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- 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...
I am an American writer and I wrote about Native American Legends ... • James Fenimore Cooper
- population boom- crop failures- no jobs, out of work- political & religious conflicts PUSH Factor
I am a style of art that stressed the individual, imagination, creativity, and emotion... romanticism
I am a school of American painters, and artists, who painted peaceful landscapes... Hudson River School
I am a philosophy that taught that the spiritual world is more important than the physical world... transcendentalism
I am a form of peaceful protest in which people refuse to obey laws that they consider unjust... • civil disobedience
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
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
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
Two (2) famous abolitionist newspapers that were totally against slavery ... the Liberator the North Star
- religious freedom- cheap land- freedom of speech- fair laws PULL factor
- I gave public speeches against slavery- I wrote my own autobiography- I even created, and wrote, an anti-slavery newspaper Frederick Douglass
... as American writers, we adapted __________ by turning our interest in nature into a celebration of the American wilderness romanticism
- 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
- 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
- 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
My books , “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” helped win European respect for American writing.......................... Who was I? Washington Irving
I was born a US citizen and didn’t like foreigners much... I didn’t trust ‘em... who am I? nativist
- 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
Elmer Fudd
At this convention, we demanded all the rights and privileges which belong to us as US citizens... Seneca Falls Convention
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
I was purposely modeled after the Declaration of Independence at the Seneca Falls Convention... .... what was I called? Declaration of Sentiments
Elizabeth Cady Stanton modeled the “Declaration of Sentiments” on the ..... ...... what? Declaration of Independence
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
What was the reason that 2 million Irish emigrated (left) from Ireland in 1845... the Potato Famine
“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”
I was illiterate, but I spoke publically about my life a female slave.. Sojourner Truth
I was a ‘conductor’ on this railroad... - Who am I?- What was the railroad called? - Harriet Tubman - Underground Railroad
In the middle of the 19th Century (1800’s), many women were involved in the struggle for women’s rights and the _____________ movement... abolitionist
Who were two (2) well known transcendentalist writers of the 19th Century (1800’s)? -- Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Henry David Thoreau
This was a religious & philosophical movement that emphasized the importance of the spiritual world... transcendentalism
Why did Americans want to move to Texas (Tejas) in the first place? rich land for farming or grazing
• 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
Runaway slaves escaped to freedom on the Underground Railroad by .... moving at night from station to station
A person who fights for women’s right to vote is called a ... suffragist
An important influence on American culture in the 1840’s & 1850’s was called .... Romanticism
TEST Tomorrow! ( here in D-1)
