Social Movements of the Early Republic

Place where people worked to establish perfect society

A period of religious evangelism that began in the 1790s and became widespread in the U.S. by the 1830s

The leader of the Second Great Awakening

A transcendentalist who wrote an essay titled "self-Reliance" in 1841 where he said that people should follow their personal beliefs and use

A transcendentalist who wrote a book titled Women in the Nineteenth Century and also edited the transcendentalist publication The Dial

A transcendentalist who published Walden, or Life in the Woods, about self-reliance and not trusting institutions

A painter of American landscapes and was apart of the Hudson River Valley School

Wrote the novel The Scarlet Letter, which describes Puritan life in the 1600s

Famous for his short stories and poems including The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart

Only two of her poems were published during her lifetime, anonymously.Later This is MyLetter to the World was published

Praised both American individualism and democracy in Leaves of Grass

U.S. citizens who opposed immigration because they were suspicious of immigrants and feared losing jobs to them

Social and economic level between the wealthy and the poor

Poorly built, overcrowded housing where many immigrants lived

Political organization founded by nativists who supported measures making it difficult for foreigners to become citizens and hold office

This social reform effort urged people to stop drinking hard liquor and limit drinking of beer and wine to small amounts

People in this wanted all children educated in a common place,regardless of class or back-ground

A middle-class reformer who helped change the prison system. She reported about the mentally ill people and separate prisons were created

A minister who said that people who drank were " neglecting the education of their families---andcorrupting their morals"

Was the leading voice for education reform in the mid-1800s.

Believed that women were better at teaching the moral lessons that made good citizens. Wrote an essay On The Education of Female Teachers

Found a college-level institution for women called Troy Female Seminary which was the first of its kind in the U.S.

Founded Mount Holyoke Seminary and answered her critics of her work by saying "I am doing great work, I cannot come down"

Worked to improve the education of visually impaired Americans

Worked to improve the education of visually impaired Americans

Worked to improve the education of visually impaired Americans

Worked to improve the education and lives of people who were hearing impaired

Complete end to slavery

Freedom from slavery

Started the American Colonization Society in 1817

A society that established the colony of Liberia in West Africa as a home for free African Americans

In an essay, Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, he explained why he was against colonization

Published a newspaper, The Liberator and helped found the American Anti-Slavery Society

An abolitionist newspaper published in 1831

Group founded in 1833 to work for immediate abolition and racial equality for African Americans

Anti-slavery activist who wrote Appeal to the Christian Women of the South andAmericanSlavery As It Is

Escaped from slavery and became an important leader. He gave lectures and published a newspaper called North Star

Network of people who helped thousands of slaves escape to the North by providing transportation and hiding places

The most famous and daring conductor on the Underground Railroad.She led more than 300 slaves to freedom

Attended the World's Anti-Slavery Convention and had to sit behind a curtain, not allowed to participate. She formed the Seneca Falls Con.

Helped formed the Seneca Falls Convention with Elizabeth C. Stanton

First national women's rights convention, at which the Declaration of Sentiments was written

Statement written and signed by women's rights at the S.F.C.; detailed their complaints about social injustice against women

A gifted speaker and one of the most important leaders of women's rights. She was also apart ofthe Anti-Slavery Society

Responsible for turning the fight for women's rights into a political movement.Women's economic struggles were important to her