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U.S. History Chapter 4 Vocabulary

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influential revivalist and former attorney, delivered passionate sermonsCharles G. Finney
former Unitarian minister, leading transcendentalistRalph Waldo Emerson
a style of worship meant to elicit powerful emotions to gain convertsEvangelical
members of the Unitarian religion, which is based on the belief that God is a single divine being rather than a trinityUnitarian
wanted prison reform to house the mentally insane separate from other criminalsDorothea Dix
movement aimed at stopping alcohol abuse and the problems created by itTemperance Movement
19th century movement that sought an end to slaveryAbolition Movement
a printer and leading AbolitionistWilliam Lloyd Garrison
a former female slave who gave lectures, and held audiences spell bound with her powerful speech and agrumentsSojourner Truth
married to abolitionist Henry Stanton, also interested in women's rightsElizabeth Cady Stanton
the right to voteSuffrage
religious revival movement in the first half of the 1800sSecond Great Awakening
people who follow the literary and philosophical movement based on finding spiritual reality through nature and consciousness of selfTranscendentalist
spoke and wrote of visions he said directed him to found a new religious groupJoseph Smith
separate settlement established with the goal of moral perfectionUtopian Community
movement aimed at structuring prisons so that prisoners will feel penitent for their crimesPenitentiary Movement
person who has been freed from slaveryFreedman
rule lasting from 1836 to 1844 that banned debate about slavery in CongressGag Rule
a former slave, spoke out in lecture halls with stories about his lifeFredrick Douglas
movement beginning in the mid-1800s in the U.S. that sought greater rights and opportunities for womenWomen's Movement
held in NY in 1848, first women's right conventionSeneca Falls Convention
1848 NY State law that guaranteed greater property rights for women; used as a model in other statesMarried Women's Property Act
Preacher who works to renew the importance of religion in American lifeRevivalist
follower of Emerson, wrote an essay "Civil Disobedience"Henry David Thoreau
Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which was organized in 1830 by Joseph SmithMormon
education reformer; wanted to provide all children with a better education than he receivedHorace Mann
gave worldwide lectures on alcohol abuse; Secured passage of the "Maine Law"Neal Dow
led a slave revolt near Richmond VirginiaNat Turner
when the inheritance is passed down through the female side of the familyMatrilineal
female abolitionist who helped to found the American anti-slavery society and the philadelphia female anti-slavery societyLucretia Mott
a leading voice for women's rights, published a news paper called "The Lily", advocated equality of women in all thingsAmelia Bloomer


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