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2. A philosophical and literary movement that emphasized living a simple life and celebrated the truth found in nature and in personal emotion and imagination. Among it’s adherents were H.D. Thoreau, R.W. Emerson, and Theodore Parker.5. People like Henry David Thoreau believed in the importance of individual conscience, he urged people not to obey laws they considered unjust. Instead of protesting with violence, they should peacefully refuse to obey those laws. This form of protest is called... 2 words.8. Born into slavery in 1817, this abolitionist leader had been taught to read and write by the wife of one of his owners. He ultimately became one of the nation's greatest orators and a champion for freedom and equality for African-Americans.12. These sisters were daughters of a South Carolina slaveholder but spoke eloquently for abolition. From the 1830s through the mid-19th C. they appealed to Christians (men and women) to “overthrow this horrible system of oppression and cruelty.”13. “Before the Civil War”14. An organizer of Women's Rights activities (Seneca Falls) and outspoken supporter of political and economic equality between the genders in the mid-19th C.

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1. This friend of R. W. Emerson put the idea of self-reliance into practice. Abandoning community life, he built himself a cabin on the shore of Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts, where he lived alone for two years. In Walden (1854), he advised readers to follow their inner voices.2. The effort to prohibit the drinking of alcohol and thus avoid the harmful results of intoxication on individuals and families. 2 words3. Much of the impulse toward reform was rooted in the revivals of the broad religious movement that swept the United States after 1790. Goals among the followers of this movement included individual responsibility for seeking salvation and insisting that people improve themselves and society. That movement was this. 3 words4. In 1848 leaders in the struggle for Women’s rights decided to hold a women’s rights convention at this location. An agenda was composed and a detailed statement of grievances. They carefully modeled this “Declaration of Sentiments” on the Declaration of Independence. The second paragraph began with a revision of a very familiar statement: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.” 2 words.

Down6. In the early 19th C., women faced limited options. Prevailing customs demanded that women restrict their activities after marriage to the home and family. Housework and child care were considered the only proper activities for married women. This tradition came to be known as this. 3 words.7. Isabella Baumfree, a slave for the first 30 years of her life, took this name when she decided to sojourn (travel) throughout the country preaching, and later, arguing for abolition.9. By the mid-1800s, some Americans were taking new pride in their emerging culture. This person, a New England writer, nurtured this pride. He led a group practicing transcendentalism—a philosophical and literary movement that emphasized living a simple life and celebrated the truth found in nature and in personal emotion and imagination.10. Experimental groups who tried to create a “utopia,” or perfect place. They varied in their philosophies and living arrangements but shared common goals such as self-sufficiency.11. The freeing of slaves, often with no other requirement to said freedom.15. This quote is from a reform-minded leader of the mid-19th C. As a women, she made her voice heard in a male-dominated society. "I proceed, gentlemen, briefly to call your attention to the present state of insane persons confined within this Commonwealth. . . . Chained, naked, beaten with rods, and lashed into obedience! . . . Injustice is also done to the convicts: it is certainly very wrong that they should be doomed day after day and night after night to listen to the ravings of madmen and madwomen."17. He was born into slavery in 1800 in Virginia. A gifted preacher, he chose to lead a slave uprising that could have become a full-blown rebellion had his ~80 slave followers remained uncaptured after murdering 60 White plantation Southerners. The backlash of the White population was bloodier than the actual rebellion.

Across16. The call to outlaw the institution of slavery.18. The most radical white abolitionist in the Northern States. Active in religious reform movements in Massachusetts, he started his own paper, The Liberator, in 1831 to deliver an uncompromising message: immediate emancipation.19. A system of production where manufacturers provided materials for goods to be made at home. 2 words