Chapter 8 - Reforming American Society

Question 1

Widespread spiritual movement

Answer 1

Second Great Awakening

Question 2

A religious gathering that relied on emotional sermons to awaken religious feelings

Answer 2

revival

Question 3

An important preacher in the revivalist movement

Answer 3

Charles Grandison Finney

Question 4

Leading transcendental philosopher

Answer 4

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Question 5

Philosophy that emphasized the truth to be found in nature and intuition

Answer 5

transcendentalism

Question 6

Author of Walden who practiced ideas of transcendentalism

Answer 6

Henry David Thoreau

Question 7

The form of protest that calls on people to disobey unjust laws

Answer 7

civil disobedience

Question 8

Experimental communities designed to be perfect societies

Answer 8

Utopian Communities

Question 9

Reformer who worked for improved treatment of the mentally ill

Answer 9

Dorothea Dix

Question 10

Movement to outlaw slavery

Answer 10

abolition

Question 11

Abolitionist leader

Answer 11

William Lloyd Garrison

Question 12

The freeing of slaves

Answer 12

mancipation

Question 13

A free African American who urged blacks to take their freedom by force

Answer 13

David Walker

Question 14

Escaped slave who became a noted abolitionist leader

Answer 14

Frederick Douglass

Question 15

Leader of a violent slave rebellion

Answer 15

Nat Turner

Question 16

A rule limiting debate on an issue

Answer 16

gag rule

Question 17

Social customs that restricted women to caring for the house

Answer 17

cult of domesticity

Question 18

Leaders in the abolitionist movement

Answer 18

Sarah and Angelina Grimké

Question 19

Movement to ban the drinking of alcohol

Answer 19

temperance movement

Question 20

Leader in the abolitionist and women’s rights movements

Answer 20

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Question 21

Leader in the abolitionist and women’s rights movements

Answer 21

Lucretia Mott

Question 22

Convention held in 1848 to argue for women’s rights

Answer 22

Seneca Falls convention

Question 23

Former slave who became an abolitionist and women’s rights activist

Answer 23

Soojourner Truth

Question 24

System in which manufacturers provided the materials for goods to be produced at home

Answer 24

cottage industry

Question 25

A skilled artisan who owned a business and employed others

Answer 25

master

Question 26

Skilled worker employed by a master

Answer 26

journeyman

Question 27

A worker learning a trade or craft, usually under the supervision of a master

Answer 27

apprentice

Question 28

Work stoppages by workers

Answer 28

strike

Question 29

Early national workers' organization

Answer 29

National Trades‘ Union

Question 30

Why were factories, and the assembly line, important?

Answer 30

New machines allowed unskilled factory workers to make goods that skilled artisans once made.

Question 31

# Define: Second Great Awakening

Answer 31

Widespread spiritual movement

Question 32

# Define: revival

Answer 32

A religious gathering that relied on emotional sermons to awaken religious feelings

Question 33

# Define: Charles Grandison Finney

Answer 33

An important preacher in the revivalist movement

Question 34

# Define: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Answer 34

Leading transcendental philosopher

Question 35

# Define: transcendentalism

Answer 35

Philosophy that emphasized the truth to be found in nature and intuition

Question 36

# Define: Henry David Thoreau

Answer 36

Author of Walden who practiced ideas of transcendentalism

Question 37

# Define: civil disobedience

Answer 37

The form of protest that calls on people to disobey unjust laws

Question 38

# Define: Utopian Communities

Answer 38

Experimental communities designed to be perfect societies

Question 39

# Define: Dorothea Dix

Answer 39

Reformer who worked for improved treatment of the mentally ill

Question 40

# Define: abolition

Answer 40

Movement to outlaw slavery

Question 41

# Define: William Lloyd Garrison

Answer 41

Abolitionist leader

Question 42

# Define: mancipation

Answer 42

The freeing of slaves

Question 43

# Define: David Walker

Answer 43

A free African American who urged blacks to take their freedom by force

Question 44

# Define: Frederick Douglass

Answer 44

Escaped slave who became a noted abolitionist leader

Question 45

# Define: Nat Turner

Answer 45

Leader of a violent slave rebellion

Question 46

# Define: gag rule

Answer 46

A rule limiting debate on an issue

Question 47

# Define: cult of domesticity

Answer 47

Social customs that restricted women to caring for the house

Question 48

# Define: Sarah and Angelina Grimké

Answer 48

Leaders in the abolitionist movement

Question 49

# Define: temperance movement

Answer 49

Movement to ban the drinking of alcohol

Question 50

# Define: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Answer 50

Leader in the abolitionist and women’s rights movements

Question 51

# Define: Lucretia Mott

Answer 51

Leader in the abolitionist and women’s rights movements

Question 52

# Define: Seneca Falls convention

Answer 52

Convention held in 1848 to argue for women’s rights

Question 53

# Define: Soojourner Truth

Answer 53

Former slave who became an abolitionist and women’s rights activist

Question 54

# Define: cottage industry

Answer 54

System in which manufacturers provided the materials for goods to be produced at home

Question 55

# Define: master

Answer 55

A skilled artisan who owned a business and employed others

Question 56

# Define: journeyman

Answer 56

Skilled worker employed by a master

Question 57

# Define: apprentice

Answer 57

A worker learning a trade or craft, usually under the supervision of a master

Question 58

# Define: strike

Answer 58

Work stoppages by workers

Question 59

# Define: National Trades‘ Union

Answer 59

Early national workers' organization