AMS - 151 Flashcards
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Great Awakenings
-Religion in the Atlantic Worlds-
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1720s - 1760s
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Varieties of Religious Experience
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- Characteristics of Revivals
- Relaying the Message
- Religion & slavery
- Religion & Gender
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- Characteristics of Revivals
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- several revivals in diff places ; Euro & Amer.
- emotional laden conversations
- nostalgia- in time before them people were more religious, need that back
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- Relaying the Message
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- print - newspapers, progressive writing, cross atlantic
- hymnals - Charles Wesley, wrote 6,000
- preaching - George Whitefield
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George Whitefield
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- preached outside
- newspapers would advertise his sermons
- after the sermon would be printed, copied and sold for a wider distribution
CRITICIZED - established clergy didn’t like him
- clergy distrusted the huge enthusiasm about whitefield , they believed he was riling up the masses
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- Religion & slavery
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- Majority of slaves -> west african (animism similar to native americans beliefs)
- Revivals -> upper south, less in lower south :more in north there were more white influ. to smaller black pop. VS. large black pop. due to slavery resulted in fewer conversions resulting in native religious practices
- few southern converts - ones that did realized if spiritual equality then they should have freedom
- Methodist, Baptists -> anti slavery
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- Religion & Gender
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- Women’s social status - 1700s women were second class, no rights
- Evangelical networks - women created the ENs and argued that everyone was created equally, basically bible study
- Public identities - some women would risk creating a P. ID to talk about women’s religious stance
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Elizabeth Ashbridge
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- born in england
- banished to ireland by parents
- left ireland & ran to america
- got there by being an indentured servant (worked to pay off debt of the journey)
- tried several religious denominations
- After became a Quaker - due to them allowing women to preach
- went back to england
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EURO VISITORS IN USA
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- Tocqueville
- Dickens
- Bodmer
when : 1815 - 1860 US - between war period before 1812 war and civil war
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Tocqueville
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- french aristocrat - focused on political theory
- in use 1831-32 - during french democracy revolution
- Democracy in america (book) - very influential
- Main point made by him: Democracy is inevitable
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Dickens
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- english novelist
- in us 1842 after Toc.
- interested in behavior if day to day life of people in us
- did NOT stand for slavery
- American notes for general civilization (book)
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Bodmer
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- swiss artist
- illustrated german princess book
- in us from 1832 -34
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T & D american society
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- reform institution
- associations
- manners
- politics
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reform institution
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- schools, prisons, asylums- impressed by them
- perfectibility - americans at the time believed they could create a heaven on earth
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associations
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- clubs, groups, networks( more T), where ordinary people come together and create own networks, rampant in the US
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manners
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- more of charles dickens
- americans are restless - obsessed with mobility and climbing social ladder
- love of money - held large value in their lives
- tobacco usage unhinged & talked and ate too fast
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politics
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- more T
- gov is decentralized - unlike the kings and queens - example England
- new england- idea of self gov.
- southern states- aristocracy and power, the very rich and extremely poor
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Innocents abroad (Americans travel to Euro)
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Us citizen traveling overseas
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- pre 1850 < 3,000 would go out of 23 mill
- increased as time went on as more people gained more money and time to travel
- by the 20th century (1901) 144,100 went
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Why did americans move?
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- technology - the steamboat 3 weeks to go over atlantic
- tourist infrastructure
- Euro grand tour - itinerary
- Sites & guides - must see places
- Hotels restaurants etc. - must stay / eat - Need for self improvement - by educating themselves on worldly culture
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Tourist before 1865
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- travel only available to elite
- travel to learn
- downplayed recreational enjoyment
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Tourist after 1865
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- travel available to elite AND middle class
- travel to learn
- embraced recreational enjoyment
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MONDAY 29th
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just watched a video
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Jazz music
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- new orleans
- uniquely american
-louis armstrong
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Louis Armstrong
- one of the most important jazz figures
- not only a musician but also involved in civil rights movement
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Cold war
- btw U.S. & Soviet Union
-1945-1991
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U.S. during Cold War
- white supremacy
- segregation
- racism
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Little rock Ark. 1957
- Brown v. Board of Education: overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
- Central High School - desegregation
- the little rock 9, not allowed by local authorities
- Prez. Eisenhower had to send U.S. Army
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Plessy v. Ferguson
- this case "justified" the segregation
- " separate but equal" saying was created
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Africa - Cold war
- flooded with Soviet & U.S. propaganda
- wanted to influence africa to be partners cuz of their natty resources
- the ultimate natty resource: Uranium - to make nuclear bombs
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Charles wilson peale
- enlightenment to entertainment
- used self portrait as self promotion
- he anticipated P.T. Barnum
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P.T. Barnum
- a yankee from bethel CT
- he did traveling shows
- Barnum & Bailey circus >>> towards the end of his life
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P.T. Barnum' nickname
- The master of humbug
- humbug = trickery - he turned it positive
- was a trickster & moralizer
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P.T. Barnum "SHOW" - beginning
- joice heth
- african american women
- said to be 161 yrs old
- a "real" nurse to George Washington
- if she was tho during that time she would have been a slave
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the american mesusme
- extremely famous
- stopped traveling - became based in NYC
- became an institution of popular entertainment
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NYC in the 19th century
- mass immigration
- market economy = mass instability
- rise of urban environment
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Audience of the American Museum
- urban middle class
- irish immigrants
- family entertainment
It housed
- glass steam engine, whale and much more
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Major exhibits of American Museum
- feejee mermaid
- general tom thumb
- chang and eng
- baby shows
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Feejee mermaid
- science fiction
- newspaper wars - where fake scientist would say its real & the reals scientist said its was fake = increase in exposure so causes more business
- democracy in action
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General Tom Thumb
- real name = charles stratton
- world traveler = went and toured Euro. first to make a big stur of success in america
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Baby shows
- american stock = white prostistat, no dark skinned babies allowed/ irish babies
- contest for protest baby, smartest baby...
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Moral lecture room
- was in the basement of the museum
- showed theater plays
- melodramas - reform society
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misconception about mexican americans: 1
Mex. americans are NOT a racial group, but instead merely and ethnic group
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misconception about mexican americans: 2
Mex. americans are a "new" group that consists of recent immigrants and their children
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the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo
- us mexican war 1845-48
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See america first
1870s - 1920s
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Westward tourism build up - 3 steps
1. discover - explore the land
2. settle - make a home in the new discovered area
3. promote area - leads to tourism
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Factors that helped mass tourism develop - 5
1. rivers, roads, & railroads - made people mobile and traveling easier
2. lodging, lunch, leisure - place to stay and enjoy
3. sites to see - such as grand canyon
4. money - a lot was spent to build lodges in hopes of making 10+ fold back
5. ambition & advertising
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Continental Railroad
- finished in 1869
- created a stronger idea of a unified america
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Northern Pacific Railroad
- upper part of the USA
- connected itself to Yellowstone
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Union Pacific Railroad
- middle route across america
- also connected itself to yellowstone
- competition with Northern
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Santa Fe Railroad
- connected southern cali to northwest
- connected itself to the grand canyon
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Factor that helped sell mass tourism
1. built exceptionalism ideology by promoting America as “nature’s nation.”
2. promoting domestic travel as patriotic
3. remind tourists of their connection to past and share it in the present & future
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Slogan development - 3 parts
1. og slogan - see euro if you will but see america first
2. simplified - see america first
3. see america [as] first - wanted this as final conclusion, that after seeing america is the best and is # 1
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