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

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15674401722utopian communitiesOver one hundred of these experimental communities were started in the 1820s to 1860s period. (p. 210)0
15674401723ShakersThis early religious communal movement held property in common and separated men and women. (p. 210)1
15674401787Amana ColoniesA German religious communal movement in Ohio which emphasized simple living. (p. 210)2
15674401788Robert OwenA Welsh industrialist and reformer who founded the New Harmony community. (p. 210)3
15674401789New HarmonyNonreligious experimental socialist community founded to solve problems of inequity and alienation caused by the Industrial Revolution. (p. 210)4
15674401790Joseph Humphrey NoyesHe started a cooperative community in Oneida, New York. (p. 210)5
15674401724Oneida communityThis community, started in 1848, was dedicated to social and economic equality. They shared property and spouses, and prospered by manufacturing silverware. (p. 210)6
15674401725Charles Fourier phalanxesIn the 1840s, this French socialist, advocated that people share working and living arrangements in communities. He wanted to solve problems of competitive society, but Americans were too individualistic. (p. 210)7
15674401726Horace MannHe was the leading advocate of the public school movement. (p. 213)8
15674401727temperanceReformers 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
15674401728American Temperance SocietyFounded in 1826, by Protestant ministers and others, they encouraged total alcohol abstinence. (p. 212)10
15674401729WashingtoniansA temperance movement which argued that alcoholism was a disease that need practical helpful treatment. (p. 212)11
15674401730Women's Christian Temperance UnionIn the late 1870s, this women's organization was part of the temperance movement. (p. 212)12
15674401731asylum 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
15674401732Dorothea 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
15674401733Thomas GallaudetHe started a school for the deaf. (p. 213)15
15674401734Samuel Gridley HoweHe started a school for the blind. (p. 213)16
15674401735penitentiariesThese institutions took the place of crude jails. They believed that structure and discipline would bring about moral reform. (p. 213)17
15674401736Auburn systemA prison system in New York which enforced rigid rules of discipline, while also providing moral instruction and work programs. (p. 213)18
15674401737public school movementIn the 1840s, this movement to provide free education for all children spread rapidly throughout the nation. (p. 213)19
15674401738McGuffey readersElementary school textbooks that encouraged hard work, punctuality, and sobriety. (p. 213)20
15674401739American Peace SocietyFounded in 1828, this society want to abolish war. (p. 216)21
15674401740American Colonization SocietyFounded in 1817, this organization transported free black people to an African colony. This appealed to moderates, racists, and politicians. However, only 12,000 people were actually settled in Africa. (p. 215)22
15674401741American 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)23
15674401742abolitionism 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)24
15674401743Liberty 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)25
15674401744Frederick Douglass; The North StarIn 1847, this former slave started the antislavery journal, "The North Star". (p. 215)26
15674401745Harriet TubmanFamous abolitionist, born a slave, she assisted fugitive slaves to escape to free territory. (p. 215)27
15674401746David RugglesAn African American leader who assisted fugitive slaves to escape to free territory. (p. 215)28
15674401747Sojourner TruthA United 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)29
15674401748William StillAn African American leader, who assisted fugitive slaves to escape to free territory. (p. 215)30
15674401749David WalkerAn African American who advocated the most radical solution to the slavery question. He argued, that slaves should take action themselves by rising up in revolt against their owners. (p. 215)31
15674401750Henry Highland GarnetAn African American, who advocated the most radical solution to the slavery question. He argued that slaves should take action themselves by rising up in revolt against their owners. (p. 215)32
15674401751Nat TurnerIn 1831, he led the largest slave rebellion in which 55 whites were killed. (p. 215)33
15674401752antebellum periodThe period before the Civil War started in 1861. (p. 207)34
15674401753romantic 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 the transcendentalists. (p. 209)35
15674401754transcendentalistsThey questioned the doctrines of established churches and business practices of the merchant class. They encouraged a mystical and intuitive way of thinking to discover the 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)36
15674401755Ralph 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)37
15674401756Henry David Thoreau, "Walden", "On Civil Disobedience"A pioneer ecologist and conservationist. He was an advocate of nonviolent protest against unjust laws. (p. 209)38
15674401757Brook FarmAn attempted communal experiment in Massachusetts to achieve a more natural union between intellectual and manual labor. (p. 207)39
15674401791George RipleyThis Protestant minister started a communal experiment at Brook Farm in Massachusetts to live out the transcendentalist ideals. (p. 207)40
15674401758feministsThe term for advocates of women's rights. (p. 214)41
15674401759Margaret FullerA feminist, writer, and editor in the women's movement. (p. 210)42
15674401760Theodore ParkerA theologian and radical reformer. (p. 210)43
15674401761George Caleb BinghamAn American realist artist, whose paintings depicted life on the frontier. (p. 211)44
15674401762William S. MountContemporary of the Hudson River school. He began as a painter of history but moved to depicting scenes from everyday life. (p. 211)45
15674401763Thomas ColeFounder of the Hudson River school, famous for his landscape paintings. (p. 211)46
15674401764Frederick ChurchCentral figure in the Hudson River School and pupil of Thomas Cole. He is known for his landscapes and for painting colossal views of exotic places. (p. 211)47
15674401765Hudson 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)48
15674401766Washington IrvingThis author wrote fiction using American settings. (p. 211)49
15674401767James Fenimore CooperThis author wrote novels that glorified the frontiersman as nature's nobleman. (p. 211)50
15674401768Nathaniel HawthorneAuthor of "The Scarlet Letter", which questioned the intolerance and conformity in American life. (p. 211)51
15674401769Sylvester GrahamAn American dietary reformer who advocated whole wheat bread and graham crackers to promote good digestion. (p. 216)52
15674401770Amelia BloomerShe urged women to wear pantalettes instead of long skirts. (p. 216)53
15674401771Second Great AwakeningA religious movement that occurred during the antebellum period. It was a reaction against rationalism (belief in human reason). It offered the opportunity of salvation to all. (p. 207)54
15674401772Timothy DwightPresident of Yale College, he helped initiate the Second Great Awakening. His campus revivals inspired many young men to become evangelical preachers. (p. 207)55
15674401773revivalism; revival camp meetingsIn the early 1800s, this movement was a reaction against the rationalism of the Enlightenment. Successful preachers were audience-centered and easily understood by the uneducated. (p. 207)56
15674401774millennialismIn the early 1800s, this popular belief, that the world was about to end with the second coming of Jesus Christ. (p. 208)57
15674401775Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints;Founded 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 religious group to establish the New Zion on the Great Salt Lake in Utah. (p. 208)58
15674401792Joseph SmithFounded the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints in New York in 1830. The church moved to Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, then finally to Utah. (p. 208)59
15674401776Brigham YoungAfter Joseph Smith was killed, he led the Mormon followers to Utah. (p. 208)60
15674401777New ZionThis was the religious community established by the Mormons on the banks of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. (p. 208)61
15674401778women's rights movementWomen started this movement because they resented the way men relegated them to secondary roles in the reform movements. (p. 214)62
15674401779cult 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)63
15674401780Sarah Grimke, Angelina GrimkeTwo sisters, born in South Carolina, they objected to male opposition to their antislavery activities. (p. 214)64
15674401781Letter of the Condition of Women and the Equality of the SexesWritten by Angelina and Sarah Grimke, it protested males opposition to their abolitionist work. (p. 214)65
15674401782Lucretia MottA women's rights reformer who was not allowed to speak at an antislavery convention. (p. 214)66
15674401783Elizabeth Cady StantonA women's rights reformer who was not allowed to speak at an antislavery convention. (p. 214)67
15674401784Seneca 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)68
15674401785Susan B. AnthonySocial reformer who campaigned for womens rights, the temperance, and was an abolitionist. She helped form the National Woman Suffrage Association. (p. 214)69

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