Mr fits 2nd final topic 5

American colonization party

An organization in the early 1800s that proposed to end slavery by helping African Americans by moving to Africa

abolitionist

A person who wanted to end slavery

the liberator

the most influential anti slavery newspaper; began by William Lloyd Garrison in 1831

Underground Railroad

a network of abolitionist who secretly helped African Americans to escape freedom

Civil disobedience

the refusal to obey unjust laws using non-violent means

Why did only a few thousand African Americans settle in Liberia?

because they wanted to stay in their homeland

What contributions did the Grimke sisters make to the movement?

Their lectures grew big crowds and their beliefs sparked a movement for women’s rights

Where were the three locations escaped slaves sought freedom?

Mexico, Canada and the North

Social reform

An organized attempt to improve what is unjust or imperfect in society

second great awakening

a widespread religious movement in the US in the early 1800s

debtor

a person who cannot pay money they own

Temperance movement

the campaign against alcohol consumption

Seneca falls convention

An 1848 meeting at which activist called for equal rights for women, often seen as the birthplace of the women’s movement

Woman’s right movement

An organized campaign to win, legal, educational, employment, and other rights for woman

Why were debtors in prison and why were they often in prison for years?

Debtors were in prison because they couldn’t pay back their debts

Hudson River school

A group of American artists based in New York, who developed a unique style of landscape painting in the mid 1800S

Transcendentalists

A group of New England, writers and thinkers who believed that the most important truths transcended or went beyond human reason

Individualism

The belief in the uniqueness and importance of each individual

What messages or ideas were American artists promoting during the early to mid 1800s

They reflected on the American society

What did Thoreau urge Americans to do in his book, Walden?

Thoreau urged Americans to analyze nature closely

How did individualism and American democracy relate to one another?

Individual responsibilities for everyone is the key to an American democracy

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

He wrote Paul Revere’s ride, the song of Hiawatha and based most of his poems on historical events and on social issues

Emily Dickinson

Wrote 1700 poems that were never published, but became famous after her death

Edgar Allan Poe

Wrote the Tell tale heart and other mystery stories.

Walt Whitman

Wrote leaves of grass, and focused on same-sex tropes which spared a movement for a gay rights

Washington Irving

Wrote the sketchbook and was one of the most popular writers in America

Louisa May Alcott

Wrote a little woman and little men, her book showed two perspectives on women and impact literature and the perspective of others