CH8 study guide

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

(1815-1902) A suffragette who, with Lucretia Mott, organized the first convention on women's rights, held in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. Issued the Declaration of Sentiments which declared men and women to be equal and demanded the right to vote for women. Co-founded the National Women's Suffrage Association with Susan B. Anthony in 1869.

Commonwealth v. Hunt

(1842) a landmark ruling of the MA Supreme Court establishing the legality of labor unions and the legality of union workers striking if an employer hired non-union workers.

Frederick Douglass could be described in many ways, List the ways he could be described

- escaped slave - prominent activist - include coverage of womens right.

William Lloyd Garrison

1805-1879. Prominent American abolitionist, journalist and social reformer. Editor of radical abolitionist newspaper "The Liberator", and one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society.

Fredrick Douglas

1817-1894 former slave who was a writer, editor, and leading abolitionists

gag rule

1835 law passed by Southern congress which made it illegal to talk of abolition or anti-slavery arguments in Congress

journeyman

A person who has learned a particular trade or craft but has not become an employer, or master

Dorothea Dix

A reformer and pioneer in the movement to treat the insane as mentally ill, beginning in the 1820's, she was responsible for improving conditions in jails, poorhouses and insane asylums throughout the U.S. and Canada. She succeeded in persuading many states to assume responsibility for the care of the mentally ill. She served as the Superintendant of Nurses for the Union Army during the Civil War.

Ralph waldo Emerson

American transcendentalist who was against slavery and stressed self-reliance, optimism, self-improvement, self-confidence, and freedom. He was a prime example of a transcendentalist and helped further the movement.

Charles Grandison Finney

An evangelist who was one of the greatest preachers of all time (spoke in New York City). He also made the "anxious bench" for sinners to pray and was was against slavery and alcohol.

David Walker

He was a black abolitionist who called for the immediate emancipation of slaves. He wrote the "Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World." It called for a bloody end to white supremacy. He believed that the only way to end slavery was for slaves to physically revolt.

What group of people worked for low wages and were known as strike breakers?

Irish immigrants

The National Trade Union was unusual during its time

It combined 6 rather than 1 industries

For what was Nat Turner known for?

Slave Rebellion

Sojourner Truth

United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)

List the beliefs of the Second Great Awakening.

a belief in individual responsibility for salvation

What did the abolition movement promote?

ending the institution of slavery

African Methodist church

grew rapidly in East during the 2nd great awakening, became a social, political and educational center for blacks, providing schools and other services that whites denied them

List the problems faced by "Mill Girls"

low wages,long hours

National Trades Union

the first national association of trade unions, formed in 1834

Ralph Waldo Emerson lead what philosophical movement?

transcendentalism

The term "the cult of domesticity" is a term during the 19th century to refer to

women staying in the house and doing house work