1. Culture and Reform Vocabulary

2. Reform To amend or improve by change of form or removal of faults or abuses

3. Culture The beliefs, customs, arts, etc. of a particular society, groups, place, or time

4. Suffrage The right to vote

5. Abolition/Abolitionists Movement fighting to make slavery illegal People fighting for the end of slavery

6. Temperance Movement to make alcohol illegal

7. Convention A large meeting of people who share a common interest

8. Underground Railroad A network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans in effort to reach free states and/or Canada

9. Transcendentalists People who were supported an intellectual movement that began as a response to the 2 nd Great Awakening (religious movement) Promoted individualism, self-reliance, freedom from society, and emphasized emotions

10. Civil Disobedience The refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest