Chapter 15 Flashcards
(27 cards)
What was the wave of religious fervor in the 1800’s?
Second Great Awakening
How did the 2nd Great Awakening begin?
Frontier camp meetings called revivals
What does temperance mean?
Drinking little or no alcohol
What was the first school for the hearing impaired?
Gallaudet University
What did Dorothea Dix do?
Reformed care for the mentally ill
What was Washington Irving famous for being and what did he write?
The first internationally famous author. He wrote The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow
What novel explored the issue of slavery and was the best selling novel of the 19th century?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beecher
Who were reformers who wanted to abolish slavery?
Abolitionists
Who was the first white abolitionist to call for the immediate and complete
emancipation of slaves?
William Lloyd Garrison
Who was the most well known abolitionist?
Fredrick Douglass
What was the name of the newspaper that Frederick Douglass edited?
” North Star”
What did Frederick Douglass believe destroyed America’s ideals of freedom?
Imjustice of slavery
What did Frederick Douglas do with help of friends in 1847?
Purchase his freedom
Who worked for women’s rights as an abolitionist?
Sojourner Truth
Where was Sojourner Truth born?
New york as a slave
Why did Truth choose her new name?
She said she will walk in the light of God’s truth
What was a network of escape routes out of the South for enslaved people?
Underground railroad
Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Where was the first women’s rights convention?
Seneca Falls, New York
What was the most controversial issue at the Seneca Falls Convention?
Woman’s suffrage
What did Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott both fight for?
Woman’s suffrage
Who was the Quaker that helped runaway slaves in addition to working towards
women’s suffrage?
Lucretra Mott
Know the differences between the Constitution preamble and Declaration of
Independence Natural Rights.
One states our independence and the other explains our rights
