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Alan Brinkley,Alan Brinkley,AMERICAN HISTORY AMERICAN HISTORY 13/e13/e

Chapter Twelve: Chapter Twelve: Antebellum Culture and Antebellum Culture and ReformReform

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IntroductionIntroduction RomanticismRomanticism Order and ControlOrder and Control

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The Romantic ImpulseThe Romantic Impulse National Cultural AspirationsNational Cultural Aspirations Condescending European AttitudesCondescending European Attitudes

– Nationalism and Romanticism in American PaintingNationalism and Romanticism in American Painting Hudson River SchoolHudson River School

– Literature and the Quest for LiberationLiterature and the Quest for Liberation Cooper and the American WildernessCooper and the American Wilderness The Last of the MohicansThe Last of the Mohicans Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman Liberation of the IndividualLiberation of the Individual Herman MelvilleHerman Melville Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe

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Title Page for Whitman’s Leaves of

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– Literature in the Literature in the Antebellum SouthAntebellum South Southern RomanticismSouthern Romanticism

– The TranscendentalistsThe Transcendentalists Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson Nature and Personal FulfillmentNature and Personal Fulfillment Thoreau and Thoreau and

Civil DisobedienceCivil Disobedience

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Henry David Thoreau (Library of Congress)

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The Romantic ImpulseThe Romantic Impulse– The Defense of NatureThe Defense of Nature– Visions of UtopiaVisions of Utopia

Brook FarmBrook Farm New HarmonyNew Harmony

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Plan for the New Harmony Colony (Library of Congress)

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– Redefining Gender RolesRedefining Gender Roles Redefined Gender Roles at the Oneida Community-1848Redefined Gender Roles at the Oneida Community-1848 Monitoring of sexual BehaviorMonitoring of sexual Behavior The ShakersThe Shakers

– The MormonsThe Mormons Joseph Smith-Founder(1830)Joseph Smith-Founder(1830) PolygamyPolygamy Persecution of MormonsPersecution of Mormons Murder of Joseph Smith-1844Murder of Joseph Smith-1844 Brigham Brigham Establishment of Establishment of

Salt Lake CitySalt Lake City

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Remaking SocietyRemaking Society New Reform MovementsNew Reform Movements

– Revivalism, Morality, and OrderRevivalism, Morality, and Order Revivalism in the Burned-Over DistrictRevivalism in the Burned-Over District Finney’s Doctrine of Personal RegenerationFinney’s Doctrine of Personal Regeneration

– The Temperance CrusadeThe Temperance Crusade American Society for the Promotion of TemperanceAmerican Society for the Promotion of Temperance Crime and PovertyCrime and Poverty Cultural Divisions over AlcoholCultural Divisions over Alcohol

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The Drunkard’s Progress

(Library of Congress)

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Remaking SocietyRemaking Society– Health Fads and PhrenologyHealth Fads and Phrenology

PhrenologyPhrenology

– Medical ScienceMedical Science Discovery of ContagionDiscovery of Contagion

Phrenology (Library of Congress)

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Remaking SocietyRemaking Society– Reforming EducationReforming Education

Horace Mann’s ReformsHorace Mann’s Reforms Promotion of DemocracyPromotion of Democracy Rapid Growth of Rapid Growth of

Public EducationPublic Education Achievements of Achievements of

Educational ReformEducational Reform Highest Literacy RateHighest Literacy Rate The Benevolent EmpireThe Benevolent Empire

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Horace Mann (Portrait Gallery)

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Remaking SocietyRemaking Society– RehabilitationRehabilitation

The Asylum MovementThe Asylum Movement Prison ReformPrison Reform ““Penitentiary”Penitentiary”

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Remaking SocietyRemaking Society– The Indian ReservationThe Indian Reservation– ““Civilization” and Assimilation of Native TribesCivilization” and Assimilation of Native Tribes– Isolation of Natives from WhitesIsolation of Natives from Whites– ““Regenerate” Native AmericansRegenerate” Native Americans

The nation has a “moral duty…to protect and if The nation has a “moral duty…to protect and if possible to preserve and perpetuate the scattered possible to preserve and perpetuate the scattered remnants of the Indian race.”remnants of the Indian race.”

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– The Rise of FeminismThe Rise of Feminism Reform Movements and the Rise of FeminismReform Movements and the Rise of Feminism Seneca Falls Convention-1848Seneca Falls Convention-1848 Patterned after the Declaration of IndependencePatterned after the Declaration of Independence Elizabeth Cady StantonElizabeth Cady Stanton Limited ProgressLimited Progress

for Womenfor Women

The Declaration of Sentiments (National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior)

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The Crusade Against SlaveryThe Crusade Against Slavery– Early Opposition to SlaveryEarly Opposition to Slavery

American Colonization SocietyAmerican Colonization Society Liberia-MonroviaLiberia-Monrovia Failure of ColonizationFailure of Colonization

– Garrison and AbolitionismGarrison and Abolitionism Garrison and the Garrison and the LiberatorLiberator American Antislavery SocietyAmerican Antislavery Society

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The Crusade Against SlaveryThe Crusade Against Slavery– Black AbolitionistsBlack Abolitionists

Free Blacks’ Commitment Free Blacks’ Commitment

to Abolitionto Abolition Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass EnglandEngland

Frederick Douglass (Portrait Gallery)

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The Crusade Against SlaveryThe Crusade Against Slavery– Anti-AbolitionismAnti-Abolitionism

Violent ReprisalsViolent Reprisals

Anti-Abolitionist Violence

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– Abolitionism DividedAbolitionism Divided Moderates versus ExtremistsModerates versus Extremists The The Amistad Amistad CaseCase Liberty Party-1840Liberty Party-1840 Harriet Beecher StoweHarriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom’s CabinUncle Tom’s Cabin Abolitionism’s Enduring Abolitionism’s Enduring

InfluenceInfluence

Harriet Beecher Stowe (Portrait Gallery)

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America in the World:America in the World:

The Abolition of SlaveryThe Abolition of Slavery

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Patterns of Popular Culture:Patterns of Popular Culture:

Sentimental NovelsSentimental Novels

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