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Section 2 Flashcards

1
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What did Adams tell his wife he would rather be doing during the Revolutionary War?

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studying art in Europe

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What did Adams tell his wife it was his duty to devote himself to?

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Science of Government

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What did Adams say his sons would have the freedom to study?

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Math, Philosophy, Commerce, Agriculture

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What did Adams hope his grandchildren would be able to study? (7)

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Painting, Poetry, Music, Architecture, Statuary, Tapestry, Porcelain

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When did the distinction between aesthetic and pragmatic literature come about?

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second half of the nineteenth century

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What was aesthetic literature called?

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belles lettres

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What quote is Sydney Smith credited with?

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“In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book?”

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What nationality was Sydney Smith?

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British

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What three people claimed that the US had no literature?

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Sydney Smith, Alexis de Tocqueville, Harriet Martineau

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Who defended Nathaniel Hawthorne?

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Herman Melville

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Who said “Shakespeares are this day being born on the banks of the Ohio?”

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Herman Melville

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12
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Why were British books cheap to publish in the US?

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No international copyright laws

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13
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Who wrote Letters from an American Farmer?

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Crevecoeur

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What word does Crevecoeur use to describe America?

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asylum

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15
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What was Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography called?

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Autobiogrpahy

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16
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What style did Common Sense use?

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plain argument

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17
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Who wrote Ragged Dick?

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Horatio Alger

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When was Ragged Dick published?

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1868

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19
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What book is considered the apotheosis of the idea of meritocracy?

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Ragged Dick

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20
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Who wrote The Great Gatsby?

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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21
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Who directed Citizen Kane?

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Orson Welle

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22
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Who directed The Wolf of Wall Street?

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Martin Scorsese

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What four novels and movies that emphasize meritocracy are mentioned in the guide?

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Ragged Dick, The Great Gatsby, Citizen Kane, The Wolf of Wall Street

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24
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What medieval author did the British identify with?

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Chaucer

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What two ancient authors did the British identify with?

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Homer and Virgil

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What did British writers look to for inspiration for their poems, plays, and novels?

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human antiquities and ruins

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27
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Who wrote The Sketch-Book?

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Washington Irving

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What is the name of the main character in The Sketch Book?

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Geoffrey Crayon

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29
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Where are most of the sketches and tales in The Sketch Book from?

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Great Britain

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30
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What four tales and sketches did Irving write about America?

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Rip Van Winkle, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Traits of Indian Character, Philip of Pokanoket

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What two tales from The Sketch-Book are considered American classics?

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Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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32
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Where are Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow set?

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Catskill Mountains along the Hudson River

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What are the names of the two sketches from The Sketch-Book that emphasize the American Indian?

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The Traits of Indian Character, Philip of Pokanoket

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What tribe and war are a part of A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mary Rowlandson?

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King Philip’s War, Narragansett tribe

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35
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Who is famous for using the Mohegan nation as source material?

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James Fenimore Cooper

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36
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What character from the Mohegan nation features in four of five of James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales?

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Chingachgook

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What is the title of one of the Leatherstocking Tales?

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The Last of the Mohicans

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38
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What did Jefferson say was causing a declining indigenous population in Notes on the State of Virginia?

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declining birth rate

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39
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Who wrote the poem “The Prairies”?

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William Cullen Bryant

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40
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When was The Prairies published?

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1834

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41
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What civilization does Bryant compare the American Indian to in The Prairies?

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Greeks

42
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What topic became important in American politics in the 1830s related to The Prairies?

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vanishing Indian myth

43
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What three eastern tribes were removed from their land in the 1830s?

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Creek, Choctaw, Cherokee

44
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What nation protested their removal in the Supreme Court against Georgia?

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Cherokee

45
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What act removed all American tribes east of the Mississippi River?

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Indian Removal Act of 1830

46
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What nation is associated with the Trail of Tears?

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Cherokee

47
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Who created the “Join, or Die” cartoon?

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Benjamin Franklin

48
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What religion was associated with New England?

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Calvinism

49
Q

What was unique about Pennsylvania?

A

largely non-English

50
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In what five states was slavery abolished following the Constitutional Convention in 1789?

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New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania

51
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In what eight states was slavery legal following the Constitutional Convention in 1789?

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Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia

52
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What three people wrote the Federalist Papers?

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Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John jay

53
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What is a codex?

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“A complete work or book”

54
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Where were most of the Federalist Papers published?

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New York

55
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Who wrote “Columbia?”

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Timothy Dwight

56
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What does “Columbia” (Dwight) anticipate?

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spread of American empire

57
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What is one of the first anthologies to include verse by American writers that is mentioned in the guide?

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The Beauties of Poetry

58
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Where was The Beauties of Poetry published (and when)?

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Philadelphia, 1791

59
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Who published The Beauties of Poetry?

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Mathew Carey

60
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What three British writers are include in The Beauties of Poetry?

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Alexander Pope, Oliver Goldsmith, James Thomson

61
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What four American poets mentioned by name are included in The Beauties of Poetry?

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Timothy Dwight, David Humphreys, John Trumbull, Joel Barlow

62
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Where did Dwight, Humphreys, Trumbull and Barlow come from?

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Connecticut

63
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What were Dwight’s two occupations?

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minister and president of Yale

64
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What occupation is Humphreys best known for?

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coloner

65
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What is Trumbull best known for?

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painter

66
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What is Barlow’s best known occupation?

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diplomat

67
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Who was the author of The Columbiad?

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Joel Barlow

68
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For how long did Barlow work on the Columbiad, and when was it published?

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two decades, 1807

69
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What poem was marketed as an American epic in the model of homer and Virgil?

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The Columbiad

70
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What four poets were called the Connecticut wits?

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Timothy Dwight, David Humphreys, John Trumbull, Joel Barlow

71
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Were the Connecticut Wits supportive of or against the the constitution?

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supportive

72
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What four people wrote “The Anarchiad?”

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Barlow, Humphreys, Trumbull, and Lemuel Hopkins

73
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What is The Anarchiad?

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mock epic

74
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What did the Anarchiad condemn?

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Articles of Confederation

75
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What three states are in The Anarchiad?

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Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island

76
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What did The Anarchiad make a case for?

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stronger federal government

77
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Who was often called the Poet of the American Revolution?

A

Philip Freneau

78
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What poem is Freneau known for about his experiences during the Revolutionary War?

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The British Prison Ship

79
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What founding father did Freneau go to school with?

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James Madison

80
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What party was Freneau a part of?

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Democratic-Republican

81
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What newspaper was Freneau the editor of?

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National Gazette

82
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What two people did Freneau criticze as the editor of the National Gazette?

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Washington and Hamilton’s financial policies

83
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What is the Latin word that Revolution is derived from?

A

Revolutionem

84
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What does revolutionem mean?

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the rotation of the planets

85
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Who first drafted the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

86
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Through what means did the Declaration spread throughout the colonines?

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newspaper

87
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By 1775, how many pamphlets had been published in the colonies about relations with England?

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400

88
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How many pamphlets had been pulbished in the colonies about relations with England by the end of the Revolution?

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1600

89
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What eighteenth century historian highlighted the role of the “pen and press” in the revolution?

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David Ramsay

90
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Where is the print revolution said to have begun (and when)?

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London, end of the seventeenth century

91
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What five materials were initially printed as a part of the print revolution/

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books, pamphlets, magazines, newspapers, broadsides

92
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Between 1763 and 1775, the number of American newspapers _____

A

doubled

93
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Between 1775 and 1790, the number of American newspapers _____

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doubled

94
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What federal act helped newspapers reach large geographic areas?

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Postal Act of 1792

95
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Who notably praised the dissemination of literature in the US, despite his criticism of its quality?

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Tocqueville

96
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What percentage of white men were. literate by the 1780s?

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80

97
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What standard work in children’s education, published in 1797, does Frederick Douglass describe in the guide?

A

Columbian Orator

98
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What even from Columbian Orator does Douglass describe?

A

master voluntary frees his slave

99
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What did Douglass notably link freedom to in the guide?

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literacy

100
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Until what year did the Constitution allow the US to participate in global slave trade?

A

1808

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