Our country's founding
He believed protest and rebellion (especially the violent and bloody kind) was necessary for liberty.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
People had to keep the land for THIS long to get it completely free in 1862.
What is 5 years?
He wrote Civil Disobedience in 1849, about resisting the American government the non-violent way.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
This British musician wrote a song in the 1760s which later became attached to our national anthem.
Who is John Stafford Smith?
HE changed the look of Santa to a fat man in a red suit and gave us the modern (non-religious) image we have of the jolly saint.
Who is Thomas Nast?
Author of, "My Country 'Tis of Thee."
Who is (Rev.) Samuel Francis Smith?
In the 1830s, these ladies are widely thought to have organized the first strikes for higher wages in American history.
Who are, the "Mill Girls?"
The famous poem, Civil Disobedience, advocates for resisting the government in THIS WAY.
What is, refuse to pay taxes?
Thieves that illegally jumped the lines or “squatted” before the free land giveaway in Oklahoma in 1889.
What are sooners?
Most prolific American songwriter of the nineteenth century; HE gave us the sound of the West (frontier) with tunes like, "Oh! Susana" and "De Camptown Races."
Who is Stephen Foster?
THIS royal European anthem provided the melody which later became "My Country 'Tis of Thee."
What is "God Save the Queen (King)?"
Steam power was instrumental to the early American economy because it allowed this specific action.
What is, farmers could transport products upstream?
This simple rhyming SCHEME was utilized to great fame by an American Renaissance poet (and copied by everyone)...much to the chagrin of his opponents.
What is AA or AB?
The original German name for a religious figure who was the patron saint of children and the poor.
What is Sankt Nikolaus?
German immigrants settled mostly HERE when they came over to the United States in the 19th century.
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What is the Midwest?
Our national anthem, the Star-Spangled Banner, was based upon THIS drinking song to honor a Greek poet.
What is, "To Anacreon in Heaven" (Anacreontic Song)?"
Latin term for this specific TYPE of democracy that was inspired by the Roman experience.
What is "republica?"
Main reasons German immigrants came to the U.S. in the nineteenth century.
What are: compulsory military service, political and economic turbulence, and strict inheritance laws.
Even if revolutionary women couldn’t officially fight, this is one way some brave ones circumvented that rule.
What is, they fought undercover (dressed up as soldiers or spies)?
The primary methods of the German education philosophy known as kindergarten.
What are social interaction and play?
Before they became beer-guzzling party monsters, fraternities were designed for this purpose.
What is academic debate (discussion)?
Most famous frontier (minstrel) song about a slave being nostalgic for his home in Florida..."way down upon the...far far from home."
What is Swanee River?
One of the supreme American Renaissance poets, he thought poetry should be complex like this: O Me! O Life! (from Dead Poet's Society and the Apple Ipad Commercial)
Who is Walt Whitman?
THIS was the symbol of tyranny and oppression according to the author of Civil Disobedience.
What is the army?
The Hutchinson family became internationally famous for their music but also because of singing about THESE main subjects.
What are abolition and temperance (alcohol ban)?