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AMS - 151 Flashcards

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Great Awakenings
-Religion in the Atlantic Worlds-

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1720s - 1760s

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Varieties of Religious Experience

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  1. Characteristics of Revivals
  2. Relaying the Message
  3. Religion & slavery
  4. Religion & Gender
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  1. Characteristics of Revivals
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  • several revivals in diff places ; Euro & Amer.
  • emotional laden conversations
  • nostalgia- in time before them people were more religious, need that back
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  1. Relaying the Message
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  • print - newspapers, progressive writing, cross atlantic
  • hymnals - Charles Wesley, wrote 6,000
  • preaching - George Whitefield
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George Whitefield

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  • preached outside
  • newspapers would advertise his sermons
  • after the sermon would be printed, copied and sold for a wider distribution
    CRITICIZED
  • established clergy didn’t like him
  • clergy distrusted the huge enthusiasm about whitefield , they believed he was riling up the masses
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  1. Religion & slavery
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  • Majority of slaves -> west african (animism similar to native americans beliefs)
  • Revivals -> upper south, less in lower south :more in north there were more white influ. to smaller black pop. VS. large black pop. due to slavery resulted in fewer conversions resulting in native religious practices
  • few southern converts - ones that did realized if spiritual equality then they should have freedom
  • Methodist, Baptists -> anti slavery
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  1. Religion & Gender
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  • Women’s social status - 1700s women were second class, no rights
  • Evangelical networks - women created the ENs and argued that everyone was created equally, basically bible study
  • Public identities - some women would risk creating a P. ID to talk about women’s religious stance
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Elizabeth Ashbridge

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  • born in england
  • banished to ireland by parents
  • left ireland & ran to america
  • got there by being an indentured servant (worked to pay off debt of the journey)
  • tried several religious denominations
  • After became a Quaker - due to them allowing women to preach
  • went back to england
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EURO VISITORS IN USA

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  1. Tocqueville
  2. Dickens
  3. Bodmer
    when : 1815 - 1860 US - between war period before 1812 war and civil war
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Tocqueville

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  • french aristocrat - focused on political theory
  • in use 1831-32 - during french democracy revolution
  • Democracy in america (book) - very influential
  • Main point made by him: Democracy is inevitable
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Dickens

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  • english novelist
  • in us 1842 after Toc.
  • interested in behavior if day to day life of people in us
  • did NOT stand for slavery
  • American notes for general civilization (book)
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Bodmer

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  • swiss artist
  • illustrated german princess book
  • in us from 1832 -34
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T & D american society

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  1. reform institution
  2. associations
  3. manners
  4. politics
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reform institution

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  • schools, prisons, asylums- impressed by them
  • perfectibility - americans at the time believed they could create a heaven on earth
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associations

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  • clubs, groups, networks( more T), where ordinary people come together and create own networks, rampant in the US
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manners

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  • more of charles dickens
  • americans are restless - obsessed with mobility and climbing social ladder
  • love of money - held large value in their lives
  • tobacco usage unhinged & talked and ate too fast
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politics

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  • more T
  • gov is decentralized - unlike the kings and queens - example England
  • new england- idea of self gov.
  • southern states- aristocracy and power, the very rich and extremely poor
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Innocents abroad (Americans travel to Euro)

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Us citizen traveling overseas

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  • pre 1850 < 3,000 would go out of 23 mill
  • increased as time went on as more people gained more money and time to travel
  • by the 20th century (1901) 144,100 went
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Why did americans move?

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  1. technology - the steamboat 3 weeks to go over atlantic
  2. tourist infrastructure
    - Euro grand tour - itinerary
    - Sites & guides - must see places
    - Hotels restaurants etc. - must stay / eat
  3. Need for self improvement - by educating themselves on worldly culture
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Tourist before 1865

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  • travel only available to elite
  • travel to learn
  • downplayed recreational enjoyment
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Tourist after 1865

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  • travel available to elite AND middle class
  • travel to learn
  • embraced recreational enjoyment
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MONDAY 29th

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just watched a video

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Jazz music

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  • new orleans
  • uniquely american
    -louis armstrong
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Louis Armstrong

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  • one of the most important jazz figures
  • not only a musician but also involved in civil rights movement
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Cold war

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  • btw U.S. & Soviet Union
    -1945-1991
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U.S. during Cold War

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  • white supremacy
  • segregation
  • racism
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Little rock Ark. 1957

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  • Brown v. Board of Education: overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
  • Central High School - desegregation
  • the little rock 9, not allowed by local authorities
  • Prez. Eisenhower had to send U.S. Army
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Plessy v. Ferguson

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  • this case “justified” the segregation
  • ” separate but equal” saying was created
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Africa - Cold war

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  • flooded with Soviet & U.S. propaganda
  • wanted to influence africa to be partners cuz of their natty resources
  • the ultimate natty resource: Uranium - to make nuclear bombs
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Charles wilson peale

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  • enlightenment to entertainment
  • used self portrait as self promotion
  • he anticipated P.T. Barnum
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P.T. Barnum

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  • a yankee from bethel CT
  • he did traveling shows
  • Barnum & Bailey circus&raquo_space;> towards the end of his life
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P.T. Barnum’ nickname

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  • The master of humbug
  • humbug = trickery - he turned it positive
  • was a trickster & moralizer
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P.T. Barnum “SHOW” - beginning

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  • joice heth
  • african american women
  • said to be 161 yrs old
  • a “real” nurse to George Washington
  • if she was tho during that time she would have been a slave
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the american mesusme

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  • extremely famous
  • stopped traveling - became based in NYC
  • became an institution of popular entertainment
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NYC in the 19th century

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  • mass immigration
  • market economy = mass instability
  • rise of urban environment
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Audience of the American Museum

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  • urban middle class
  • irish immigrants
  • family entertainment
    It housed
  • glass steam engine, whale and much more
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Major exhibits of American Museum

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  • feejee mermaid
  • general tom thumb
  • chang and eng
  • baby shows
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Feejee mermaid

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  • science fiction
  • newspaper wars - where fake scientist would say its real & the reals scientist said its was fake = increase in exposure so causes more business
  • democracy in action
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General Tom Thumb

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  • real name = charles stratton
  • world traveler = went and toured Euro. first to make a big stur of success in america
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Baby shows

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  • american stock = white prostistat, no dark skinned babies allowed/ irish babies
  • contest for protest baby, smartest baby…
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Moral lecture room

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  • was in the basement of the museum
  • showed theater plays
  • melodramas - reform society
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misconception about mexican americans: 1

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Mex. americans are NOT a racial group, but instead merely and ethnic group

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misconception about mexican americans: 2

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Mex. americans are a “new” group that consists of recent immigrants and their children

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the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo

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  • us mexican war 1845-48
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See america first

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1870s - 1920s

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Westward tourism build up - 3 steps

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  1. discover - explore the land
  2. settle - make a home in the new discovered area
  3. promote area - leads to tourism
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Factors that helped mass tourism develop - 5

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  1. rivers, roads, & railroads - made people mobile and traveling easier
  2. lodging, lunch, leisure - place to stay and enjoy
  3. sites to see - such as grand canyon
  4. money - a lot was spent to build lodges in hopes of making 10+ fold back
  5. ambition & advertising
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Continental Railroad

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  • finished in 1869
  • created a stronger idea of a unified america
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Northern Pacific Railroad

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  • upper part of the USA
  • connected itself to Yellowstone
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Union Pacific Railroad

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  • middle route across america
  • also connected itself to yellowstone
  • competition with Northern
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Santa Fe Railroad

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  • connected southern cali to northwest
  • connected itself to the grand canyon
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Factor that helped sell mass tourism

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  1. built exceptionalism ideology by promoting America as “nature’s nation.”
  2. promoting domestic travel as patriotic
  3. remind tourists of their connection to past and share it in the present & future
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Slogan development - 3 parts

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  1. og slogan - see euro if you will but see america first
  2. simplified - see america first
  3. see america [as] first - wanted this as final conclusion, that after seeing america is the best and is # 1
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