Society and Culture Before the Civil War

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artisan

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a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.

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abolitionists

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People who believed that slavery should be against the law.

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capitalists

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People who invest capital, or money, in a business to earn a profit

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Second Great Awakening

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A revival of religious feeling and belief from the 1800s to the 1840s

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supply

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A stock of a resource from which a person or place can be provided with the necessary amount of that resource.

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women's rights movement

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An organized effort to improve political, legal, and economic status of women in American society.

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trade unions

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Early labor organizations that brought together workers in the same trade, or job, to fight for better wages and working conditions

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Underground Railroad

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a system of secret routes used by escaping slaves to reach freedom in the North or in Canada

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Industrial Revolution

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A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s

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Seneca Falls Convention

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The first national women's rights convention at which the Declaration of Sentiments was written.