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Chapter 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform


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  1. romanticism: The intellectual movement that replaced the Age of Reason (rationalism). Stressing imagination, emotion, and sentiment, the movement emphasized individual thought and action as well as human goodness and equality.
  2. socialism: A social, economic, and political theory based on collective ownership of the means of production and distribution. These means are directed by the people or their representatives for the good of society as a whole.
  3. temperance: The use of moderation in one's indulgences. In the context of the reform movement, the abstinence from alcoholic drinks and ultimately the prohibition of these beverages.

 


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