American Culture Flashcards
Hudson River School
common trends among elite artist
price paid for progress and civilization
destruction of nature
music
ballads, folk songs , hymns
New York Post was started by
Alexander Hamilton
Transcendalist believed
westward expansion, natural mythology & concern for political extremism
inner knowledge goes beyond “transcend” our experiences
certain things go beyond our reason and that’s okay. not everything has reason
John Deere
steel plow
Mechanical Reaper
Cyrus McCornick
Samuel Morse
telegraph
Elias Howe
sewing machine
improved by Isaac Singer
Second Great Awakening
people will reform themselves (not by force) and when they reform themselves they will reform society
Joseph Smith
Mormon leader/creator aka a nut job
two generals during the Mexican War
Taylor & Scott
The Shakers
religious group focused on simplicity, didn’t last long because they followed abstinence for life
Cult of Domesticity
women’s domain is in the house, anything other than that is “unnatural”
