Wittman Unit 2 Lecture Notes Part 1
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Why was there a raise in wealth (3)
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Cotton gin Cumberland Road Erie Canal
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What 4 territories did we expand unto
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Mississippi Oregon Rocky Mountains California
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What 2 reasons did we have for taking land from the Natives
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Growth of Pop Greed
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What are the 4 problems
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More slavery More poverty Lack of food Exploitation
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What was the art, music, architectural, and literary movement
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Romanticism
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What 2 poets wanted to reform the population
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Lowelle John Whittier
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What were the reformation topics
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Human people (good/evil) Civil rights (law)
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What was the everyday influential movement
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Abolition Movement
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What was the first black newspaper
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Freedom's Journal
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What were really the spirituals sung by slaves
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Coded messages of escape plans
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What were the 4 categories songs were written about
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Western Expansion Cowboys Miners Railroads
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What 3 things are developed in the cultural expansion due to wealth and land
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Unique American Lit voice New paths not in Europe MERICAN customs, character, and values
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What was the revolutionary movement with a pure, balanced, and reasonable style
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Classicism
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What was the popular topic pf classicism
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Politics
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What were the 4 aspects of classicism
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Reason Clarity Balance Order
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What did classicism lack
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Emotion
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What are three things that influenced the start of Romanticism
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National life Character Patriotism
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What was relied on instead of truth for Romanticism
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Intuition
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Did Romanticism focus on the individual or the group
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Individual
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What are the 2 styles of Romanticism
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Beauty and mystery of nature Dark creepy and scary
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What is another name for the beauty and mystery of nature
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Idealistic perfection
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What is another name for the dark creepy and scary style
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Gothic supernatural accultism
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Who was the first important American poet that was a Puritan, Idealistic perfectionist (helped start the movement)
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William Bryant
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Who killed Van Weekel, wrote the legend of sleepy hollow, and was the Father of American prose lit as the first important author
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Washington Irving
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Who wrote about the cultural and social change from Europe to Americans and wrote about memorable spoofs (stereotypes)
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Washington Irving
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Who wrote in a mock epic tone to imitate the epics of illiad and the Oddessy
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Oliver Wendal Holmes
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Who wrote ballad stanzas, heroic couplets, and was a descendant of Anne Bradstreet
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Oliver Holmes
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Who wrote legends and American folklores and is considered the MOST LOVED American poet
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Henry Wodsworth Longfellow
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Who wrote the poem \"Hiawatha\" and the Cordship of Miles Standish, and he was also a descendant of Precella Addin
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Henry Wodsworth Longfellow
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Who uses folktales as the basis for his stories
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Washington Irving
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What were the characters based off of that were little more than stereotypes of morals
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Foust legend
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What lesson does Irving teach
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Emphasis on the badness of sin
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What are the key characteristics of Irving (3)
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Humor through charcter exaggeration and irony Playful air of mystery Narrative style of fictional history
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What are certain folktale characteristics (4)
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Typical human motivation and behavior Legend> history Tone usually humor Serious message of human values
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Who invented the American wilderness creation novel
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James Fenemoore Cooper
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Who wrote the LAST OF THE MOHEKENS, DEER SLAVER, and LEATHER STOCKINGTALES
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James Fenemoore Cooper
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Who perfected the short story and a creative detective story
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Edgar Allen Poe
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Who were the 4 Fire Side poets
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Longfellow Lowelle Whittier Holmes
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What did the Fire Side poets do
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Celebrated home, family, and democracy
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Who wrote about Favoring the abolition of slavery
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James R. Lowelle
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Who was the poet orator for people interests
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Whittier
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Who wrote the poem \"Snowbound\" and was a masterpiece of description
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Whittier
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Who taught at Baudwin College and Havard
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Longfellow
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What tragedy did Longfellow experience
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Loses first wife and child (miscarriage) in same year
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What did Longfellow write after his tragedy to say dont give up
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A Psalm of Life
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What was Longfellow's major message
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Make your life worth something Optimism despite tragedy (#1 fireside poet)
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Who was the Father of American poetic Romanticism
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William Bryant
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What did Bryant write when he was 13 y.o.
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Published poem attacking CONSERVATIVE Pres. TJ
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What does Bryant become later in life
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Liberal Spokesman 50 years as a journalist
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What issues did Bryant want reformed
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Free speech, trade + press Rights of organized labor unions Preservation of the Union
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What were Bryant's religious beliefs (4)
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Nature was the visible face of God Nature was the means to exploit human image Nature reveals the divine spirit Transcendental God in nature and humans
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When he was 17 what did Bryant write
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Thanatopsis Meditation on death
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What does Bryant believe about death
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Deaths summons Believes in life after death Nature is soothing and healing force
