Abolitionist Movement and the 1850s (VUS.8 - 2023)

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Second Great Awakening

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Early 19th-century Protestant revival emphasizing personal salvation and social reform.

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Transcendentalism

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Philosophical movement stressing individual intuition and nature, led by Emerson and Thoreau.

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Utopian communities

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Experimental societies aiming for perfect social harmony (e.g., Oneida, Brook Farm).

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Temperance (prohibition)

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Movement to reduce or ban alcohol consumption.

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Women’s suffrage

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Campaign for women’s right to vote.

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Seneca Falls Convention and Declaration of Sentiments (1848)

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First women’s rights convention; demanded equal rights, including voting.

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Lucretia Mott

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Quaker abolitionist and women's rights activist; organizer of Seneca Falls.

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Leader of women’s rights movement; co-authored the Declaration of Sentiments.

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Abolitionism

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Movement to end slavery.

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Slavery

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Forced labor system based on race, especially in the American South.