4.9 The Development of an American Culture
a period of apparent national unity and political harmony during James Monroe’s presidency following the War of 1812, marked by one-party dominance and rising nationalism despite growing sectional tensions.
what is the era of good feeling?
This religious revival movement began in the early 1800s and encouraged individual salvation and societal reform.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
This movement sought to stop the drinking of hard alcohol, often promoting pledges and moral improvement.
What is the Temperance Movement?
a cultural movement that emphasized emotion, nature, and individualism, inspiring artists.
what is Romatisism?
This religious community, founded by Joseph Smith, faced persecution and eventually migrated to Utah under Brigham Young.
Who are the Mormons / What is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
The movement to end slavery in the United States, growing in intensity during the 1830s and 1840s as activists demanded either gradual or immediate emancipation.
what is abolition?
The growing differences in economy, culture, and priorities among the North, South, and West that clashed with rising feelings of American unity and nationalism during the Era of Good Feelings.
what is regional identities vs national identity?
the expansion of democracy, the rise of specific individual beliefs & rejection against rationalism.
what are the causes of religious revival?
experimental communities formed during the reform era that sought to create perfect, cooperative, and highly moral alternative lifestyles in response to the social changes of the early 1800s.
what were Utopian societies?
Founding father of the Transcendentalists; Wrote essays emphasizing key aspects of Transcendentalist philosophy; Self-reliance & individual freedom
who is Ralph waldo Emerson?
the belief that God created the universe but does not intervene in human affairs, emphasizing reason and natural laws over organized religion.
what is deism?
the early movement where women began advocating for political rights—especially the right to vote—even though most states still restricted voting to men post revolution.
what was women's suffrage after the war?
This early 19th-century philosophy emphasized intuition, personal emotion, and the inherent goodness of people and nature.
What is Transcendentalism?
a leading preacher of the Second Great Awakening who promoted emotional revivalism, encouraged personal conversion, and pushed believers toward social reform movements like abolition.
Who was Charles Grandison Finney?
an organization founded in the 1830s that allowed women to actively participate in the abolition movement by raising awareness, organizing petitions, and promoting anti-slavery causes.
what was the female anti-slavery Society?