 | Term | Definition |
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Second Great Awakening |
1790 - promoted individualism and responsibility |
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revival |
a gathering designed to awaken religious faith |
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transcendentalism |
a literary & philosophical movement |
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civil disobedience |
peacefully refuse to obey laws |
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unitarianism |
use of reason and appeals to conscience to elevate men |
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utopian communities |
creation of a "perfect place" |
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abolition |
a call to outlaw slavery |
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emancipation |
the freeing of slaves, with no payment to slaveholders |
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antebellum |
the period before the Civil War |
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gag rule |
a rule limiting or preventing debate on an issue |
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Second Great Awakening |
growth of Methodists and Baptists |
