women couldn't vote, lacked guardianship over children, lost their property and wealth to their husbands; women became inspired the Second Great Awakening; women's right movement would be inspired from the abolitionist movement where women helped raise money and collected petition signatures

most famous preacher of the era and used common language and allowed women to pray

a broad religious movement that swept through the US mainly in camp meetings and revivals that challenged people towards reform

an emotional meeting designed to awaken religious faith through impassioned preaching and prayer

held in Philadelphia; assembled by Richard Allen and the African Methodist Episcopal Church; participants discussed leaving and settling in Canada

a New England writer; leader of a group of transcendentalists

circuit riding preacher that logged over 300,000 miles and preached over 16,500 sermons (and LOTS of crazy stories about him

a philosophical and literary movement that emphasized living a simple life and celebrated the truth and goodness found in nature

this man put the idea of simple living into practice when he moved out to Walden Pond in MA and wrote "Walden" and civil disobedience

the act of peacefully refusing to obey unjust laws

a MA man that was a remarkable leader in public school reform movement and became 1st secretary of MA Board of Education and established teacher-training programs

the call to outlaw slavery which was fueled by preachers; at first, antislavery societies advocated for the resettlement of blacks in Africa

the most radical white abolitionist who started the newspaper "The Liberator"

anti slavery newspaper; created by William Lloyd Garrison; advocated for immediate emancipation

a black man born into slavery; taught to read and write and would eventually escape slavery and created "The North Star"

slaves worked on large plantations from dawn till dusk; often whipped and abused while working

lead by a black man born into slavery in Virginia; he believed that he was chosen to lead his people out of bondage and used an eclipse of the sun as a divine signal for action; with his supporters, he attacked 4 plantations and killed almost 60 whites

pre-Civil war (South)

white's fear of future slave revolts resulted in legislature that pushed for tighter controls on African Americans; blacks began to lose rights such as voting, owning guns, purchasing alcohol, assembling, testifying, learning to read or write, or work independently

the first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, NY; started by Stanton and Mott who also wrote the "Declaration of Sentiments"; participants agreed on many topics, except women's suffrage, which remained a controversial topic

located in Ohio; the nation's first coeducational college

a detailed statement of grievances that was modeled after the Declaration of Independence; written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton; presented at the Seneca Falls Convention

a slave for the first 30 years of her life, Isabella Baumfree changed her name to this and traveled throughout the country preaching and arguing for abolition; was a skilled speaker

people who preached against the evils of alcohol

states that outlawed alcohol

where the great potato famine was

people killed in the potato famine

Irish came to America

to treat someone/something differently because of whatever reason

many immigrants came from here and settled on farms and created businesses

considered "Moses" because of all the people they led out of slavery

slaves set free on the underground railroad by Harriet Tubman

wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin about slavery she witnessed

the way slaves were able to escape and make it to Canada

a circuit rider who also founded a Methodist college in Kentucky

earn money from a business owner...limits their potential

new social class, though many were poor and uneducated

protested the treatment of people with mental disabilities in prisons

leveled materials used in schools