social studies flashcard

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an organization in the early 1800s that proposed to end slavery by helping African American to move to Africa.

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American colonization society

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a person who wanted to end slavery

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abolitionist

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the most antislavery newspaper begun by William Lloyd Garrison in 1831.

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the liberator

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a network of abolitionists who secretly helped African Americans to escape to freedom.

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underground railroad

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the refusal to obey unjust laws using non violent means.

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civil disobedience

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a person who cannot pay money he or she owes

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debtor

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an organized campaign to win legal, education, employment and other rights for women,

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womans rights movement

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an 1848 meeting at which activists called for equal rights for women, often seen as the birthplace of the women's rights movement.

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seneca fall convention

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the campaign against alcohol consumption.

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temperance movement

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a widespread religious movement in the United States in the early 1800s.

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second great awakening