Exploring Mid-1800s Literature and Movements in America

1. Ch. 14TESTREVIEW

2. - we wrote stories that portrayed the harmful effects of cruel actions...- our story characters showed that individuals could change society for the better...- we introduced new forms of writing, such as unrhymed poems, horror stories, and detective stories........................................ Who were we? we were the writers of the mid-1800’s, and this was how we shaped modern literature...

3. I am an American writer and I wrote about Native American Legends ... • James Fenimore Cooper

4. - population boom- crop failures- no jobs, out of work- political & religious conflicts PUSH Factor

5. I am a style of art that stressed the individual, imagination, creativity, and emotion... romanticism

6. I am a school of American painters, and artists, who painted peaceful landscapes... Hudson River School

7. I am a philosophy that taught that the spiritual world is more important than the physical world... transcendentalism

8. I am a form of peaceful protest in which people refuse to obey laws that they consider unjust... • civil disobedience

9. In the mid-1800’s, before James Fenimore Cooper, and Washington Irving, it was very unusual for writers to make a living writing fiction... True orFalse TRUE

10. We were the LARGEST, and one of the most influential, immigrant groups to come to the United States in the 1800’s... who were we? Germans

11. I contributed to the women’s rights movement by helping to organize the Seneca Falls Convention... who am I?... you can call me ... Lizzy ... Elizabeth Cady Stanton

12. Two (2) famous abolitionist newspapers that were totally against slavery ... the Liberator the North Star

13. - religious freedom- cheap land- freedom of speech- fair laws PULL factor

14. - I gave public speeches against slavery- I wrote my own autobiography- I even created, and wrote, an anti-slavery newspaper Frederick Douglass

15. ... as American writers, we adapted __________ by turning our interest in nature into a celebration of the American wilderness romanticism

16. - our works celebrated the American wilderness...- we wrote about the American past...- we used American English, instead of British English, in our writings...... by doing these things, we established a truly _________ style of writing.... American

17. - I wasn’t educated...- I couldn’t read nor write...- I spoke to crowds about slavery and women’s rights...- I loved to include songs in my speeches... Sojourner Truth

18. - I helped to build a national women’s organization...- I fought for women’s right to vote...- I fought hard to give married women rights to their own property & wages... Susan B. Anthony

19. My books , “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” helped win European respect for American writing.......................... Who was I? Washington Irving

20. I was born a US citizen and didn’t like foreigners much... I didn’t trust ‘em... who am I? nativist

21. - I didn’t have much money, and due to a lack of available places to live, I had to live in cramped, unhealthy conditions, and where crime was everywhere... immigrants in US cities

22. I’m ah-whayswooking for a pa’ticularwaskallywabbit...

23. Elmer Fudd

24. At this convention, we demanded all the rights and privileges which belong to us as US citizens... Seneca Falls Convention

25. Emerson & Thoreau shared a belief that people should learn about life thru self-reflection, the study of nature, as well as from good books. They also believed that the spiritual world was more important than the physical world. ...what was this belief called? transcendentalism

26. I was purposely modeled after the Declaration of Independence at the Seneca Falls Convention... .... what was I called? Declaration of Sentiments

27. Elizabeth Cady Stanton modeled the “Declaration of Sentiments” on the ..... ...... what? Declaration of Independence

28. I committed an act of ‘civil disobedience’ by not paying my taxes... 1) who am I?2) why didn’t I pay my taxes? • Henry David Thoreau • I didn’t want the tax money to be used to support the War with Mexico

29. What was the reason that 2 million Irish emigrated (left) from Ireland in 1845... the Potato Famine

30. “All Men and Women Were Created Equal by God”Where was this stated, and on what document was it stated? • Seneca Falls Convention • “Declaration of Sentiments”

31. I was illiterate, but I spoke publically about my life a female slave.. Sojourner Truth

32. I was a ‘conductor’ on this railroad... - Who am I?- What was the railroad called? - Harriet Tubman - Underground Railroad

33. In the middle of the 19th Century (1800’s), many women were involved in the struggle for women’s rights and the _____________ movement... abolitionist

34. Who were two (2) well known transcendentalist writers of the 19th Century (1800’s)? -- Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Henry David Thoreau

35. This was a religious & philosophical movement that emphasized the importance of the spiritual world... transcendentalism

36. Why did Americans want to move to Texas (Tejas) in the first place? rich land for farming or grazing

37. • They painted American landscapes.• They often painted American animals and birds.• African American slaves created beautiful baskets, quilts and pottery. American artists of the 1800’s

38. Runaway slaves escaped to freedom on the Underground Railroad by .... moving at night from station to station

39. A person who fights for women’s right to vote is called a ... suffragist

40. An important influence on American culture in the 1840’s & 1850’s was called .... Romanticism

41. TEST Tomorrow! ( here in D-1)