Flashcard sets with a 'shakers' term meaning '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.'

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