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it was still a regular ritual for about 3/4 of the 23 mil Americans in 1850
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church attendance in 1850
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relied on reason rather than revelation, on science rather than the Bible, rejected original sin and Christ's divinity, believed in a Supreme Being
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deism
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gathered momentum in NE, God existed in only 1 person, not in the Trinity, stressed goodness of human nature, salvation through good works, God = loving Father (ralph waldo emerson)
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unitarians
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a boiling reaction against the growing liberalism in religion in 1800
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second great awakening
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2nd great awakening was spread by these where people would gather for several days to hear hellfire gospel, ppl "got religion"
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"camp meetings"
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best known of the methodist "circuit riders", traveling frontier preacher, TN to IL, converted thousands
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peter cartwright
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greatest of the revival preachers, led massive revivals in Rochester and NYC, devised the "anxious bench", sinful ppl would sit in full view of the church, pres. of oberlin college in OH
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charles grandison finney
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western NY, where NE puritans had settled, so blistered by hellfire sermons that it was called the
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"burned-over district"
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reported to have received golden plates from an angel, when they were deciphered, they were put into the Book of Mormon, the church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints (mormons), murdered w/ his bro in carthage IL
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joseph smith
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aggressive leader who took over for joseph smith, led the latter-day saints to Utah, married 27 women, had 56 children
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brigham young
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graduate of brown U, sec of the Mass board of edu, campaigned for more and better schoolhouses, longer school terms, higher teacher pay, and expanded curriculum
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horace mann
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yale grad, CT, "schoolmaster of the republic", "reading lessons" used by many kids, devoted 20 years to his dictionary
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noah webster
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OH, teacher-preacher, made grade-school readers, 122 mil copies, "________'s Readers"
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william mcguffey
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estb Troy Female Seminary (NY)
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emma willard
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this college opened its doors to women in 1837
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oberlin college
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traveled 60 thous miles in 8 years and made reports on insanity and asylums, classic petition to MA legis, concept that demented were not willfully perverse but mentally ill
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dorthea dix
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1828 this was formed, society for peace
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american peace society
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author of an anti-alcohol novel,"ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there"
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T.S. Arthur
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formed in Boston in 1826, fought for abolition of alcohol
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American temperance society
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mayor of portland, "father of prohibition", sponsored Maine Law of 1851, prohibited manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor
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Neal S. Dow
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concept that the home was a woman's special sphere
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"cult of domesticity"
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quaker, she and her fellow female delegates to the london antislavery convention of 1840 were not recognized
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lucretia mott
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advocate for women suffrage
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elizabeth cady stanton
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militant lecturer for women's rights
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susan b. anthony
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pioneer female doctor, first female grad of a med college
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dr. elizabeth blackwell
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edited a transcendentalist journal, the dial, bring unity to republican gov't in italy
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margaret fuller
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read at women's rights convention and declared that "all men and women are created equal" (seneca falls)
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"declaration of sentiments"
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scottish manufacturer, founded a communal society of 1000 ppl in IN, colony sank
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robert owen
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publicized the "bloomer costume" style in her magazine
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amelia bloomer
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in MA, 200 acres, prospered until it was lost by fire, nathaniel hawthorne was inspired by it to write "the blithedale romance"
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brook farm
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community founded in NY in 1848, practiced free love, birth control, and creation for superior offspring
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oneida colony
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led by mother ann lee, set up the first religious community, 6,000 members, prohibited marriage and sex
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shakers
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pioneer chemist and geologist, taught at yale
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benjamin silliman
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founder of oneida colony, called his system "bible communism"
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john humphrey noyes
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joined oneidans and invented steel animal traps
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sewell newhouse
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designed by thomas jefferson, his classical hilltop home in VA
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monticello
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painter, from RI, portraits of washington
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gilbert stuart
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painter, MD, 60 portraits of wash.,
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charles wilson peale
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fought in rev. war, painted scenes from the war
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john trumbull
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1st Am to win intnat'l recognition as a literary figure, "knickerbocker's history of NY"
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washington irving
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1st Am novelist
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james ferrimore cooper
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transcendentalist, wrote "thanatopsis" at age 16
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william cullen bryant
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belief that Truth transcends the senses, cannot be found by observation alone
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transcendentalism
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trans, refused to pay poll tax, jailed for a night, wrote "walden: or life in the woods" and "civil disobedience"
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henry david thoreau
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poet, collection "leave of grass"
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walt whitman
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one of the most pop. poets, professor at harvard
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henry wadsworth longfellow
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poet laureate of the antislavery crusade
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john greenleaf whittier
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prominent poet, essayist, and novelist, nonconformist
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dr. oliver wendell holmes
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wrote "little women"
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louisa may alcott
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recluse poet
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emily dickinson
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spent time on a whaler, then wrote "moby dick", wasnt recognized in his lifetime
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herman melville
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dark romantic poet, wrote short stories
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edgar allan poe
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helped found the USNA, "father of american history", published a histor of the U.S.
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george bancroft
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