| A | B |
| Second Great Awakening | It bagan in the Northeast in the 1790's and was similar to the first in that it was a period of Religious Resurgence. |
| Temperance Societies | Societies set up to protect american people from things such as liqur, gambling, prostistution, etc. |
| Shakers | A utopian group who split from the Quakers and believed that all other churches had grown to interested in the world. |
| Mormons | Mormons still thrive today. Joseph Smith formed the LDS church in 1830 as directed by God. |
| Abolition Movement | The fight to free the blacks from slavery. |
| Moderates | This group wanted emancipation to take place slowly with cooperation. |
| Immediatists | This group wanted emancipation at once. |
| William Lloyd Garrison | He published the newspaper the Liberater in 1831. He was the most prominent white immediatist and his actions brought slavery to the forefront. |
| Gag Rule | Automatically suppressed issue at hand in Congress. |
| Frederick Douglass | In the 1840's he began publishing The North Star and it became a very popular Abolitionist paper. |
| Harriet Tubman | She was one of the most prominent black abloitionists. She helped more than 300 slaves to escape via the Underground Railroad. |
| Sojourner Truth | She campained for emancipation and Wormen's rights. |