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transcendentalist
is a philosophical movement that developed in the 1830s and 1840s in the new england region over the us as a protest to the general state of culture and society -
abolitionist
The American Anti-Slavery Society was established in 1833, but abolitionist sentiment antedated the republic. -
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progressive time era
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seneca falls
was an early and influential womens rights -
free soils party
The Free-Soil Party developed in part from a political rivalry in New York State. The Democratic Party there consisted of contending factions: the Barnburners, who were strongly opposed to slavery, and the Hunkers, who were neutral or supportive of slavery. -
radical republicans
its formation during the 1850s was a coalition of Northern altruists, industrialists, former Whigs, practical politicians, etc. While not publicly committed to abolition of slavery -
labor unions
is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working condictions -
progressives
was a period of social activism and political reform that flourished from the 1840s to the 1920s -
populist
United States political party formed in 1891 primarily to represent agrarian interests and to advocate the free coinage of silver and government control of monopolies -
temperance
the movement urging reducing the use of acholic drinks, critizing the acholic doses
