Chapter 15 Flashcards
(25 cards)
What are communities based on a vision of a perfect society?
Utopias
What was the wave of religious fervor in the 1800’s?
The 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?
Gallaudent university
What did Dorothea Dix do?
Reformed care for the mentally ill
What was Washington Irving famous for being and what did he write?
Americas first internationally famous author with his story the legend of sleepy hollow
What novel explored the issue of slavery and was the best selling novel of the 19th century?
The legend of sleepy hollow
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harrier Beecher Stowe
Who were reformers who wanted to abolish slavery?
Abolitionist
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?
Fredric Douglas
What was the name of the newspaper that Frederick Douglass edited?
The North Star
What did Frederick Douglass believe destroyed America’s ideals of freedom?
The justice of slavery
What did Frederick Douglas do with help of friends in 1847?
Purchased his freedom
Who worked for women’s rights as an abolitionist?
Sojourner Truth
Where was Sojourner Truth born?
New York
Why did Truth choose her new name?
I will work in the light of gods truth
What was a network of escape routes out of the South for enslaved people?
The Underground Railroad
Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?
Hariot Tubman
Where was the first women’s rights convention?
New York
What did the 19th Amendment do?
Made women’s suffrage a reality in every state
Who called for equal pay, college training, and coeducation?
Susan b anthony
Who was the Quaker that helped runaway slaves in addition to working towards
women’s suffrage?
Elizabeth candy Stanton
