chapter 15

Question 1

= 1794, Thomas Paine’s anticlerical treatise that accused churches of seeking to acquire “power and profit and to “enslave mankind.” (307)

Answer 1

The Age of Reason

Question 2

= 18th century religious doctrine that emphasized reasoned moral behavior and the scientific pursuit of knowledge. Most deists rejected biblical inerrancy and the divinity of Christ, but they did believe that a supreme being created the universe (307)

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Deism

Question 3

= believe in a unitary deity, reject the divinity of Christ, and emphasize the inherent goodness of man-kind. Inspired by Deism, first caught on in New England at the end of the 18th century (307)

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Unitarians

Question 4

= popular name for western new York, a region particularly setup in religious fervor of the second great awakening (309)

Answer 4

Burned-Over District

Question 5

= (from the Greek name for the ancient Athenian school where Aristotle taught) Public lecture hall that hosted speakers on topics ranging from science to moral philosophy. Part of a broader flourishing of higher education in the mid-19th century (314)

Answer 5

5. Lyceum

Question 6

= (mid 19th century) American artistic movement that produced romantic renditions of local landscapes (325)

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6. Hudson River School

Question 7

= considered a pioneering American novelist, most famous for writing the “Leatherstocking Tales” series

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7. James Fenimore Cooper

Question 8

= (1803-1882) was a prolific writer, poet, lecturer, and philosopher who was a leader of the American Transcendentalist movement

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8. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Question 9

= (1817-1862) was an American philosopher, poet, essayist, naturalist, and political activist. Also an abolitionist.

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9. Henry David Thoreau

Question 10

= Early 19th century movement in European and American literature and the arts that, in reaction to the hyper rational Enlightenment, emphasized imagination over reason, nature over civilization, intuition over calculation and the self over society (326)

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10. Romanticism

Question 11

=(mid 19th century) literary and intellectual movement that emphasized individualism and self-reliance, predicated upon a belief that each person posses an “inner-light” that can point the way to truth an direct contact with God

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11. Transcendentalism

Question 12

(1804-1864) was a New England writer who published novels, short stories, sketches, and poems in the 19th century

Answer 12

12. Nathaniel Hawthorne