US History Module 8 Vocab

revival

emotionsl meeting designed to awaken religious faith through passionate preaching/prayer

transcendentalism

philosphical and literary movement that emphasized living a simple life and truth found in nature and in personal emotion

civil disobedience

peacefully protest by refusing to obey the laws one sees as unjust

utopian communities

experimental groups who tried to create a perfect place (utopia)

abolition

call to outlaw slavery

emancipation

freeing of slaves

antebellum

pre-civil war south

gag rule

a rule limiting or preventing debate on an issue to prevent citizens’ voice being heard against slavery

cult of domesticity

women expected to stay at home and focus on family after getting married

temperance movement

effort to prohibit the drinking of alcohol