Abolitionist Movement – Flashcards

Effort by many groups and individuals to end slavery in the U.S.

Belief in human potential of individuals lid many transcedtalists to support abolition and other reform movements

Some anti- slavery activies emerged from the religious fervor of the Second Great Awakening

Many writers adn speakers quoted passages from the Bible to support abolition

Network of abolitionists (like escaped slave Harriet Tubman), paths, and places that secretly helped slaves escape North of Canada

Published The Liberator (newspaper that called for the complete and immediate abolition of slavery by peaceful means); founded the New England Anti- Slavery Society

Famous speaker, writer, newspaper editor, and reformer who had escaped slavery; his intellect and demeanor were proof for many slaves, once freed, could function as independent U.S. citizens

Book published in 1852 that depicated teh horrors of slavery; made slavery a moral issue for manny

In 1859, John Brown and fellow abolitionists attacked a federal arsenal in Virgina and tried to start a slave rebellion; he was hung for treason and became a martyr

For women to have same civil rights as men; (like to own property and vote)

Organized first women's rights convention, which issued Declaration of Sentiments.

Built nation organization.

To end or reduce use of alcohol; promoted to cure social ills by preachers, liberal, and conservatives

To educate all American children at public expenses in order to create an educated and moral citizenry

To restrict child labor and improve working conditions (especially in factories and in mines)

To eliminate crowded cells, debtor prisons, corporal punishment, death penalty, and convictions of insane

To create state- supported asylums and schools

Loyalty to and personal identification with a section of the U.S. (like the South) instead of the whole nation

Human Charateristics: Most cities (more urban); most reform organizations; many factory workers; high population growth Geography: Cool climate, rocky soil (poor farmland); fast rivers (good for factories powered by water); fishing resources Economy: Manufactoring (textiles); fishing, shipping, & wage labor

Human Charateristics: Plantaions; family farms; large slave populations(more than half in some states); low population growth Geography: Warm climate (good farm land) Economy: Farming (cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar); slave labor; slaves (valued as property) were huge portion of southern wealth

Human Charaterics: Lightly populated, but growing; mixture of ethnic groups (like Indians, Spainsh, French); few slaves Geography: Plentitful land; minerals deposits; fur resources Economy: Small farms; mining (coal, gold, silver); fur trapping