Organized attempts to improve conditions of life.

The idea that god decided the fate of a persons soul even before birth.

The most important preacher of the generation. Finney held the first religious revivals.

A huge outdoor religious meeting.

An organized effort to end alcohol and the problems created by it.

A total ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol.

A Massachusetts teacher who took up the cause of prison reform.

Free schools supported by taxes.

The leader of the education reform.

Reformers who wanted to abolish or end slavery.

A quaker who strongly opposed the use of violence to end slavery.

A slave who escaped to freedom. He was a strong speaker and abolitionist.

A woman who escaped slavery and helped others escape using the underground railroad.

An illiterate slave who became a powerful voice for slaves and women.

A quaker who spent years working in the anti slave movement. She hade unique skills.

An abolitionist who was denied rights in a meeting because of her gender.

The right for women to vote.

An organized effort to improve the status of women in society.

An ally of Stanton. She and stanton created the National Woman's Suffrage Association.

A movement which explored the relationship between humans and nature through emotions.

A leading transcendentalist. Asked America to question the value of material goods.

The unique importance of each individual.

A man who accepted Emerson's challenge. He spent 2 Years living in the woods.

An idea that people should peacefully disobey unjust laws if their consciences demand it.

A novelist who began to change the tone of american literature.

A novelist who changed the tone of american literature. He wrote stories with dark tones.

The author of "little women", she presented a gentler side of New England life.