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Dan Webster wants |
good education for kids |
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Lots of ____ being established |
colleges (mostly religious assoc.) |
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Oberlin was... |
progressive past its time (1830) |
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Oberlin allowed |
women x African Americans (caused other colleges for women to open) |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson |
wrote about independence (transcendentalism) |
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Second Great Awakening was... |
a religious revival |
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Goal of SGA was... |
trying to "eliminate original sin" |
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The SGA had a lot of... |
emotionalism (Holy Rolling) |
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Catholics did.... |
NOT REVIVE.
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There were fires of... |
religious fever (Burnt-Over District) (north) |
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Charles Finney was... |
head preacher |
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Peter Cartwright was... |
circuit writer (Puritan) |
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Methodists and Baptists were... |
winners (just needed someone to get up and talk) |
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there was a streak of.... |
Millenialism |
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Millenialism was a... |
belief in the 2nd coming of Christ |
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Millenialists thought... |
people should be different (our generation) |
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William Miller |
founded church on "Christ has died, risen, will come again on October 22, 1844" |
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William Miller started the... |
Seventh Day Adventists (Saturday church guys) |
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Seventh Day Adventists were... |
white, sold all their things, met up in the wilderness to wait for God who didn't show up |
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Communalism was |
people living together
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Ann Lee founded the |
Shakers (religion) |
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Shakers thought... |
marriage was unnecessary, kids were unnecesary, etc. |
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In the Shaker religion, men and women lived... under... |
together under vow of virginity |
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Shaker men and women lived... |
in the same commune but different dorms; equally |
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There were around ____ Shakers |
40,000 |
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Shakers took in... |
orphans before orphanages were established |
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Shakers were big on... |
dancing... like holy spirit in you dancing. |
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John Humphrey Noyes established... |
group sex (screw everyone, but only have kids w the person he says) |
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Noyes was extremely successful because... |
he created Oneida silverware, bear trap patent |
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Noyes had to flee to ... to avoid .... |
Canada to avoid charges of bigomy |
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Joseph Smith wrote... |
The Book of Mormon (1830) in New York |
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Mormonism is... |
the fastest growing church in the world |
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Mormons believe... |
"Polygamy is good" |
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Joe Smith's neighbors aren't fans, so he moves to.... where he is... |
Mississippi, he's lynched. |
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Mormons are very.... |
clannish. they stock up on food and moey and whatnot. |
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Righam Young thought... |
Mormons should move to spanish Utah (where they later flourished) |
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Mormons were kind of a form of... |
communalism (they worked together as a group) |
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Secular communes had the goal of being like a... |
utopian society (it never worked though) |
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New Harmony IN was... |
a secular commune that didn't work bc nobody wanted to do the dirty work. |
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Brook Farm MA was... |
a secular commune that didn't work bc nobody wanted to do the dirty work; every transcendentalist moved there (ie Fuller, Hawthorne, etc) |
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Unitarians were... |
unique as a religion bc belief in ONE god |
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Unitarians believed in the Bible, but not... |
Christ's Divinity |
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Unitarians were very... |
intellectual; strong leaders in the reform movements (home was Harvard) |
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The only reform Unitarians weren't involved with was... |
The Women's Rights Movement |
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Women's Rights Movement was opposed by... |
ministers on religious grounds |
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WRM was for... |
middle class women |
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WRM was caused by... |
industrialization, men working in factories, cult of domesticity |
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Cult of Domesticity was... |
women had to assume a role w kids, responsible for making sure the kids had republican virtues (capitalism, industry, civic-minds, honesty), food for husband,house run smoothly |
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Cult of Domesticity was... (tl;dr) |
stereotyping of women. |
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Women were interested in .... reforms |
temperance; anti-slavery movement |
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temperance was that... |
"it's not a crime to beat your wife" -> drinking problem in USA |
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women in the anti-slavery movement... |
were kicked out x excluded |
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Sara and Angelina Grunke were... |
banned from the Anti-Slavery World Conference
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WRM 1848- Seneca Falls: |
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men AND WOMEN are created equal..." |
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People felt a bitterness between... |
anti-slavery x women's rights movements |
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Anti-slavery VS WRM argument was... |
people thought they had to pick just one. |
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Dorothea Dix |
investigated conditions of mental health, suggested we help instead of imprison them, majority of those in prison are mentally ill. |
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Amelia Bloomer |
reformed women's clothing so we could wear pants in the workplace |
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Many reform movements, most of which were... |
changes in societal behavior |
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Motives of reformers were mostly... |
humanitarian (goodness of their hearts, personal connections) |
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some think that the public education x temperance movements were an excuse for... |
upper classes to control lower classes |
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the public education reform was... |
to make immigrant children more american |
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the temperance reform was... |
to stop liquor in the lower-class masses |
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Manifest Destiny means... |
obvious fate |
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In the 1840s, a major goal was to... |
overspread the continent (expand from sea to sea) |
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we wanted to reach texas for.... |
cotton growth |
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we wanted to reach oregon for... |
farming |
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we wanted to reach cali for... |
ports to China (San Diego x SanFran) |
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In Maine in 1844, |
people were "killing" Canadians across the border (war) |
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The dispute over territory and valley was... |
Aroostook Valley War |
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In 1884, ... was President and ... was Sec of State |
Tyler for Pres, Webster for Sec of State (rest of cabinet resigned) |
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty |
"we'll have what we want and they'll have what they want" |
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For about ten years everyone was happy until.. |
50s or 60s we find out all the land was ours (whoops) |
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on the bright side of the canada land stuff... |
we got a huge chunk of minnesota (largest chunk of iron) |
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No one lives in TX, which is... |
an invite for indians to do what they want (MX invite people to settle there) |
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We recruit people to "be american" on the condition that |
they must act american. |
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Mexico invites people to "be mexican" but |
invites groups of people. |
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Moses Austin was offered a chunk of land if... |
he could bring in 300 families. (he died, his son did it, they settled in Austin) |
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MX says they must obey ... laws |
two MX laws: |
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all the people MX says must obey the laws are... |
acting under false pretenses (secretly still american) |
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1835: Most Americans in texas are... |
being good immigrants (fearing god x being good); small group GTT (Gone To Texas) |
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Santa Anna wanted... |
strong central gov (const. period for MX) |
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central states in MX were trying to... |
gtfo central gov. |
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1836 (war w mexico) |
from MX City to San Antonio (Battle of the Alamo) |
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Davey Crocket x Jim Bowie were both famous from |
Remember the Alamo |
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man in charge of Alamo was an idiot bc... |
there was no reason for anyone to die. they could've escaped. they waited to be attacked.
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There was a running battle between SA and Sam Houston, who was... |
the hero of the Alamo |
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Houston let Mexicans chase him until they... |
fell back to the San Jacinto River where they captured SA. |
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When MX captured SA, they threatened him... |
made him sign a peace treaty, etc, he got to get his army and leave |
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When TX became free of Mexican domination, the people quickly |
rushed to congress to request statehood |
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1836- election between... |
Van Buren & 4 Whigs |
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Van Buren won by like |
three votes |
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Jackson didn't want... |
tariff |
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The Tariff of 1828 was the... |
worst tariff (45% tax on wool) |
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everyone blamed ______ for the Tariff of 1828 |
Adams |
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New England and the South didn't like ____, voted against it |
Tariff of 1828 |
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The North voted for ____, which increased costs of living. |
Tariff of Abominations |
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John C Calhoun is... |
writing in secret (South Carolina Exposition and Protest) |
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SC Exposition & Protest said... |
the US Gov didn't follow the constitution |
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Jackson was accused of... |
adultery; bigomy, defending Rachel's rep |
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Election of 1828 both men were |
accused of stupid accusations |
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Jackson's wife died of... |
"a broken heart" but Jackson believed it was murder |
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Jackson had a ____ personality, trended toward instilling ____. |
strong personality, nationalism |
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____ is tearing apart the presidency and nationalism. |
sectionalism is. |
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The National Representative in 1828 was... |
Adams, 508k votes |
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The Democratic Rep in 1828 was... |
Jackson, 647k votes |
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Jackson as President was .... |
"Leader of the People" |
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Jackson believes in... |
limited national gov, but strong presidency |
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Jackson feels it's okay to |
defy the supreme court if necessary (uses veto 12x, vetoes laws he doesn't like) |
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Spoils System was... |
riches |
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In a spoils syst, the gov... |
guards the coastline, delivers the mail |
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the government gives favors, calls it... |
"rotation in office" BIASED AGAINST WHOEVER THE GOV OFFICIALS DON'T LIKE |
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Samuel Swartwout was... |
the first man to steal more than $1 Mil from the fed. gov; elected by democratic party as tax collector |
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Minority groups... |
have probs in the democratic system (majority rules, "Tyranny of Majority" |
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Removal Act of 1830 |
Indians needed to move West of Mississippi; majority against minorities |
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during the Removal Act of 1830, the .... rebelled |
Seminoles rebelled easily in FL |
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there was a big deal over ... and ... |
slavery, women |
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Six Forces Pointing Towards Sectionalism were... |
1) Peggy Eaton 2) Maysville Road Veto 3) Webster/Hayne 4) Jackson vs Calhoun 5) Nullification Crisis of 1832-33 6) Bank of US: 1832 |
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Peggy Eaton... |
married to Sec. of War John Eaton; they talked badly about her, Jackson felt bad (reminded him of Rachel) so Calhoun told his wife to get it together. Called it the Petticoat Affair (gov officials had to choose nice or nah) |
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Maysville Rd Veto |
Clay used fed $$ to build road in KY, jackson vetoes this as unconstitutional |
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Webster/Hayne |
got in an argument (webster = mass, hayne = sc) about nature of gov. Webster wanted Nationalism, Hayne wanted Sectionalism, large debate over it |
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Jackson VS Calhoun |
calhoun tries to get Jackson drunk and make him look like an idiot, guys make a toast about sectionalism (jackson knows ahead of time) and makes a nationalistic speech |
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Nullification Crisis of 1832-33 |
renews tariff of 1832, replaces tariff of abominations, drops from 45% to 35%, permanent |
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compromise tariff of 1832 |
SC wins, rates reduced, but also pass Force Bill allowing pres to make Army x Navy collect taxes (nullified later, taxes still collected in general though) |
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Bank of US: 1832 |
started in 1816 |
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1820s & 1830s: two issues raising political stakes were... |
slavery and economic distress |
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The illusion of national consensus was shattered by... |
Panic of 1819 & Missouri Compromise of 1820 |
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By the 1840s, voter participation was at |
nearly 80 percent. |
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The HoR decided the 1824 election when |
no candidate received a majority in the Electoral College |
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Adams was described as... |
possessing almost none of the arts of the politician. |
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Jackson's Democratic political philosophy was based on... |
suspicion of federal government |
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The spoils system under jackson resulted in |
appointment of many corrupt and incompetent officials in fed jobs |
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Calhoun's SCE was an argument for |
states' rights. |
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SC state legislature after election of 1832 |
declared existing tariff null & void in SC |
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AJ's veto of the recharter bill for the BoUS was... |
a major expansion of presidential power |
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Innovations in the election of 1832 included |
adoption of written party platforms |
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One main reason AJ wanted to weaken the BoUS after 1832 election was |
fear Biddle might manipulate Bank to force recharter. |
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Whigs hoped to win 1836 election by |
Forcing election into HoR.
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Church attendance was a regular thing for ____ of americans in 1850 |
three fourths |
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Deists didn't believe in |
original sin |
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Unitarians believed in the concept of |
salvation through good works |
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Charles Finney advocated |
opposition to slavery and alcohol, perfect christian kingdom on earth, public prayer by women |
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SGA promoted |
religious diversity
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The idea of public education in early american democracy grew with help from |
Thomas Jefferson and Horace Mann |
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Sexual differences were strongly emphasized bc |
market economy increasingly separated men x women into distinct econ roles |
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Neal Dow |
sponsored Maine Law of 1851 (ban on manufacture x intoxicating liquor) |
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crusade for women's rights was eclipsed by |
abolitionism |
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Emily Dickenson was NOT an early cause of |
women's rights |
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most successful communitarian experiment was... |
Oneida, NY |
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America was more interested in ____ than ____ |
practical matters than scientific achievement |
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Jefferson was also an... |
architect for University of Virginia |
