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Give Me Liberty! An American History 2023/2024 : Chapter 12 ( 100% verified)
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Give Me Liberty! An American History:Chapter 12
utopian communities - ANSIdealistic and impractical communities. Who, Rather than seeking to
create an ideal government or reform the world, withdrew from the sinful, corrupt world to work
their miracles in microcosm, hoping to imitate the elect state of affairs that existed among the
Apostles.
"perfectionism" - ANSDue to the new liberal movements and religious fervor, many Americans
believed that perfection was attainable. Therefore, a series of movements took place to perfect
society, such as prison reform, temperance, etc.
temperance movement - ANSAn organized campaign to eliminate alcohol consumption
self-discipline - ANSA free individual, a person who internalized the practice of self-control.
asylums - ANSconverted hospitals or monasteries; institutions whose primary purpose was to
care for people with mental illness; overflow of patients led to virtual prisons with filthy
conditions and cruelty. The wealthy used to pay to go there for entertainment. Bedlam was a
famous asylum.
common school - ANSa social reform effort that began in the mid-1800s and promoted the idea
of having all children educated in a common place regardless of social class or background
public education - ANSBetween 1830-1850, many northern states opened free public schools.
Education allowed kids more chances. (Leaders; Horace Mann)
American Colonization Society - ANSA Society that thought slavery was bad. They would buy
land in Africa and get free blacks to move there. One of these such colonies was made into
what now is Liberia. Most sponsors just wanted to get blacks out of their country.
American Anti-Slavery Society - ANSAbolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison, who
advocated the immediate abolition of slavery. By 1838, the organization had more than 250,000
members across 1,350 chapters.
"moral suasion" - ANSA strategy to oppose slavery by "non-resistants" and pacifists who did not
want to fight with violence. They wanted slave owners to be convinced that owning slaves was
sinful. They wanted the North to realize that their allowance of slavery in the nation was wrong.
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