Test 5, Chapters 11-12 Flashcards
founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Richard Allen
“Father of American Missions”
Adoniram Judson
started NYC’s first Sunday school
Catherine Ferguson
improved the treatment of the mentally ill
Dorothea L. Dix
founded NYC’s first settlement house
Phoebe Palmer
opened Japan to trade
Matthew Perry
discovered the Hawaiian Islands in 1778
James Cook
became the first Baptist missionary to Japan
Jonathan Goble
accompanied Lott Carey to Liberia
Colin Teague
united all but two of the Hawaiian Islands under his rule
Kamehameha I
“Father of Western African Missions”
Lott Carey
opened Japan to missionaries
Townshend Harris
Who was the leading evangelist of the Second Great Awakening?
Charles Finney
What great Methodist circuit rider preached the gospel in Kentucky and Tennessee for 20 years?
Peter Cartwright
Who pioneered the camp meeting revival?
James McGready
What did the Transcendentalists worship?
nature
Which was the first state to outlaw the use of liquor?
Maine
What society was organized in 1816 to distribute Bibles to frontier families?
American Bible Society
What did the American Temperance Union work to stop?
the consumption and sale of alcohol
What Indian tribe experienced hardship and suffering on the “Trail of Tears”?
Cherokee
What was the name of the socialist community founded by Robert Owen?
New Harmony
What did Horace Mann work to achieve?
tax-supported public schools
What is William McGuffey best remembered for?
his reading textbooks
Edgar Allan Poe
'’The Tell-Tale Heart’’
Oliver Wendell Holmes
'’Old Ironsides’’
John Greenleaf Whittier
'’Snowbound’’
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Song of Hiawatha
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter
Herman Melville
Moby Dick
Washing-a-ton Irving
'’Rip Van Winkle’’
James Fenimore Cooper
The Last of the Mohicans
______ is famous for his dictionaries and the Blue-Backed Speller.
Noah Webster
Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau wrote ____
Walden
One of the most popular learning techniques in the town schools was the ______
spelling bee
The Deerslayer is a good example of one of James Fenimore Cooper’s ______ Tales.
Leatherstocking
_______ wrote over two hundred songs, including ‘‘Swanee River,’’ ‘‘My Old Kentucky Home,’’ and ‘‘Oh! Susanna.’’
Stephen Foster
What is the name for counterfeit church groups which teach salvation by works rather than salvation by grace through faith?
cults
What was the name of the Cherokee Indian who invented a written language for his people?
Sequoya
What was America’s greatest contribution to the field of music?
the spiritual
What was the name for evangelists who rode regular routes on horseback, conducting church services on the frontier?
circuit riders
What was the term for the group of American poets who emphasized family values and patriotism in their works?
Schoolroom Poets (or Fireside Poets)
Name the Methodist evangelist that John Wesley sent to America in 1771 to establish churches and Bible studies on the frontier.
Francis Asbury
Identify the numbered locations on the map of the central United States.
Missouri, Mississippi River, Lake Michigan, Arkansas, North Dakota, Missouri River, Indiana.
Discuss the philosophy of education in the 1800s. What role did parents play in the educational system?
Answers should include the following information:
- Early schools practiced traditional education, which passes the accumulated knowledge of the past to the present generation.
- Parents controlled the curriculum, instruction, and overall operation of local schools.
