Reform Movement Vocabulary

An improvement or a change for the better.

• Reform

• Democracy

• Deprive

• Poll Tax

a tax of a fixed amount per person that had to be paid before the person could vote.

• Reform

• Democracy

• Deprive

• Poll Tax

Government exercised either directly by the people or through elected representatives in which exists principles of social equality and respect.

• Reform

• Democracy

• Deprive

• Poll Tax

To deny; to keep something away from.

• Reform

• Democracy

• Deprive

• Poll Tax

The use of little or no alcoholic drink.

• Abolitionist

• Emancipate

• Temperance

• Underground Railroad

Person who strongly favors doing away with slavery.

• Abolitionist

• Emancipate

• Temperance

• Underground Railroad

To free from slavery

• Abolitionist

• Emancipate

• Temperance

• Underground Railroad

A system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the South to freedom in the North.

• Abolitionist

• Emancipate

• Temperance

• Underground Railroad

The right to vote.

• Suffrage

• Discrimination

• The Liberator

• Advocate

A person who supports or speaks in favor of a cause.

• Suffrage

• Discrimination

• The Liberator

• Advocate