Quiz #4 Flashcards
who was Ralph Waldo Emerson
american pbilosopher, lectuerer, poet
who were ralph waldo’s parents
son of a minister and a devout mother
what happened to emerson’s father
he died when he was 8 and he was raised by his aunt
where did emerson graduate
harvard college and harvard divinity school
what minister did emerson become and when did he marry
unitarian,1829
what happened to whis wafe
she died after two years of marriage and he was consumed with grief that challenged his faith
what happened with emerson’s ministry
he traveled to europe after where he met philosophers
what did emerson start writing about
transcendentalism
what did transcendentalsim grow out of
the unitarian church from the writings of emerson, thoreu, fuller and others
what is transcendtalism
literary philosophoical and political movement
what is emerson famous for
“nature”, “self-reliance” “the poet” “the american scholar.” and “the poet”
what letter did emerson write and who did he write it to
a letter to martin van buren and he wrote to president martin van buren a month before the indian removal act
what was the indian removal acrt
forced the Cherokee to leave their land in Georgia and march 800-1000 to Oklahoma on the infamous trail of tears
the 1819 treaty with the cherokee
cherokee land would be protected–off limits forever to any American settlesr
1828 what was discovered in georgia
gold is discovered in george
what did andrew jackson think of the native amercains
indians are savages and they must disappera
how many votes approved the indian approval act
5
what did the supreme court rule
that geogia had no jurisdiction over cherokee land
what was the 1835 treaty of new echota
cherokee leaders decided to sign a treaty that agree with them leaving their homes and will relocate to oklahoma
what was thte reaction of the treaty of echota
many protests
what happened in 1838
soldiers are sent to drive the cherokee from their homes and they are placed in stockaades and they begin to Oklahoma on the trail of tears
what happened during the trail of tears
- 1/4 of the 160000 died
where do the descdents of the cherokee stay
cherokee,north carolina
what was the purpose of emerson’s letter
to persuade van buren to halth the deportation of the cherokee
what elements of racism were present in emerson’s papert
we have read their newspapers we have witnessed with sympathy the painful labors of these red men to redeem their own race
why do you think emerson’s letter to prevent deportation of the Cherokee was so patronizing
- emerson was a man of his time and he probably saw that native Americans were inferior in some way
- appealing to his audience
examples of eloquent expresssion of emerson’s outrag
- in the name of god
- such deereliction
what is tone
author’s attitude or feeling toward the subject and audience, creates tone through imagery, figurative language, sentence structure
what is mood
emotion or atmosphere felt by the reader
who wrote down sojourner’s truth speech after she made it
frances D. gage
who was sojourner truth
one of twelve children born a slave and she fought for women’s rights and her speech in akron ohio was extremely influential
according to Sojourner Truth what arguments do white men make to keep woman subjugated
- women need help getting into carriages; they are weak and dependent
- women are not as smart as men
- christ wasn’t a woman
- men blame women for the fall of humans because of the apple incident
how did the audience react to sojourner truth’s speech
they were impressed and excited, and they rushed to shake her hand
