Society and Culture Before the Civil War

The campaign against alcohol consumption

The readiness of people to purchase goods or services

A person who wanted to end slavery

An organization that proposed to end slavery by helping Arican Americans to move to Africa

Limited supply

The refusal to obey unjust laws using nonviolent means

American author and transcendentalist; known for acts of civil disobedience; author of Walden

A widespread religious movement in the U.S. in the early 1800s

People who wanted to preserve the U.S. for native-born, white citizens

Supporter of women's rights; argued that women and men should receive equal pay for equal work

Someone who moves to another country

Political party that was anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant

Name for the wealthy planters who made their money from cotton in the mid-1800s

An organized attempt to improve what is unjust or imperfect in society

Process that changed the way goods were produced and where many people worked and lived

A series of dots and dashes used to communicate through a telegraph

Document that explained beliefs about social unfairness toward women

African American activist, speaker, and writer; former slave; leader of Abolitionist Movement

The Protestant idea that God decided in advance which people would attain salvation after death

the first public meeting about women's rights

A network of abolitionists who secretly helped African Americans to escape to freedom

Amount of goods available to sell; partially dependent on available natural resources

The difference between cost and price; amount of money made on a product.

A person who invests in a business in order to make a profit

Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights