S.S 5/14/25 Flashcards
(26 cards)
Abolition
Action of destroying a system.
Temperance
To abolish/ get rid of alcohol
Seneca Falls
First women’s rights convention
Declaration of sentiments
A document demanding woman’s rights.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American woman’s rights activist, abolitionist, and wrote declaration of sentiments
Susan B. anthony
American Social reformer and woman’s right activist.
Sojourner Truth
African American woman’s right activist and former slave.
Fredrick Douglas
Former slave, reformer, abolitionist, and writer, known for travel speeches.
Woman’s suffrage movement
Legal right for woman’s voting
Second great awakening
A protestant religious revival act.
Property rights
Rights to own property.
Fair wages
Fair pay for service industry workers.
Suffrage
The right to vote
Advocate
Person who publicly supports a particular policy
Activist
Person who publicly campaigns to bring political or social change
Reform movement
Type of social movement.
Discrimination
Unjust treatment of different “things”.
Gender roles
Specific jobs or roles based on gender.
Civil rights
Fundamental rights for citizens.
Empowerment
Power given to do something.
Social Justice
Belief that everyone deserves equal rights.
19th amendment
An amendment giving woman the right to vote
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Anti Slavery novel Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Anti-Rent movement
A revolt in upstate New York by tenants that declared their independence from the mayor system
