America Pageant Ch15 Word Scramble
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| Deism | Believed in a supreme being (God) but not original sin and Christ's divinity |
| 2nd Great Awakening | Spiritual awakening which led to prison and church reform, a temperance movement, education, and increased support of the abolition of slavery |
| How was religion spread in the 2nd Great Awakening? | Huge "camp meetings," Eastern people traveling to West to convert indians, public stress to convert, Peter Cartwright and "curcuit riders" preachers, and revival preacher Charles Finney of NY |
| How did social class affect religious views? | Wealthy, land owning, educated were Presbyterians/Unitarians. Poor uneducated and West were Methodists/Baptists |
| Mormons | Religion founded by Joseph Smith, who was killed, and the religion was frowned upon due to polygamy. Followers went to Utah, where statesmanship was denied due to American dislike |
| How did the 2nd Great Awakening affect education? | Free public education, mandatory primary school, 1st state supported university in NC, and libraries flourish |
| How did the 2nd Great Awakening affect social views? | Reformists opposed tobacco, alcohol, profanity, imprisonment for debt, and wanted to increase women's rights |
| American Temperance Society | Anti alcohol group that published pamphlets and signed pledges. Stressed temperance and law to make alcohol illegal |
| Horace Mann | "Father of Public Education" - fought for better schools |
| Neal Dow | "Father of Prohibition" - sponsors law in Maine prohibiting sale and production of alcohol |
| Women in the 1830s | Expected to stay at home, or be teachers. Lacked education and right to vote. Supported the abolition of slavery. |
| Science, arts, and literature in 1830 | ALl subjects improve. Practical sciences increase, greek revival of art and paintings of America arise, american literature appears |
| Transcendentalism | Stressed individuals, self-reliance, truth came both from study and one's "inner light" |
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