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history vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Reform | To make better by changing the bad parts of society. |
Salvation | Being saved from sin and from the penalties of sin. |
Abolition | Getting rid of something completely. |
Transcendentalism | Movement that emphasized living in harmony with nature and stressed examining a person's thoughts, emotions, and imagination. |
Utopian communities | Communities based on self-sufficiency that wanted to create a perfect society by sharing equally the work and items produced in the community. |
Self-sufficiency | Having the ability to provide for oneself without the help of others; indeppendent |
Suffrage | The right to vote |
Temperance | Ban the drinking of alcohol |
Asylum | A hospital for the mentally ill |
Rehabilitate | To restore someone to a normal life by training and therapy after imprisonment |
Seneca Falls Convention | First women's rights convention |
Declaration of Sentiments | A speech given at the Seneca Falls Convention that demanded equal rights for women including voting |
Underground Railroad | An escape route to the North for runaway slaves |
Era | A designated time period |
Enlightenment | Reaching spiritual knowledge and understanding |