chapter 13 key terms, dual credit history

Abolitionist

A believer in the complete elimination of slavery.

Colonization

The strategy of moving African Americans out of the United States, usually to Africa.

Immediatism

The moral demand to take immediate action against slavery to bring about its end.

Millennialism

The belief that the Kingdom of God would be established on earth and that God would reign on earth for a thousand years, characterized by harmony and Christian morality.

Moral suasion

An abolitionist technique of appealing to the consciences of the public, especially slaveholders.

Mormons

Members of an American denomination of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that emphasized patriarchal leadership.

Phrenology

The mapping of the mind to specific human attributes; later considered pseudoscience.

Pietistic

The stressing of transformative individual religious experience or piety over religious rituals and formality.

Second Great Awakening

A revival of evangelical Protestantism in the early nineteenth century.

Seneca Falls

The location of the first American conference on women's rights and the signing of the 'Declaration of Rights and Sentiments' in 1848.

Shakers

A religious sect that emphasized communal living and celibacy.

Teetotalism

Complete abstinence from all alcohol.

Temperance

A social movement encouraging moderation or self-restraint in the consumption of alcoholic beverages.

Transcendentalism

The belief that all people can attain an understanding of the world that transcends rational, sensory experience.