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| What was the Great Awakening? |
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| A revivement of religous feeling in the United States. |
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| What is transcendentalism? |
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| Transcendentalism was the movement in which people where people were to told to find their innerselves, do good things, to be one with nature, and to think beyond logical reasoning. |
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| What did some transcendentalists do? |
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| Some moved into forests and some tried creating perfect communities. |
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| Who was the main person in the movement of Transcendentalism? |
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| What did George Ripley start? |
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Definition
| The Brook Farm; it was a community where you live in peace and brother hood. |
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| Who lived in the forest and wrote a 6,000 page journal? |
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| What was the Reform Movement of Prisoners and Mentally Ill? |
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| When people wanted to change the horrible conditions of the prisoner and mentally-ill. |
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| Who was the leader of the Mentally-Ill and Prisoner Reform Movement? |
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| What were some of the bad conditions of the prisoners and mentally-ill? |
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1:children jailed w/ adults.
2:physical punishments.
3:overcrowded.
4:chained up & naked.
5:locked in dirty cages.
6:insufficent mental hospitals. |
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| What did Dorthea Dix achieve? |
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Definition
More Asylums Made.
Gov't Stopped Putting debtors in prison.
banned physical punishment.
new justice system for children. |
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| What was the Education Reform? |
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Definition
| There were not enough schools and and many children could not attend school and didnt. People wanted to change that. |
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| What were the bad conditions of Educating? |
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Definition
limited chance for school.
most children had to work on farms instead.
teachers had limited education w/ little pay.
some kids couldnt go at all or short term.
childrens stole, destoryed, and burned school property.
girls couldnt go at allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll. |
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What improvements did
Horace Mann Make? |
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Definition
education for teachers.
Oberlin College for girls.
Mann college for boys and girls of all race. |
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| Who were the Abolitionist? |
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Definition
| People who wanted noooo more slaves. |
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| They were people who violently protested for anti-slavery. |
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| Who started the paper the Liberator? |
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| Who was Frederick Douglas and what did he do? |
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| He was an escaped slave who was a leader in the abolitionist movement and he started the news paper the North Star which he protested in. |
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| Who were the Grimke Sisters? |
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Definition
| Angelina and Sarah who were leaders in the fight against slavery. They spoke against it which led the way to public speaking for women. |
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Who was Sojourner Truth?
What did she do?
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| A former slave who wrote great speeches against slavery and women rights. |
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| Who were the leaders of the Womens Right Movement? |
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Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Grimke Sisters
Blackwell
Crandall
Stone
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| What were the bad conditions for women? |
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not allowed to speak in public
not allowed to vote
property and money controlled by father and husband |
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| What was the Declaration Of Sentiments? |
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| A proposal for womens rights, in the form of the declaration of independence. |
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| What was the Seneca Falls Convention? |
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| The convention started by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Stanton to protest for womens rights. |
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| What did the convention achieve? |
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| created organized campaign for womens rights. |
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