| Second Great Awakening | Religious movement in America during the early 1800s | Chapter 15 |
| Camp meeting | The type of meeting that most of this religious movement spread by |
| MethodistsBaptists | Two denominations that gained the most from the movement |
| Peter Cartwright | Famous “circuit rider” or traveling preacher |
| Charles Finney | Greatest of the revival preachers of the Second Great Awakening |
| “Burned over district” | Area in NY in which many of the religious movements came from |
| Millerites or 7th Day AdventistsMormons | Two major religious groups that came out of this area |
| Joseph Smith | Founder of the Mormon religion |
| Polygamy | Practice of Mormons that allowed them more than one wife |
| Brigham Young | Leader of Mormons after Smith’s death that takes them to Salt Lake City Utah |
| Slavery | Issue that split religious denominations down sectional lines |
| “Alcohol Republic” | Nickname given to the US because of the large consumption of alcohol |
| American Temperance Society | Organization that tried to control alcohol in society |
| Ten Nights in a Barroom and What I Saw There | Famous book that described the effects of alcohol on society |
| TS Arthur | Author of this book |
| Neal Dow | Known as the “Father of Prohibition” |
| Maine Law | One of the first laws that prohibited the sale and manufacturing of alcohol |
| Lucretia MottElizabeth Cady StantonSusan B. Anthony | Three most famous women’s rights reformers |
| Seneca Falls Convention | Meeting of women’s rights supporters |
| Declaration of Sentiments | Statement issued that was the declaration of women’s rights |
| Horace Mann | Father of education |
| Noah Webster | Created standardized American English dictionary |
| William McGuffey | Created readers of early school children |
| Emma Willard | Established Troy Female Seminary |
| Dorothea Dix | Reformer for the mentally handicapped |
| New HarmonyBrook FarmOneidaShakers | Four utopian communities established |
| Gilbert StuartCharles Wilson Peale | Two famous artists of American works during this period |
| Hudson River School of Art | School of art that focused on American landscapes |
| Stephen Foster | Famous musician who wrote minstrel songs and My Ol’ Kentucky Home |
| Knickerbocker Group | Name for the literary artists who wrote American literature that boosted American nationalism |
| Washington IrvingJames Fenimore CooperWilliam Cullen Bryant | Three famous authors of this group |
| Transcendentalism | Idea that truth transcends the senses |
| Ralph Waldo EmersonHenry David ThoreauWalt Whitman | Three most famous writers of this movement |
| Henry Wadsworth LongfellowEdgar Allen PoeNathaniel HawthorneHerman Melville | Four other famous authors |