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12 Cards in this Set
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Henry David Thoreau |
- New England transcendentalists - Protested in 1846 by refusing to pay his taxes - Supported anti-slavery by helping slaves escape |
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Temperance Movement |
- Organized campaign to eliminate alcohol consumption - Members urged people to practice abstinence - Reformers promoted moral, social, and health benefits of alcohol abstinence and its economic benefits |
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Utopian communities |
- Small societies dedicated to perfection in social and political conditions - Most utopian communities were religiously oriented - Failed |
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Horance Mann |
- Created modern schools - Supported the raising of taxes to provide for free public education - Began a grade level system and established consistent curricula and teacher training
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Abolitionists |
- Against Slavery |
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Underground Railroad |
- Railroad that led people to freedom - Over 300 slaves escaped |
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Harriet Tubman |
- Conductor of Underground Railroad - Freed over 300 slaves - "Moses of her people" |
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Frederick Douglass |
- Abolitionist - Speaker, writer, and editor - Fought for civil rights - U.S. minister to haiti - Escaped slave |
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William Lloyd Garrison |
- 1835 - Attacked by mob - Survived |
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Sojourner Truth |
- Isabella Baumfree - Public speaker - Women's rights advocate - Used religion to condemn "sin" of slavery |
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
- Wrote declamation of sentiments and delievered the speech at seneca falls - Organized seneca falls convention |
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Nativism |
- Only liked people from the U.S. |
