Chapter 15 APUSH ID – Flashcards
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Deism
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science rather than the bible; denied the divinity of Christ believed in a Supreme Being who had created a universe endowed human beings with a capacity for moral behavior. promoted by Thomas Paine
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Second Great Awakening
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(1800) women played a large role perfected society: free from cruelty, war, intoxicating drink, discrimination, and slavery.
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Charles Finney
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one of the greatest revivalist preachers led massive revivals in Rochester and New York City (1830 and 1831) part of the Second Great Awakening served as president of Oberlin College in Ohio
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Millerites
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otherwise known as Adventists named after William MIller believed Christ would return to earth on October 22, 1844
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Joseph Smith
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formed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) (1830) deciphered the Book of Mormon from some golden plates given to him by an angel led the Mormons to Illinois. killed in 1844
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Brigham Young
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(1846-1847) led the Mormons to Utah to avoid persecution after Joseph Smith's death in 1844 led his community to become a prosperous frontier theocracy
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Horace Mann
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campaigned effectively for a better schooling system
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Noah Webster
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"Schoolmaster of the Republic" "reading lessons" helped standardize the American language with his dictionary
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lyceums
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provided platforms for speakers in such areas as science, literature, and moral philosophy
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Dorothea Dix
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(1802-1887) her petition of 1843 turned legislative stomachs and hearts improved condition and treatment of the mentally ill superintendent of women nurses for the Union forces
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American Temperance Society
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formed in Boston (1826) Its crusaders persuaded drinkers to stop drinking
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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mother of seven insisted on leaving "obey" out of her marriage ceremony
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Susan B. Anthony
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a militant lecturer for women's rights a very conspicuous advocate of female rights
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Brook Farm
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Massachusetts (1841) prospered until 1846 inspired Nathaniel Hawthrone's novel The Blithedale Romance (1852)
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Oneida Community
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one of more radical utopian experiment founded in New York (1848) practiced complex marriage, birth control, and eugenic selection of parents to produce superior offspring
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Shakers
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led by Mother Ann Lee set up the first of a score of religious communities went from having attained about six thousand members (1840) to virtually extinct (1940)
