Emerson's lectures at Harvard called for American writers to develop a distinctly ____________ form of literature.
a. American
b. British
c. foreign
d. individual
What is a. American
100
Which was NOT a Protestant group that grew due to the Second Great Awakening?
a. Methodist
b. Baptist
c. Calvinist
d. none of the above
What is c. Calvinist (this was the theology of the 1st Great Awakening)
100
T/F: The Hudson School had paintings that focused on landscape scenes from nature.
What is True
100
List two reasons why slavery was dehumanizing in the South.
What is 1. slaves had few civil rights. 2. slaves had few educational opportunities. (3. treated like chattel-property)
100
Define "melting pot":
What is the idea that immigrants should assimilate to American culture, but also add their own culture to the mix.
200
Who was an eccentric writer who wrote mostly horror works and was also a known alcoholic?
What is Edgar Allen Poe
200
What was the theology of the leaders of the SGA?
What is Arminian
200
Define Black belt
What is area in South that had cotton plantations are ran from Alabama and Mississippi.
200
What was the book of the Bible that many slaves related to most often?
a. Genesis
b. Psalms
c. Proverbs
d. Exodus
What is d. Exodus
200
Define "income gap":
What is disparity of wealth between the rich and poor.
300
T/F: William Lloyd Garrison was the most significant black leader during the 1800's.
What is False-he was a significant white leader who founded the Anti-Slavery Society.
300
What areas did the Second Great Awakening effect in the United States?
What is the west and south (the first Great Awakening was the New England area)
300
T/F: States amended their corporation laws to limit the liability of stockholders to slightly above their value of their stock.
What is False-they limited it only to the value of their stock-no more.
300
Was life on a cotton or tobacco plantation easier for the life of a slave?
What is tobacco
300
In an 1860 Census, where did slaves outnumber whites?
a. the Atlantic and Gulf coast
b. the Black Belt
c.the Mississippi River
d. Mississippi and South Carolina
What is d. Mississippi and South Carolina
400
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
What is Eli Whitney
400
Name the two reform movements during the SGA.
What is Abolition and temperance
400
In the 1840's what political party was anti-immigration?
a. Democratic-Republicans
b. Whigs
c. Know-Nothing Party
d. Federalist
What is c. Know-Nothing Party
400
Where were tobacco and rice plantations located in the South?
a. the Atlantic and Gulf coast
b. the Black Belt
c.the Mississippi River
d. Georgia
What is a. the Atlantic and Gulf coast
400
List two effects that the cotton gin had on America.
What is 1. Economically it grew industry. 2. Culturally it increased slavery due to the profit it created.
500
Who was Sojourner Truth?
What is an abolitionist who used her deep voice to stir up the cause.
500
What was the name of the significant leader of the SGA?
What is Charles Finney
500
Define "cult of domesticity"
What is when women married in the 19th century and then were expected to be a homemaker
500
Where were cotton plantations located in the South?
a. the Atlantic and Gulf coast
b. the Black Belt
c.the Mississippi River
d. Mississippi and South Carolina
What is b. the Black Belt
500
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Transcendentalist Movement?
a. commitment of self-reliance
b. call for a return to nature
c. commitment to religion
d. commitment to individualism