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AH M2L4 Key Terms
American History Module 2 Lesson 4 Key Terms
Term | Definition |
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Second Great Awakening | Religious movement that highlighted the power of the individual and a desire to lead a pure life. |
Temperance | Movement to educate society on the evils of alcohol and how it could lead to an impure life. |
Transcendentalism | Philosophical and literary movement that focused on living in harmony with nature, live simply, and finding truth in one’s own personal thoughts. |
Utopias | Communities in the United States during the reform movement that attempted to build the ideal way of life. |
Mormonism | Religious faith created during the reform movement. It was founded in 1830 by Joseph Smith but found a more permanent home in Utah under the leadership of Brigham Young. It is an example of an early Utopian society. |
Abolitionism | A reform movement during the early 1800’s to end slavery for good. |
Dorothea Dix | Led the reform movement to improve the prison system and worked for equal rights of the mentally ill. |
Elizabeth Cady Stanton | Reform thinker who fought for the equal rights of women, abolition of slavery, and the temperance movement. Her efforts led to the expansion of married women's property laws which allowed women to own land and enter into contracts regarding property. |
Susan B. Anthony | Reform thinker who fought fought for the right for women to vote, the abolishment of slavery, and the success of the temperance movement. |
Seneca Falls Convention | Meeting held in 1848 that would promote ideas to change legislation which would promote women's rights. |
American Colonization Society | Organization founded by mostly white men, and attempted to establish a system to transport freeborn blacks and freed slaves to Africa. |
Nat Turner | Slave who led a revolt in Virginia in 1831. This rebellion was a fight for freedom which sent shock waves through the south which increased the stranglehold on slaves in southern states. |