culture and reform
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andersonroe on November 17, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 robert fulton | his boat, the clermont, went from NYC to Albany, NY/ first time boat was able to move upstream |
| george stephenson | built, in england, first steam-powered locomotive called the Rocket |
| tom thumb | first steam-powered locomotive in the US |
| nativists | organization which was against all people who were not native-born americans |
| dr crawford w long | preformed the first painless operation using ether |
| nathanial hawthorne | author who wrote the scarlett letter (book about sin) |
| herman melville | author who wrote book, moby dick about the whaling industry |
| edgar allen poe | author who wrote "the raven" and "the tell-tale heart"/ wrote disturbing stories and poetry |
| walt whitman | poet/wrote "leaves of grass" about the common man |
| henry wadsworth longfellow | poet/ wrote the midnight ride of paul revere, sog of hiawatha |
| washington irving | poet and author/ wrote the legend of sleepy hollow |
| james fenimore cooper | author/ wrote the last of the mohicans |
| elizabeth blackwell | first woman doctor |
| oberlin college | first integrated and co-educational college (black and women could go there) |
| henry davis thoreau | believed in the importance of human mind/emphasized self-reliance and individuality/lived by himself at a place called walden pond for a year |
| the grimke sisters | worked for womens equality and freedom for the slaves/from wealthy family in SC/ became quakers |
| francis cabot lowell | began first cotton mill in New england in 1815/ set the stage for others to follow/ town on lowell massachusetts was established which was a famous factory mill town |
| shakers | religious group which believed in equality for all/ expressed religious feeling in song and dance |
| oneida community | a community whose goal was perfection in every activity/ everyone was married to each other!/ oneida silver is still produced in the town of oneida new york |
| seneca falls convention | womens rights convention in 1848/ wrote declaration of womens rights based on the declaration of independence |
| emily dickinson | famous poet who only published 7 poems in your lifetime/ is one of americas best-known poets/ was a recluse |
| john james audobon | naturalist who drew wild life, especially birds as they appear in nature |
| louisa may alcott | famous author of the book little women |
| mary lyon | established mt holyoke female seminary/ helped break the barriers to female education |
| george caleb bingham | artist who painted scenes of the MS valley and the american west/ known for his portrayal of everyday life |
| thomas cole | landscape artist who became a leader of the hudson river school of painting/ known for painting nature scenes around hudson river valley |
| john greenleaf whittier | poet who wrote about country life/ he also attacked slavery with his poetry |
| elizabeth ann seton | founder of the sisters on charity/ considered the patron saint of catholic schools |
| sarah hale | editor of godeys lady book, a tremendously popular magazine advising american woman on how they should dress and act |
| margaret fuller | new england writer whos work touched on political themes, especially womens rights/ published bestselling book, woman in the nineteenth century |
| johnny appleseed | (john chapman) american pioneer who introduced apple trees to large parts of ohio, indiana, and illinois/ very kind ad generous/ became a legend in his own time |
| john jacob astor | first american multimillionaire/ made a fortune on the fur trade and real estate/ fourth wealthiest person in american history |
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