AP U.S. Chapter 11 I.d.'s
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Terms | Definitions |
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 Sylvester Graham | early advocate of dietary reform in United States most notable for his emphasis on vegetarianism, and the temperance movement, as well as sexual and dietary habits father of graham crackers |
| P.T. Barnum | the famous and unscrupulous showman, opened the American Museum in New York in 1842, not a showcase for art or nature, but a great freak show populated by midgets, Siamese twins, magicians, and ventriloquists, eventually launching his famous circus |
| American Renaissance | Transportation revolution and romanticism contributed to this development. New market for fiction. Emphasized emotion and inner feeling and created a more democratic literature, accessible to everyone. Women also contributed literary works. Cooper, Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller and Whitman were all involved in this movement. |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882) |
| Hudson River School | Founded by Thomas Cole, first native school of landscape painting in the U.S.; attracted artists rebelling against the neoclassical tradition, painted many scenes of New York's Hudson River |
| Cyrus McCormick's mechanical reaper | McCormick's invention that vastly increased the productivity of the American grain farmer |
| John Deere's Steel-Tipped Plow | Invention by John Deere; caused farming in the mid-west to become easier as it broke up the tough ground for crops. |
| Phrenology | a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties |
| Henry David Thoreau | American transcendentalist who was against a government that supported slavery. He wrote down his beliefs in Walden. He started the movement of civil-disobedience when he refused to pay the toll-tax to support him Mexican War. |
| Lyceum Lectures | braught learning to masses, group of lecturers who's "classes" were open to the public |
| Sentimental novels | novels written mostly by and for women |
| Penny Press/James Gordon Bennett | inexpensive, advertiser-supported newspapers that appeared in the 1830s for one penny;Founder of the New York Herald. He redefined the concept of news (reported news promptly). He was popular for sports pages, entertainment, and investigative journalism. Dr. Ferdon said, "He was the Jon Stewart of his time." |
| Hydropathy | the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease |
| Minstrel shows | white actors wearing black face mimicked and ridiculed African American culture, became increasingly popular. |
| Contagion/Miasm Theories | Belived disease was passed physically vs. passed through the air (pollution) |
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