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| 242148498 | "crusade against ignorance" | National call for creation of public schools; led by Thomas Jefferson; Republicans; all white males; resulted in the creation of private academies for the wealthy, but little existed to aid the masses | 0 | |
| 242148499 | Phillips Academy | established in Andover, Massachusetts in 1778; by 1815, 30 academies in Mass., 37 in NY and 30+ throughout the rest of the country | 1 | |
| 242148500 | Judith Sargent Murray | wrote an essay in 1784 on the rights of women to education; but had little effect; she died in 1820 | 2 | |
| 242148501 | Benjamin Rush | founded the UPenn medical school (first in America) in the early nineteenth century; advocate of bleeding and purging; | 3 | |
| 242148502 | "bleeding and purging" | belief that infection or illness could be eliminated through the reduction of bad blood in the body; many people bled out by doctors, and died due to weakness; George Washington died after bleeding and purging due to a throat infection | 4 | |
| 242148503 | Jedidiah Morse | wrote the first look at American geography, "Geography Made Easy" in 1784 | 5 | |
| 242148504 | Noah Webster | wrote the American Spelling Book in 1783; later known as the "Blue-Backed Speller"; sold 100 million copies; alseo wrote a dictionary in 1806 and American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828 | 6 | |
| 242148505 | "blue-backed speller" | a simplified and Americanized system of spelling, "The American Spelling Book"; written by Noah Webster; the top-selling book in the history of American publishing, next to the Bible, with over 100 million copies sold; | 7 | |
| 242148506 | Joel Barlow | member of a CT group of writers known as the "Hartford Wits". Published the epic poem, the Columbiad, in 1807; conveyed the special character of the American civilization; | 8 | |
| 242148507 | "Hartford Wits" | Group of CT writers; Joel Barlow, a member | 9 | |
| 242148508 | The Columbiad | Epic poem written by Joel Barlow to convey the special character of the American Civilization | 10 | |
| 242148509 | Charles Brockden Brown | from Philadelphia; wrote numerous novels; emphasized horror and deviant behavior; looked upon as shocking during his own lifetime; wanted to convey the "soaring passions and intellectual energy" of the new nation. | 11 | |
| 242148510 | Washington Irving | NY; all of his books dealt with American life; most famous characters were Rip Van Winkle and Ichabod Crane; most widely acknowledged, and is considered the first truely notable American author | 12 | |
| 242148511 | Mercy Otis Warren | wrote " History of the Revolution" in 1805, which emphasized the heroism of the American struggle; however, it was relatively inaccurate | 13 | |
| 242148512 | Mason Weems | ... | 14 | |
| 242148513 | deism | ... | 15 | |
| 242148514 | Universalist church | ... | 16 | |
| 242148515 | James Murray | ... | 17 | |
| 242148516 | Second Great Awakening | ... | 18 | |
| 242148517 | Cane Ridge | ... | 19 |
