3. Adapt: To change in order to survive in a new or different environment or situation

4. irrigation A system of bringing water to farmland by artificial means

5. transcendentalism A philosophy which taught that people should go beyond logical thinking to reach true understanding with the help of emotion and intuition.

6. abolitionists People who favored abolition or the ending of slavery

7. Horace Mann The father of American public school Led the effort to make education available to more children Became Massachusetts state’s supervisor of education

8. Tradition: A belief, custom, or way of doing something that has existed for a long time

9. Second Great Awakening A revival of religious feeling and belief in the 1820’s and 1830’s – The First Great Awakening swept through the American colonies in the 1700’s.

10. Public school Schools that are paid for by taxes and managed by local government for the benefit of the general public

11. Declaration of Sentiments A formal statement of injustices suffered by women, written by the organizers of the Seneca Falls Convention (beliefs and convictions)

12. Heritage: The traditional beliefs, values, and customs of a family or country