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Enduring Vision 8E Chapter 11 outline

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CHAPTER 11: Technology, Culture, & Everyday Life, 1840-1860 CHAPTER LEAD-IN, pg 313 Isaac M singer, struggled occupationally, abandoned wife and children, lured Mary Ann Sponslor to living with him in caring for him but he cheated on her and beat her. 1850 ?Singer made significant improvements on a sewing machine and was wealthy within 10 years. Sewing machines were in high demand to cut time manufacturing ready-made clothing, which made clothing cheaper and boosted the ready ? made clothing industry Technology ?term coal and in 1829 to indicate the application of science to improving life?s conveniences Telegraph, cotton gin, steam engine, mechanical reaper, locomotive ? all technological advances

Chapter 12 - Brinkley 13th edition

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Ch. 12 Conditions in 1800s Growing separation between church and state Desire to create respectable culture for literature and arts, modeled after Europeans Growth of nationalism gave rise to nationalistic culture: Wanted to assimilate immigrants into American culture Immigrants: Wanted to do away with cultural traits brought in by foreigners (Temperance movements) Rapid economic change also affected culture, gave rise to education reform Medical Advancement Phrenology developed ? pseudoscience, attributing physical size of brain to psychological traits Fowler Brothers discovered Sylvester Graham proposed vegan diet William Morton developed anesthetic Growing popularization of baths, cold and hot, sulfur baths as well Oliver Holmes discovered contagion of diseases

Transcendentalism

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Wiki Transcendentalism Transcendentalism is a religious and philosophical movement that developed during the late 1820s and '30s[1] in the Eastern region of the United States as a protest against the general state of spirituality and, in particular, the state of intellectualism at Harvard University and the doctrine of the Unitarian church as taught at Harvard Divinity School. Among the transcendentalists' core beliefs was the inherent goodness of both people and nature. They believe that society and its institutions?particularly organized religion and political parties?ultimately corrupt the purity of the individual. They have faith that people are at their best when truly "self-reliant" and independent. It is only from such real individuals

chapter 15

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Chapter 15: The Ferment of Reform and Culture 1790-1860 2nd Great Awakening?reaction to growing liberalism in religion?1800 75% of Americans attended church in early 18th century Many had become liberal in their thinking Deism?Thomas Paine, Jefferson, Franklin Relied on reason rather than revelation; science rather than Bible Denied Christ?s Divinity Unitarianism?spin-off created by Deism God exists in one person and not the Trinity Believe in the essential goodness of human nature God seen as loving, not stern creator Impact Bigger than 1st Great Awakening Began in South and then made its way to the Northeast Poorer communities in the rural south and west most affected by the revival Charles Finney?greatest of revival preachers Effects:

Cornell Notes "America's Shame"

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?? Cornell Notes Name__Eric Mackey___________________ Topic: _America?s Shame______________________ Points to Remember ** Notes ** This title in itself promotes controversy, America?s Shame (Singer, Peter) (www.proquest.com). Per Title (www.proquest.com). Per Conference all 08/24 (Professor Grady Watts) gPeter Siner uses Peter Singer uses Controversy to promote publication, thus the emotional Title The reader is almost forced to ask the question ?Is it America?s Shame?? Causing controversy. Argument We should not limit so important a topic to specialized courses on International development (valuable as they are). Singer clearly states his argument after a short fact giving introduction.

American Pageant 14th Edition Chapter 15 notes

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Second Great Awakening swept through America?s Protestant Churches I. Reviving Religion Regular attendance to church was common- Calvinists rigor was leaving the churches Rationalist ideas from the French Rev. Era and Thomas Paine?s The Age of Reason declaring churches were monopolies in profit and power Paine promoted Deism- didn?t believe in the bible rather science and reason and believed some Supreme Being created a knowable universe- helped branch Unitarian faith

Arts in the Gilden Age

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For each work give a brief statement of its theme and significance Arts in the Gilded Age Walt Whitman, Democratic Vistas Some of the themes of this novel are the cycle of growth and death, the beauty of nature, and democracy as a way of life. The significance of this novel is Stephen Crane, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets Edward Bellamy, Looking Backward: 2000 to 1887 William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur?s Court
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Purifying the Nation

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Part A. Wendell Phillips Wendell Phillips believed in the abolition of slavery and denounced the Constitution because slavery was allowed under it. He also believed in advocating women?s and Native American?s rights, universal suffrage and temperance. Phillips was known as the voice of the anti-slavery movement, delivering speeches as a great public figure in the Anti-Slavery Society in 1835. He also wrote pamphlets for William Lloyd Garrison?s The Liberator on abolition. He was very successful in promoting reform, he was able to further his career because of his popularity among the public. Replacing Garrison, he became President of the Anti-Slavery Society. He lived to see his progress to the Constitution which was the 13th, 14th and 15th amendment.

Maya

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Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon. This was a famous quotation made by Maya Angelou in the early 1920's. With this simple quote, your able to gain a bit of insight about Maya Angelou, her talent, why she writes, and how she is a hero to many.
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