Chapter 3 Flashcards
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Johannes Gutenburg
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Invented printing with lead, using movable type and pressing oil-based ink on paper
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Monastic Scribes
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Specially trained monks, or scribes, copied religious and classical works in monastic writing rooms called scriptoria
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Dime novels
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Books that were five to ten cents
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Penny press
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Newspapers famous for costing a penny
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Commercial press
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Served business leaders, who were interested in economic issues
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Partisan press
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Political papers that pushed the plan of the particular group that subsidized the paper
