APUSH Chapter 15 The Ferment of Reform and
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APUSH Chapter 15 The Ferment of Reform and Culture Vocabulary and ID’s
Deism Liberal religious belief, held by many of the Founders such as Paine, Jefferson, and Franklin, that stressed rationalism and moral behavior rather than Christian revelation while retaining belief in a Supreme Being
Second Great Awakening Religious revival that began on the frontier and swept eastward, stirring an evangelical spirit in many areas of American life
Methodists and Baptists The two religious denominations that benefitted most from the evangelical revivals of the early nineteenth century
Mormons Religious group founded by Joseph Smith that eventually established a cooperative commonwealth in Utah
Burnt Over District Area of western New York state where frequent, fervent religious revivals produced intense religious controversies and numerous new sects
Seneca Falls Convention Memorable 1848 meeting in New York where women made an appeal based on the Declaration of Independence
Oberlin College Evangelical college in Ohio that was the first institution of higher education to admit blacks and women
Brook Farm Short-lived intellectual commune in Massachusetts based on “plain living and high thinking”
Monticello Thomas Jefferson’s stately selfdesigned home in Virginia that became a model of American architecture
Shakers Long-lived communal religious group, founded by Mother Ann Lee, that emphasized simple living and prohibited all marriage and sexual relationships
Transcendentalism Philosophical and literary movement, centered in New England, that greatly influenced many American writers of the early nineteenth century
Civil Disobedience The doctrine, promoted by American writer Henry David Thoreau in an essay of the same name, that later influenced Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman’s originally shocking poetic masterpiece that embraced sexual liberation and celebrated America as a great democratic experiment
Moby Dick Herman Melville’s great but commercially unsuccessful novel about Captain Ahab’s obsessive pursuit of a white whale
minstrel shows Popular nineteenthcentury musical entertainments that featured white actors and singers with painted black faces
John Humphrey Noyes Leader of a radical New York commune that practiced complex marriage and eugenic birth control
Walt Whitman Bold, unconventional poet who celebrated American democracy
Brigham Young The “Mormon Moses” who led persecuted Latter -Day Saints to their promised land in Utah
Charles Grandison Finney Influential evangelical revivalist of the Second Great Awakening
Herman Melville New York writer whose romantic sea tales were more popular than his dark literary masterpiece
Mary Lyon Pioneering women’s educator, founder of Mount Holyoke Seminary in Massachusetts
Amelia Bloomer Female reformer who promoted short skirts and trousers as a replacement for highly restrictive women’s clothing
Ralph Waldo Emerson Second-rate poet and philosopher, but firstrate promoter of transcendentalist ideals and American culture
Edgar Allan Poe Eccentric genius whose tales of mystery, suffering, and the supernatural departed from general American literary trends
Dorothea Dix Quietly determined reformer who substantially improved conditions for the mentally ill
Emily Dickinson Reclusive New England poet who wrote about love, death, and immortality
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Leading feminist who wrote the “Declaration of Sentiments” in 1848 and pushed for women’s suffrage
Louisa May Alcott A leading female transcendentalist who wrote Little Women and other novels to help support her family
James Fenimore Cooper Path-breaking American novelist who contrasted the natural person of the forest with the values of modern civilization
Lucretia Mott Quaker women’s rights advocate who also strongly supported abolition of slavery
polygamy The practice of having two or more spouses at one time. “Accusations of polygamy likewise arose and increased in intensity. ”
theocracy Literally, rule by God; the term is often applied to a state where religious leaders exercise direct or indirect political authority. “. . . the community became a prosperous frontier theocracy and a cooperative commonwealth. ”
zealot One who is carried away by a cause to an extreme or excessive degree. “But less patient zealots came to believe that temptation should be removed by legislation. ”
utopian Referring to any theoretical plan that aims to establish an ideal social order, or a place founded on such principles. “Bolstered by the utopian spirit of the age, various reformers. . . set up more than forty [cooperative] communities. . ”
communistic Referring to the economic theory or practice in which the means of production are owned by the community as a whole. “. . . various reformers. . . set up more than forty communities of a. . . communistic nature. ”
communitarian Referring to the belief in or practice of the superiority of community life or values over individual life, but not necessarily the common ownership of material goods
free love The principle or practice of open sexual relations unrestricted by law, marriage, or religious constraints. “It practiced free love (‘complex marriage’). . ”
eugenic Concerning the improvement of the human species through selective breeding or genetic control. “It practiced. . . the eugenic selection of parents to produce superior offspring. ”
coitus reservatus The practice of sexual intercourse without the male’s release of semen. “It practiced. . . birth control through ‘male continence’ or coitus reservatus. ”
classical Specifically, in Western civilization, the culture of ancient Greece and Rome, and the artistic or cultural values presumed to be based on those ancient principles; more generally, any cultural form whose value has been established and recognized over time. “He brought a classical design to his Virginia hilltop home, Monticello. . ”
mystical Referring to the belief in the direct apprehension of God or divine mystery, without reliance on reason or human comprehension. “These mystical doctrines of transcendentalism defied precise definition. . ”
nonconformist One who refuses to follow established or conventional ideas or habits. “Henry David Thoreau. . . was. . . a poet, a mystic, a transcendentalist, and a nonconformist. ”
nonviolence The principle of resolving hostilities or managing conflict without resort to physical force. “His writings. . . inspired the development of American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. ’s thinking about nonviolence. ”
urbane Sophisticated, elegant, cosmopolitan. “Handsome and urbane, he lived a generally serene life. . ”
providential Under the care and direction of God or other benevolent natural or supernatural forces. “. . . he lived among cannibals, from whom he providentially escaped uneaten. ”
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