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Adapt:
 To change in order to survive in a new or different
environment or situation
irrigation
 A system of bringing
water to farmland by
artificial means
transcendentalism
 A philosophy which
taught that people should
go beyond logical
thinking to reach true
understanding with the
help of emotion and
intuition.
abolitionists
 People who favored abolition or the ending of slavery
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
Tradition:
 A belief, custom, or way of doing something that has
existed for a long time
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.
Public school
 Schools that are paid for by taxes and managed by
local government for the benefit of the general public
Declaration of Sentiments
 A formal statement of injustices suffered by women,
written by the organizers of the Seneca Falls
Convention (beliefs and convictions)
Heritage:
 The traditional beliefs, values, and customs of a family
or country