Chapter 18 Study Guide- Era of Reform
Due on the day of the test
1. What is the definition of Transcendentalism?
2. What is the Second Great Awakening?
3. Why did the Second Great Awakening lead to a growth of people wanting to change
society?
4. What is the definition of Utopian Society?
5. What is Brooks Farm?
6. Who was the person who started the Transcendentalism movement and inspired others
to follow their emotions?
7. What was Henry David Thoreau’s motto (slogan)?
8. What made Nathaniel Hawthorne famous?
9. What made Horace Mann famous?
10. In early American schools, what subject was focused on the most?
11. In early American schools, generally speaking who was allowed to attend classes?
12. Why did immigration cause educational reform?
13. What was the name of the first co-ed college?
14. What is the definition of abolitionist?
15. What made William Lloyd Garrison famous?
16. Who was Frederick Douglass?
17. What did Angelina and Sarah Grimke inspire other women to do?
18. What were the ideas of Seneca Falls Convention based on?
19. What was the outcome of the Seneca Falls Convention?
20. Who organized the Seneca Falls Convention?
21. How have the reform movements of the 1800s have affected Americans today? Give at
least 3 specific and detailed examples.