US History 1800s
The time period just prior to the U.S. Civil War is known as this.
What is the antebellum?
She said “The standard of health among American women is so low that few have a correct idea of what a healthy woman is.”
Who is Catherine Beecher?
This reformer connected one’s diet and morality, urged abstinence from “exciting” foods, and invented a bland substance to aid in digestion thus avoiding immoral behaviors.
Who is Sylvester Graham?
This American sport evolved from Mexican-American cowboy contests
What is rodeo?
During the Antebellum time period slaves could win their freedom through winning bets for their masters in this sport.
What is boxing?
In 1803 the size of the United States more than doubled when President Jefferson completed this major land purchase.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
She bemoaned: “I have however seen with regret that many of you appear to engage in physical exercise with reluctance, as if every moment taken from your studies were time lost.”
Who is Almira Phelps?
In his 1858 influential article "Saints and Their Bodies" in Atlantic Monthly he promoted health and sport as a key element for men and character-building in American culture.
Who is Thomas Wentworth Higginson?
In the 1850s Frederick Law Olmstead designed this urban outdoor space to provide healthful sporting activities in natural settings.
What is Central Park in NYC?
Antebellum taverns and boxing clubs in the Northeast were popular sites for young, working-class immigrant men from this country.
What is Ireland?
The concept that white, middle-class Americans had a moral, god-given mission to settle the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans was known as this.
What is Manifest Destiny?
He was a medical doctor who in the 1830s wrote "Healthy bodies meant healthy spirits" and that gaming lead to gambling, intemperance, and debauchery. He suggested games and exercises "but in no case for money."
Who was Dr. William Alcott?
She founded the Hartford Female Seminary promoted calisthenics, believing that women needed physical and moral fitness to perform their roles in society.
Who is Catharine Beecher?
This freed African-American boxer traveled to England to box against champion Tom Cribb.
Who was Tom Molineaux?
Turners were a German political, educational society that focused on this sport activity.
What are gymnastics?
This was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This looser-fitting costume, allowing women freedom of movement for physical activities, was one of the first steps toward women's rights in America.
What are “Bloomers”?
This form of exercise comes from 2 Greek words meaning “grace” and “strength.”
What is calisthenics?
A shift from stick/ball games to footraces led to professional runners from this racial group including “the American Deer,” “the Boston Buck,” and “the Yankee Clipper.”
What are Native Americans?
In 1848, notable American women Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony led the first women's rights convention in this city.
What is Seneca Falls, NY?
In an 1850 publication, she promoted hydropathy (the "water cure") as a means to vigorous health and care of women's health ailments.
Who was Mary Gove Nichols?
Between 1821 and 1845 there were five sports competitions between representatives from the North and the South in this sport.
What is horse racing?
Scottish immigrants formed these clubs that celebrated their native sporting cultures like caber toss, tug of war, and other feats of strength.
What are Caledonian clubs?