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Chapter 12

An Age of Reform

Term or nameDefinition
social reform organized attempts to improve conditions of life
predestination idea that God decided the fate of a person's soul even before birth
Charles Finney famous preacher
revival huge outdoor religious meeting
Utopian communities looked for a more perfect society
Temperance Movement organized effort to end alcohol abuse
prohibition total ban on sale and consumption of alcohol
Dorothea Dix reform of prisons and care for mentally ill
Horace Mann led education reform
public schools tax supported schools
abolitionist reformers who wanted to abolish or end slavery
William Lloyd Garrison created the newspaper, The Liberator
Frederick Douglass former slave; published the North Star
Harriet Tubman conductor on the Underground Railroad
Sojourner Truth Former slave who worked for women's rights
suffrage right to vote
Transcendentalism movement that sought to explore the relationship between humans and nature through emothions rather than reason
individualism the unique importance of each individual
civil disobedience the idea that peole should peacefully disobey unjust laws if their consciences demand it
Hudson River School group of landscape artists
Henry David Thoreau wrote Walden
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Declaration of Sentiments author
Louisa May Alcott Author of Little Women
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