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Compare the North and South before the Civil War.
North: Industrializing, urban, anti-slavery. South: Agrarian, reliant on slave labor, protective of its way of life.
Compare the Abolitionist and Temperance Movements.
Abolitionism: Focused on ending slavery. Temperance: Focused on reducing alcohol consumption. Both were driven by moral concerns and aimed to reform society.
Compare the Seneca Falls Convention and the Abolitionist Movement.
Seneca Falls Convention: Focused on women's rights. Abolitionist Movement: Focused on ending slavery. Both sought to address inequalities and promote social justice.
Compare the goals of Utopian Communities and the Public School Movement.
Utopian Communities: Aimed to create perfect societies based on equality and cooperation. Public School Movement: Focused on providing access to education for all. Both sought to improve society.
Compare the impacts of the Market Revolution on the North and the South.
North: Benefited from industrialization and economic growth. South: Remained largely agrarian and dependent on slave labor, increasing economic disparities.
Compare the views on slavery in the North and the South.
North: Increasingly opposed to slavery, with growing abolitionist sentiment. South: Strongly defended slavery as essential to their economy and way of life.
Compare the impacts of canals and railroads on westward expansion.
Canals facilitated early westward movement and trade, while railroads provided faster and more efficient transportation, accelerating expansion and connecting distant regions.
Compare the goals of the Women's Rights Movement and the Abolitionist Movement regarding equality.
Women's Rights Movement sought gender equality, focusing on legal rights and suffrage. Abolitionist Movement aimed for racial equality by ending slavery and advocating for the rights of enslaved people.
Compare the economic systems of the North and the South during the mid-19th century.
The North had a diverse, industrializing economy with wage labor, while the South's economy was primarily agricultural, relying heavily on slave labor for cash crops like cotton.
Compare the strategies used by Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison in the Abolitionist Movement.
Frederick Douglass, as a former slave, used his personal narrative and oratory skills to expose the horrors of slavery. William Lloyd Garrison advocated for immediate emancipation through his newspaper, 'The Liberator,' often taking a more radical and confrontational approach.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
A prominent abolitionist, writer, and orator who escaped slavery and became a leader in the anti-slavery movement.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
A conductor on the Underground Railroad who helped slaves escape to freedom.
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
A radical abolitionist and publisher of 'The Liberator,' advocating for the immediate emancipation of slaves.
Who was John Brown?
An abolitionist who used violence to combat slavery, most notably at Harpers Ferry.
Who were Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
Leaders of the women's rights movement who advocated for equal rights and suffrage.
Who was Horace Mann?
A key figure in the Public School Movement, advocating for publicly funded education.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
President of the United States during the Civil War, whose election triggered Southern secession.
What was the role of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)?
A key organization in the Temperance Movement, advocating for the reduction or elimination of alcohol consumption.
What was the contribution of the Shakers?
A utopian community known for their communal living and unique religious practices.
What was the contribution of the Oneida Community?
A utopian community known for its radical social and economic experiments.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Belief that the US was divinely ordained to expand across North America.
What was the Market Revolution?
Shift from local, agrarian economies to a national, industrial one.
Define Temperance Movement.
A movement to reduce or eliminate alcohol consumption.
What was the Abolitionist Movement?
A movement to end slavery and the slave trade.
Define Sectionalism.
Growing divisions between North and South over slavery, economy, and culture.
What were the Antebellum Reform Movements?
Social, religious, and political movements aiming to fix societal problems before the Civil War.
Define Utopian Communities.
Groups who sought to create a perfect society based on equality and cooperation.
What was the Public School Movement?
Movement to establish publicly funded schools.
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
Document from Seneca Falls Convention calling for equal treatment of women under the law.
Define Suffrage.
The right to vote.