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AMSCO AP US History Chapter 11 Flashcards

AMSCO United States History 2015 Edition, Chapter 11 Society, Culture, and Reform, 1820-1860

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5447745599utopian communitiesOver one hundred of these experimental communities were started in the 1820s to 1860s period. (p. 210)0
5447745600ShakersThis early religious communal movement held property in common and separated men and women. (p. 210)1
5447745601Amana ColoniesA German religious communal movement in Ohio which emphasized simple living. (p. 210)2
5447745602Robert OwenA Welsh industrialist and reformer who founded the New Harmony community. (p. 210)3
5447745603New HarmonyNonreligious experimental socialist community founded to solve problems of inequity and alienation caused by the Industrial Revolution. (p. 210)4
5447745604Joseph Humphrey NoyesHe started a cooperative community in Oneida, New York. They prospered by manufacturing silverware. (p. 210)5
5447745605Oneida communityThis community started in 1848 dedicated to social and economic equality. They shared property and spouses. (p. 210)6
5447745606Charles Fourier phalanxesFrench socialist who advocated that people share working and living arrangements in communities. Wanted to solve problems of competitive society but Americans were too individualistic. (p. 210)7
5447745607Horace MannHe was the leading advocate of the public school movement. (p. 213)8
5447745608temperanceReformers targeted alcohol as the cause of social ills. The movement started by using moral exhortation, then shifted to political action. Business leaders and politicians supported it because it improved productivity of industrial workers. (p. 212)9
5447745609American Temperance SocietyFounded in 1826 by Protestant ministers and others, they encouraged total alcohol abstinence. (p. 212)10
5447745610WashingtoniansA temperance movement which argued that alcoholism was a disease that need practical helpful treatment. (p. 212)11
5447745611Women's Christian Temperance UnionIn the late 1870s this organization was part of the temperance movement. (p. 212)12
5447745612asylum movementIn the 1820s and 1830s this movement sought to improve the conditions for criminals, emotionally disturbed people, and paupers. They proposed setting up state-supported prisons, mental hospitals, and poorhouses. (p. 212)13
5447745613Dorothea DixA reformer who was responsible for improving conditions in jails, poorhouses and insane asylums throughout the U.S. and Canada. She succeeded in persuading many states to assume responsibility for the care of the mentally ill. (p. 212)14
5447745614Thomas GallaudetStarted a school for the deaf. (p. 213)15
5447745615Samuel Gridley HoweHe started a school for the blind. (p. 213)16
5447745616penitentiariesBuilding of new prisons to take the place of crude jails. Reflected a major doctrine, structure and discipline would bring about moral reform. (p. 213)17
5447745617Auburn systemA prison system in New York which enforced rigid rules of discipline, while also providing moral instruction and work programs. (p. 213)18
5447745618public school movementIn the 1840s this movement to provide free education for all children spread rapidly throughout the nation. (p. 213)19
5447745619McGuffey readersElementary school textbooks that encouraged hard work, punctuality, and sobriety. (p. 213)20
5447745621American Colonization SocietyFounded in 1817, this organization transported free black people to an African colony. This appealed to moderates, racists, and politicians. Only 12,000 people were settled in Africa. (p. 215)21
5447745622American Antislavery SocietyThe organization was founded in 1833 by William Lloyd Garrison and others. They advocated the immediate abolition of all slavery in every state. (p. 215)22
5447745623abolitionism William Lloyd Garrison; The LiberatorIn 1831, he started the radical abolitionist movement with the "The Liberator" newspaper. He advocated the immediate abolition of all slavery in every state. (p. 215)23
5447745624Liberty partyIn 1840, this political party was formed in reaction to the radical abolitionists. They pledged to bring an end to slavery by political and legal means. (p. 215)24
5447745625Frederick Douglass; The North StarIn 1847, this former slave started the antislavery journal, "The North Star". (p. 215)25
5447745626Harriet TubmanFamous abolitionist, born a slave, she assisted fugitive slaves to escape to free territory. (p. 215)26
5447745628Sojourner TruthUnited States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate for the abolition of slavery and the rights of women. (p. 215)27
5447745632Nat TurnerIn 1831, he led the largest slave rebellion in which 55 whites were killed. (p. 215)28
5447745633antebellum periodThe period before the Civil War started in 1861. (p. 207)29
5447745634romantic movementIn early 19th century Europe, art and literature emphasized intuition and feelings, individual acts of heroism, and the study of nature. In America, similar themes were expressed by transcendentalists. (p. 209)30
5447745635transcendentalistsThey questioned the doctrines of established churches and business practices of the merchant class. Mystical and intuitive way of thinking to discover inner self and look for essence of God in nature. Artistic expression was more important than pursuit of wealth. They valued individualism and supported the antislavery movement. (p. 209)31
5447745636Ralph Waldo Emerson, "The American Scholar"The best known transcendentalist, his essays and lectures expressed the individualistic and nationalistic spirit of Americans. He urged self-reliance, and independent thinking. (p. 209)32
5447745637Henry David Thoreau, "Walden", "On Civil Disobedience"Pioneer ecologist and conservationist. He was an advocate of nonviolent protest against unjust laws. (p. 209)33
5447745640feministsAdvocates of women's rights. (p. 214)34
5447745641Margaret FullerA feminist, writer, and editor in the women's movement. (p. 210)35
5447745647Hudson River schoolIn the 1830s, this genre of painting founded in the Hudson River area, portrayed everyday life of ordinary people in the natural world. (p. 211)36
5447745653Second Great AwakeningA religious movement that occurred during the antebellum period. A reaction against rationalism (belief in human reason) that offered opportunity of salvation to all. (p. 207)37
5447745655revivalism; revival camp meetingsReligious revivals that were a reaction against the rationalism of the Enlightenment. A populist movement that was part of the Second Great Awakening. (p. 207)38
5447745657Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; MormonsFounded by Joseph Smith in 1830. It was based on the Book of Mormon which traced a connection between the American Indians and the lost tribes of Israel. After Joseph Smith was murdered, Brigham Young led the group to establish the New Zion on the Great Salt Lake in Utah. (p. 208)39
5447745658Joseph SmithFounded the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints in New York in 1830. The church moved to Ohio, Missouri, then Illinois. (p. 208)40
5447745659Brigham YoungAfter Joseph Smith was killed, he led the church to Utah. (p. 208)41
5447745660New ZionThis was the religious community established by the Mormons on the banks of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. (p. 208)42
5447745661women's rights movementWomen reformers resented the way men relegated them to secondary roles in reform movements. (p. 214)43
5447745662cult of domesticityAfter industrialization occurred women became the moral leaders in the home and educators of children. Men were responsible for economic and political affairs. (p. 214)44
5447798334Lucretia MottA women's rights reformer who was not allowed to speak at an antislavery convention45
5447745666Elizabeth Cady StantonA women's rights reformer who was not allowed to speak at an antislavery convention. (p. 214)46
5447745667Seneca Falls ConventionIn 1848, this was the first women's rights convention in U.S. history. They wrote a "Declaration of Sentiments", modeled after the Declaration of Independence, which declared all men and women equal and listed grievances. (p. 214)47

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