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| 1 | american religious sect devoted to the teachings of ann lee stanley, prohibited marriage and sexual relationships | 8 sets | |
| 2 | a millennial group who believed in both jesus and a mystic named ann lee. since they were celibate and could only increase their numbers through recruitment and conversion, they eventually ceased to exist. | 5 sets | |
| 3 | among the longest-lived sects; bean in the 1770s to set up the first of a score or so of religious communities; attained about 6,000 members in 1840, but were virtually extinct by 1940 because they prohibited marriage and sexual relations | 5 sets | |
| 4 | a mid-eighteenth century offshoot of the quakers founded in england by mother ann lee | 4 sets | |
| 5 | a community committed to abstinence. they believed that they could attain communal perfection and prepare for the millennium. they are famous for their worship—they shake and tremble, walking and running, shouting and singing. this cult grew in wake of 2nd ga. a prophetism cult. | 3 sets | |
| 6 | utopian group that splintered from the quakers, believed that they and all other churches had grown too interested in this world and neglectful of their afterlives; no sex | 3 sets | |
| 7 | a celibate and communistic christian sect in the united states | 2 sets | |
| 8 | a religious group that established small utopian communities, ranging from maine to kentucky. the name shaker came from a ritual shaking dance that the members of the group performed. in the mid-1800s, the shakers reached their peak with almost 6000 members. the shakers did not believe in having children, and so they only relied on converts to expand the community. in the end though, they were very few americans who decided to live in utopian communities. | 2 sets | |
| 9 | communistic christian sect in the united states. | 2 sets | |
| 10 | 6000 members, held property in common and kept women and men separate (forbidding marriage and sexual relations); lack of new recruits killed the organization | 2 sets | |
| 11 | long lived early american religious sect that attracted thousands of members to its celibate communities | 2 sets | |
| 12 | in 1770 mother anne lee led the shakers, having 6,000 members prohibiting marriage and sexual relations. this group proved that a group must produce offspring to survive. it is one of the religious communities. | 2 sets | |
| 13 | led by mother ann lee. begain in the 1770s to set up the first of a score or so of religious communities. attained a membership of 6000 in 1840, but became extinct by 1940 since their monastic customs prohibited marriage and sexual relations. | 1 set | |
| 14 | a communistic community (led by mother ann lee); they couldn't marry so they became extinct | 1 set | |
| 15 | . | 1 set | |
| 16 | led by mother ann lee and was the first of many of religious communities in the 1770s. | 1 set | |
| 17 | this religious group established small utopian communities from maine to kentucky. the group got its name from a ritual "shaking" dance that members performed | 1 set | |
| 18 | religious group committed to celibacy and complete gender equality; limited contact between men and women; focused on social discipline. | 1 set | |
| 19 | the largest communal utopian experiment, which at its height had 6,000 members in twenty settlements in eight states between 1820 and 1860. shaker communities emphasized agriculture and hand-crafts and most managed to become self-sufficient and profitable enterprises. they were socially radical and abolished individual families, instead each colony was one big family. women were also elected leaders. | 1 set | |
| 20 | religious group named from their ritual 'shaking' dance, established small utopian communities from maine to kentucky, reached peak in mid-1800s with 6000 members but could only expand by making converts as they were completely celibate | 1 set | |
| 21 | a religious group that established small utopian communities from maine to kentucky | 1 set | |
| 22 | peace people | 1 set | |
| 23 | vodka | 1 set | |
| 24 | one of the first religious communal movements; held common property and kept men and women separated. | 1 set | |
| 25 | led by mother ann lee. began in the 1770s to set up the first of a score or so of religious communities. attained a membership of 6000 in 1840, but became extinct by 1940 since their monastic customs prohibited marriage and sexual relations. | 1 set | |
| 26 | religious group that established small utopian communities from maine to kentucky; got its name from a ritual "shaking" dance that shakers performed; no marriage or childbirth | 1 set | |
| 27 | a small group of religious activists who founded many colonies and performed strange, "shaking" rituals | 1 set | |
| 28 | uopian group, emphasized agriculture, self sufficient, thought world would end because of sin through sex, social radicals abolished individual families and were one big familiy | 1 set | |
| 29 | among the longest-lived sects; bean in the 1770s to set up the first of a score or so of religious communities; attained about 6,000 members in 1840, but were virtually extinct by 1940 because they prohibited marriage and sexual relations. well known for their furniture. | 1 set | |
| 30 | a member of an american religious sect, the united society of believers in christ's second coming, established in england c. 1750 and living simply in celibate mixed communities. | 1 set | |
| 31 | believed they could shake themselves free of sin | 1 set | |
| 32 | united society of believers in christs second appearing, founded utopian communities in eastern us. led by "mother ann" lee, god was both male and female, equal roles for men and women, joint owned property, refrained from sex because christ would soon reign on earth. | 1 set | |
| 33 | founded by "mother" ann lee; celibacy; sexual equality; god either male or female | 1 set | |
| 34 | celibrate, women equality, and opposed war and alcohol | 1 set | |
| 35 | american religious sect devoted to the teachings of ann lee stanley, prohibited marriage and sexual relationships - adoption | 1 set | |
| 36 | founded by "mother" ann lee. this society, much like the oneida, made a redefinition of traditional gender roles in society. they derived their name from a religous ritual in which members of a congregation would shake themselves free of sin while preforming a loud chant and an ecsatic dance. | 1 set | |
| 37 | established communities from maine to kentucky; preformed a shaking dance and had 6000 members; expanded by converts because didnt believe in marriage or children. | 1 set | |
| 38 | a religious group that was established in small utopian communities from maine to kentucky. | 1 set | |
| 39 | founded by ann lee in the 1770's, it survived the 19th century and went into the 20th. they established 20 communties within the 1840's. they were completely celibat. there were 6,000 shakers by the 1840's. there were more men than women. shakers believed in sexual equality. they also said that there was no clear distinguishment of whether god was female or male. women exercised the most power within the society. lucy bright succeeded ann lee. they tried to create a society which was distinguished from american during chaos. | 1 set | |
| 40 | a religious group that formed a utopian community. shakers believed in the equality of all people. worshiped together and expressed their religious feelings in song and dance | 1 set | |