Newspapers (EXAM 1) Flashcards
The phrase “Acta Diurna” means what?
Latin for “daily events”
The “Acta Diurna” was developed by who?
Julius Caesar
The early pamphlets and newsletters detailing mercantile news in the Netherlands were called what?
Corantos
In England, Parliament enacted what, and what did it entail?
the Printing Act of 1662 - prevented the publishing of newspapers without a license.
James and Benjamin Franklin began the first newspaper in the colonies to be printed without a license, called what?
the New England Courant
Publick Occurrences, Both Forreign and Domestick
printed by Benjamin Harris
John Peter Zenger was arrested for seditious libel. What does that mean?
defaming public officials’ character in print
Political papers, like the partisan press, were the earliest forms of what?
editorial pages
The type of press that business leaders were more concerned about with economics in the colonies
commercial press
The Anti-Federalist newspapers consisted of what?
A collection of articles written in opposition to ratifying the U.S. Constitution
The Federalist newspapers consisted of what?
A defense of the charter of the U.S. Constitution
What act was created in an attempt to suppress public opinion of President John Adams and Congress?
Alien and Sedition Act
The New York Sun began the penny press era of newspapers. What was it published by?
Benjamin Day
Who became a martyr for the abolitionist cause for writing?
Elijah P. Lovejoy
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel Morse
