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18 Cards in this Set
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Second Great Awakening |
Widespread spiritual movement |
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revival |
A religious gathering that relied on emotional sermons to awaken religious feelings |
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Charles Grandison Finney |
An important preacher in the revivalist movement |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Leading transcendental philosopher |
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transcendentalism |
Philosophy that emphasized the truth to be found in nature and intuition |
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Henry David Thoreau |
Author of Walden who practiced ideas of transcendentalism |
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civil disobedience |
The form of protest that calls on people to disobey unjust laws |
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utopian communities |
Experimental communities designed to be perfect societies |
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Dorothea Dix |
Reformer who worked for improved treatment of the mentally ill |
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Abolition |
Movement to outlaw slavery |
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William Lloyd Garrison |
Abolitionist leader |
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emancipation |
The freeing of slaves |
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David Walker |
A free African American who urged blacks to take their freedom by force |
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Frederick Douglass |
Escaped slave who became a noted abolitionist leader |
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Nat Turner |
Leader of a violent slave rebellion |
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antebellum |
Pre-Civil War |
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gag rule |
A rule limiting debate on an issue |
