| The religious belief that a 1000-year era
of perfect peace, harmony, and brotherhood
was a prerequisite for the Second Coming
of Christ. |
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| A social reformer who brought about improvements
in the treatment of inmates in insane asylums. |
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| He split with the American Anti-Slavery Society
and organized the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery
Society with no women on the executive board. |
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| An organization that provided concerts, lectures,
and other cultural events. |
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| This reformer from the South worked for the
abolition of slavery and the struggle for
equal rights for women. |
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| The religious belief that sin and evil could
be eradicated in American society as well
as in the individual. |
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| He came to observe America and wrote Democracy in America, an account of the strengths and weaknesses
of the American democratic system. |
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| This Massachusetts commune wanted to created
a perfect union between intellect and manual
labor. It failed because nobody really wanted
to work. |
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| This group, known as the Universal Friends,
was started by Mother Ann Lee and promoted
celibacy as an answer to world suffering.
They were also known for their simple crafts
and furniture. |
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| This author and naturalist influenced American
thought by his individualism and opposition
to conformity and materialism. His most famous
work, Walden, described his solitary coexistence with
nature. |
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| This American educator and reformer revolutionized
public school organization and teaching. |
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| The creation of utopian communities in which
members engaged in various forms of cooperation
and sharing of property and responsibility
for the well-being of all. |
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| A leading New England abolitionist, this
editor of The Liberator advocated the separation from the South
and the immediate emancipation of all black
slaves. |
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| The belief of New England intellectuals that
the truths found beyond sense experience
in intuition and nature would bring people
to self-knowledge and self-reliance and ultimately
to the attempted reformation of themselves
and society. |
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| This American crusader for abolitionism,
temperance, educational reform, and women's
rights organized the first women's rights
convention with Lucretia Mott in 1848. |
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| This movement consisted of a group of artists
with the same style of painting who became
known for their luxurious landscapes. |
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| He created a dictionary of the standardized
use of the English language in America. |
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| This utopian movement began in upstate New
York. People lived a communal life and shared
everything, even marriages, which shocked
the local inhabitants. |
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| He wrote his famous reader that was used
to teach 80% of Americans to read during
the early 1800s. |
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| Started by Robert Owen, this Indiana communes
was run based on Utopian socialist ideals. |
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