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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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5046371527utopian communitiesOver one hundred of these experimental communities were started in the 1820s to 1860s period. (p. 210)0
5046371528ShakersThis early religious communal movement held property in common and separated men and women. (p. 210)1
5065580503Amana ColoniesA German religious communal movement in Ohio which emphasized simple living. (p. 210)2
5065583895Robert OwenA Welsh industrialist and reformer who founded the New Harmony community. (p. 210)3
5065585401New HarmonyNonreligious experimental socialist community founded to solve problems of inequity and alienation caused by the Industrial Revolution. (p. 210)4
5065588990Joseph Humphrey NoyesHe started a cooperative community in Oneida, New York. (p. 210)5
5046371530Oneida 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
5046371531Charles 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
5046371551Horace MannHe was the leading advocate of the public school movement. (p. 213)8
5046371541temperanceReformers 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
5046371542American Temperance SocietyFounded in 1826, by Protestant ministers and others, they encouraged total alcohol abstinence. (p. 212)10
5046371543WashingtoniansA temperance movement which argued that alcoholism was a disease that need practical helpful treatment. (p. 212)11
5046371544Women's Christian Temperance UnionIn the late 1870s, this women's organization was part of the temperance movement. (p. 212)12
5046371545asylum 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
5046371546Dorothea 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
5046371547Thomas GallaudetHe started a school for the deaf. (p. 213)15
5046371548Samuel Gridley HoweHe started a school for the blind. (p. 213)16
5046371549penitentiariesThese institutions took the place of crude jails. They believed that structure and discipline would bring about moral reform. (p. 213)17
5046371550Auburn systemA prison system in New York which enforced rigid rules of discipline, while also providing moral instruction and work programs. (p. 213)18
5046371552public school movementIn the 1840s, this movement to provide free education for all children spread rapidly throughout the nation. (p. 213)19
5046371553McGuffey readersElementary school textbooks that encouraged hard work, punctuality, and sobriety. (p. 213)20
5046371574American Peace SocietyFounded in 1828, this society want to abolish war. (p. 216)21
5046371561American 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
5046371562American 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
5046371564abolitionism 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
5046371565Liberty 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
5046371566Frederick Douglass; The North StarIn 1847, this former slave started the antislavery journal, "The North Star". (p. 215)26
5046371567Harriet TubmanFamous abolitionist, born a slave, she assisted fugitive slaves to escape to free territory. (p. 215)27
5046371568David RugglesAn African American leader who assisted fugitive slaves to escape to free territory. (p. 215)28
5046371569Sojourner 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
5046371570William StillAn African American leader, who assisted fugitive slaves to escape to free territory. (p. 215)30
5046371571David 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
5046371572Henry 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
5046371573Nat TurnerIn 1831, he led the largest slave rebellion in which 55 whites were killed. (p. 215)33
5046371511antebellum periodThe period before the Civil War started in 1861. (p. 207)34
5046371519romantic 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
5046371520transcendentalistsThey 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
5046371521Ralph 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
5046371522Henry David Thoreau, "Walden", "On Civil Disobedience"A pioneer ecologist and conservationist. He was an advocate of nonviolent protest against unjust laws. (p. 209)38
5046371523Brook FarmAn attempted communal experiment in Massachusetts to achieve a more natural union between intellectual and manual labor. (p. 207)39
5360155592George RipleyThis Protestant minister started a communal experiment at Brook Farm in Massachusetts to live out the transcendentalist ideals. (p. 207)40
5046371524feministsThe term for advocates of women's rights. (p. 214)41
5046371525Margaret FullerA feminist, writer, and editor in the women's movement. (p. 210)42
5046371526Theodore ParkerA theologian and radical reformer. (p. 210)43
5046371533George Caleb BinghamAn American realist artist, whose paintings depicted life on the frontier. (p. 211)44
5046371534William 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
5046371535Thomas ColeFounder of the Hudson River school, famous for his landscape paintings. (p. 211)46
5046371536Frederick 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
5046371537Hudson 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
5046371538Washington IrvingThis author wrote fiction using American settings. (p. 211)49
5046371539James Fenimore CooperThis author wrote novels that glorified the frontiersman as nature's nobleman. (p. 211)50
5046371540Nathaniel HawthorneAuthor of "The Scarlet Letter", which questioned the intolerance and conformity in American life. (p. 211)51
5046371575Sylvester GrahamAn American dietary reformer who advocated whole wheat bread and graham crackers to promote good digestion. (p. 216)52
5046371576Amelia BloomerShe urged women to wear pantalettes instead of long skirts. (p. 216)53
5046371512Second 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
5046371513Timothy 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
5046371514revivalism; 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
5046371515millennialismIn the early 1800s, this popular belief, that the world was about to end with the second coming of Jesus Christ. (p. 208)57
5046371516Church 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 religious group to establish the New Zion on the Great Salt Lake in Utah. (p. 208)58
5066207856Joseph 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
5046371517Brigham YoungAfter Joseph Smith was killed, he led the Mormon followers to Utah. (p. 208)60
5046371518New ZionThis was the religious community established by the Mormons on the banks of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. (p. 208)61
5046371554women's rights movementWomen started this movement because they resented the way men relegated them to secondary roles in the reform movements. (p. 214)62
5046371577cult 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
5046371555Sarah Grimke, Angelina GrimkeTwo sisters, born in South Carolina, they objected to male opposition to their antislavery activities. (p. 214)64
5046371556Letter 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
5046371557Lucretia MottA women's rights reformer who was not allowed to speak at an antislavery convention. (p. 214)66
5046371558Elizabeth Cady StantonA women's rights reformer who was not allowed to speak at an antislavery convention. (p. 214)67
5046371559Seneca 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
5046371560Susan 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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