Reform Movement
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American Literature
 Name one American author and the work of literature he/she wrote.
Washington Irving – Legend of Sleepy Hollow; James Fenimore Cooper – The Last of the
Mohicans; Nathaniel Hawthorne – The Scarlett Letter; Herman Melville – Moby Dick; William
Wells Brown – Clotel; Edgar Allen Poe – Tell Tell Heart, The Raven;
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What was a poll tax? Fee paid to vote
Education
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Who was Horace Mann? He led the fight for public schools in Massachusetts.
Women, Minorities, Schools
 What was Dorothea Dix known for? helping the mentally ill; nursing
Temperance
 What was this movement about? Campaign against drinking
Second Great Awakening
 When did this take place? in the 1800s
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What was it about? A wave of religious fervor
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Who led the Mormon migration to the Great Salt Lake area? Brigham Young
Abolition Movement
 William Lloyd Garrison was the first white abolitionist to call for “immediate and complete
emancipation” of enslaved people.
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Sojourner Truth was the former slave who had never been taught to read or write, but spoke with wit
and wisdom.
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Frederick Douglass purchased his freedom from the slaveholder he had fled.
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What was the Underground Railroad? A secret network of escape routes out of the South for
enslaved people
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Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad? Harriet Tubman
Women’s Rights Movement
 Why did this start? Women were fighting for the end of slavery and realized that they themselves
did not have many rights. Especially after not being allowed to enter the World Abolition
Convention because they were women.
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What was the most controversial issue at the Seneca Falls Convention? Women’s suffrage
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Who were the sisters that fought for abolition and women’s rights? Grimke sisters
Explain Manifest Destiny