Ch. 8 vocab/important people

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  1. 4. Fought to improve treatment of mentally ill and prison reform.
  2. 5. Right to vote (such as "women's suffrage).
  3. 6. Change.
  4. 8. Abolitionist, Fighter for Women's Rights, organized the Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York, wrote the Declaration of Sentiments.
  5. 9. Author, wrote novel Uncle Tom's Cabin about the evils of slavery- President Lincoln said "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war."
  6. 10. Abolitionist, founded a newspaper called The Libertor.
  7. 15. Disobeying an unjust law and risking the consequences if one's conscience demands it.
  8. 16. Painters who painted mostly landscapes that embodied transcendentalist ideals and revered nature.
  9. 19. 1st American philosophy. Believed that ultimate truth "transcends" (is beyond) human understanding. Idealized nature, hard- work, individuality, and reform.
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  1. 1. Abolitionist, escaped slave, fought against discrimination against black Union Soldiers, and fought for the vote for blacks and women, founded abolitionist newspaper called The North Star.
  2. 2. American philosopher, held lectures and wrote essays, such as Self- Reliance.
  3. 3. Religious revivials and push for social reforms as a way to "do God's work".
  4. 7. Convention is 1848 to support women's rights. Signed the Declaration of Sentiments (modeled after the Declaration of Independence).
  5. 9. Author, lived a life of solitude while writing a book called Walden. Displayed Civil Disobedience when he refused to pay taxes to support the Mexican War and went to jail.
  6. 11. One who believes in abolishing(banning) slavery.
  7. 12. Abolitionist, freed slave, dicated her own autobiography, went around the country speaking about slavery and women, and fighter for Women's Right Movement. Famous Speech "Ain't I a Women?"
  8. 13. Demand for better schools, and free public education for all.
  9. 14. Escaped slave, famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, famous quote "Live free or die".
  10. 17. Reformer, fighter for Women's Rights, arrested and fined for trying to vote.
  11. 18. Fighter for public education, considered the "Father of Public Education."
  12. 20. Movement to ban alcohol.