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reformers mean: |
a leader of the Protestant Reformation.
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second great awakening mean: |
was a Protestant revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States. The movement began around 1790, gained momentum by 1800 and, after 1820, membership rose rapidly among Baptist and Methodist congregations whose preachers led the movement. |
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transcendentalis: |
midealistic philosophical and social movement that developed in New England around 1836 in reaction to rationalism. Influenced by romanticism, Platonism, and Kantian philosophy, it taught that divinity pervades all nature and humanity, and its members held progressive views on feminism and communal living. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were central figures.2. |
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public school: |
a school supported by public funds 2. |
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abolitionists:abolitionists:
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a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or slavery. |
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declarention of sentiments:
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The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions was drafted by Elizabeth Cady Stanton for the women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. Based on the American Declaration of Independence, the Sentiments demanded equality with men before the law, in education and employment. Here, too, was the first pronouncement demanding that women be given the right to vote.Read more: The Declaration of Sentiments http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0875901.html#ixzz3YXPT7xcQ |
