohibition of alcohol
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Temperance Movement (When)
Mid 1800s
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Temperance Movement (Where)
US
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Temperance Movement (Why)
??
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Horace Mann (Who)
Educational reformer
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Horace Mann (What)
Reorganized MA school system
Lengthen academic year
Doubled teacher salaries
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Horace Mann (When)
Mid 1800s
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Horace Mann (Where)
MA
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Horace Mann (Why)
Improved US public education
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Public School Movement (Who)
Horace Mann
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Public School Movement (What)
Improvements in public eduction
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Public School Movement (When)
Mid 1800s
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Public School Movement (Where)
US, especially N
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Public School Movement (Why)
Improved public education, although in varying degrees depending on area
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Prison reform (who)
Prisoners
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Prison reform (What)
New forms of rigid prison discipline
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Prison reform (When)
Mid 1800s
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Prison reform (Where)
US
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Prison reform (Why)
??
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Asylum movement (Who)
Dorthea Dix
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Asylum movement (What)
Better conditions for mentally ill
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Asylum movement (When)
Mid 1800s
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Asylum movement (Where)
US
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Asylum movement (Why)
Spawned creation go facilites for poor, orphans, etc
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Dorthea Dix (Who)
Reformer
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Dorthea Dix (What)
Led the asylum movement
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Dorthea Dix (When)
Mid 1800s
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Dorthea Dix (Where)
US
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Dorthea Dix (Why)
Established numerous mental hospitals throughout the US
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Women's rights movement (Who)
Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucreat Mott, etc
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Women's rights movement (What)
Push for equality with men
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Women's rights movement (When)
Mid 1800s
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Women's rights movement (Where)
US
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Women's rights movement (Why)
First important US feminist movement
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Seneca Falls Convention (Who)
Organized by Lucreatia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Seneca Falls Convention (What)
Women's rights convention
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Seneca Falls Convention (When)
1848
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Seneca Falls Convention (Where)
Seneca Falls, NY
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Seneca Falls Convention (Why)
Sparked the women's rights movement
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Lucretia Mott (Who)
Women rights advocate
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Lucretia Mott (What)
Planned the Seneca Falls convention
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Lucretia Mott (When)
1848
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Lucretia Mott (Where)
Seneca Falls, NY
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Lucretia Mott (Why)
Sparked women's rights movement
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Sarah adn Angelica Grimke (Who)
Southern US Quakers
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Sarah adn Angelica Grimke (What)
Advoated for abolition of slavey and advancemetn of women's rights
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Sarah adn Angelica Grimke (When)
Mid 1800s
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Sarah adn Angelica Grimke (Where)
SC
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Sarah adn Angelica Grimke (Why)
??
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Who)
Women's rights advocate
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (What)
Helped plan Seneca Falls
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (When)
1848
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Where)
Seneca Falls, NY
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Why)
Sparked the women's rights movement
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Susan B. Anthony (Who)
Feminist
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Susan B. Anthony (What)
Drew parallels between plight of women and slaves
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Susan B. Anthony (When)
Mid 1800s
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Susan B. Anthony (Where)
US
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Susan B. Anthony (Why)
Sparked women's rights movement
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Abolition (Who)
Abolitionists
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Abolition (What)
Movements to opposed slavery
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Abolition (When)
1800s
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Abolition (Where)
Especially North
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Abolition (Why)
Mounted sectional tension and set the stage for the Civil War
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David Walker (Who)
Militant abolitionist
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David Walker (What)
Published a harsh pamphelt called Walker's Appeal to the Colored Citizen
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David Walker (When)
1829
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David Walker (Where)
US
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David Walker (Why)
Struck fear into hearts of slave owners because of its violent nature
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William Lloyed Garrison (Who)
Abolitionist
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William Lloyed Garrison (What)
Founded the Liberator, and abolitionist newpaper
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William Lloyed Garrison (When)
1831
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William Lloyed Garrison (Where)
Boston
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William Lloyed Garrison (Why)
Stirred up emotions over the issue of slavery
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Sojouner Truth (Who)
Runaway slaver
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Sojouner Truth (What)
Influential figure in both women's socieities and abolitionist movement
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Sojouner Truth (When)
Mid 1800s
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Sojouner Truth (Where)
New England and Midwest
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Sojouner Truth (Why)
Attracted large audiences for her cause and stirred up emotions over issue of slavery
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Harriet Beecher Stow (Who)
Abolitionist
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Harriet Beecher Stow (What)
Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin as propoganda and combined the emotional conventions of a sentimental novel with her political agenda
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Harriet Beecher Stow (When)
Published in 1852
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Harriet Beecher Stow (Where)
US
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Harriet Beecher Stow (Why)
Brough message of abolitoism to a large audience
