1. Chapter 15 Era of Reform Vocabulary

2. Social Reform
Organized attempt to improve what is unjust or imperfect in society

3. Predestination
Belief that God decided in advance which people went to Heaven

4. Second Great Awakening
Religious movement that swept the nation in the early 1800’s that focused on free will

5. Revival
Huge meeting held to stir up religious feelings

6. Temperance Movement
Organized effort to end alcohol abuse and the problems cause by it

7. Public Schools
free schools supported by taxes

8. Abolitionists
People who wanted to end slavery in the United States

9. American Colonization Society
Group that supported the idea of setting up an independent colony for freed slaves in Liberia, Africa

10. Women’s Rights Movement
Campaign to win equality for women in America

11. Transcendentalism
movement that sought to explore the relationship between humans and nature through emotions rather than reason