Sorry,
I came down with a rotten cold this weekend, so History class is canceled tonight. For next week, read chapters 10 and 11 for class and have the essay for Last of the Mohicans completed. If you know anyone else in the class, pass this along.
Happy Halloween,
FS
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Midterm on October 14!
Study everything we reviewed up to Chapter 9. You can read this same message AND get all the class notes at http://fredschrock203.blogspot.com. If you are in CAP please talk to me about special arrangements.
THE ESSAY - 40%
Forty percent of your midterm grade will be based on an essay that answers one of the following questions. This essay will be done start of class. Don't forget to use detailed examples!
1.) Analyze at least three basic reasons for the growth of differences between colonial America and the British government that led to a clash of interests.
2.) Compare and contrast the conflicting constitutional interpretations that emerged in the late 18th century.
3.) Compare and contrast the development of the Southern, Mid-Atlantic and New England colonies and how those characteristics helped create the America we know today.
MULTIPLE CHOICE - 40%
In class you will answer multiple choice questions, matching, or fill-in-the-blanks. They will be similar to your quizzes. They will be based primarily on the notes posted on the class blog. Each question will be worth two points.
SHORT ANSWER - 20%
In class you will be required to write short definitions or descriptions of five of the terms below. The actual list given in class will be shorter than the one you see here. Remember to not only define the terms but discuss in detail their importance in American History.
Reconquista
Declaratory Act
Washington's Farewell Address
Ethnocentrism
Marquis de Lafayette
Holland Land Company
Mayflower Compact
Federalism
Northwest Ordinance
Merchantilism
Jeffersonians
John Locke
Ben Franklin
Shay's Rebellion
French & Indian War
Great Compromise
Guerrilla conflict
Colombian Exchange
Ferdinand & Isabella
French and Indian War
Tobacco
Salem Witch Trials
Handsome Lake
Mary Jemison
Election of 1824
American System
THE ESSAY - 40%
Forty percent of your midterm grade will be based on an essay that answers one of the following questions. This essay will be done start of class. Don't forget to use detailed examples!
1.) Analyze at least three basic reasons for the growth of differences between colonial America and the British government that led to a clash of interests.
2.) Compare and contrast the conflicting constitutional interpretations that emerged in the late 18th century.
3.) Compare and contrast the development of the Southern, Mid-Atlantic and New England colonies and how those characteristics helped create the America we know today.
MULTIPLE CHOICE - 40%
In class you will answer multiple choice questions, matching, or fill-in-the-blanks. They will be similar to your quizzes. They will be based primarily on the notes posted on the class blog. Each question will be worth two points.
SHORT ANSWER - 20%
In class you will be required to write short definitions or descriptions of five of the terms below. The actual list given in class will be shorter than the one you see here. Remember to not only define the terms but discuss in detail their importance in American History.
Reconquista
Declaratory Act
Washington's Farewell Address
Ethnocentrism
Marquis de Lafayette
Holland Land Company
Mayflower Compact
Federalism
Northwest Ordinance
Merchantilism
Jeffersonians
John Locke
Ben Franklin
Shay's Rebellion
French & Indian War
Great Compromise
Guerrilla conflict
Colombian Exchange
Ferdinand & Isabella
French and Indian War
Tobacco
Salem Witch Trials
Handsome Lake
Mary Jemison
Election of 1824
American System
Notes from October 7
Evangelicalism
Protestant
Belief that the Bible is the authority on God, not any church
Belief that having faith in God is the only thing needed to get into Heaven
“Second Great Awakening”
Like the early colonial era, many in the US attended religious affairs
Camp meetings
Church plantings
Protracted meetings
Not evangelical:
Unitarians and deism
The Enlightenment: a “benevolent master architect” God
Slavery
Charles Finney
Ran revival meetings throughout Western New York
Instead of predestination, taught that everyone could overcome sins
“The Burned-Over District” of WNY became an area known for revivals, conversions, and movements
Millennialism: belief in hastening the end times
Reform Movements
The “benevolent empire” often worked closely with revivals, churches, each other
Foreign religious missions
Anti-prostitution
Taking Back Sunday
Temperance against hard liquor
American Peace Society (anti-war)
Women's suffrage and (some) equal rights
American Anti-Slavery Society vs. the American Colonization Society
Beecher Family
Lyman Beecher (1820s): started New England revivals based on Puritan beliefs
Catherine Beecher (daughter): built many women's colleges and seminaries
Edward Beecher (son): Educator, preacher, started Illinois' first abolition society
Harriet Beecher Stowe (daughter): wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Henry Ward Beecher (son): famous preacher, writer, lecturer on social ills
Isabella Beecher Hooker (daughter): founded Connecticut Women Suffrage Association
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (great-granddaughter): socialist feminist, published Women and Economics in 1898
“Cult of Domesticity”
The male “sphere” involved working and controlling the world outside the home.
Industry, commerce, government
The female “sphere” involved women working and controlling life in the home
Child-rearing, housekeeping
Supporting the family structure: joining church groups and reform efforts, teaching and educating children
Poorer families often compromised “spheres”
Education Reform
School was not mandatory Children of farmers and immigrants worked rather than go to school.
Local schools were small and underfunded, with poorly trained teachers
Schools became centers for teaching discipline, citizenship, and moral values
Horace Mann:
Pushed for public education for all in Mass.
Believed schools could give opportunity and bridge gaps between rich and poor
Emphasis on “child-based” education
Mental Health
Mentally ill people were housed in basements, barns, and jails
Dorothea Dix traveled New Jersey to research mistreatment of the insane
Her efforts led to the first state asylum
Utopianism
Utopia:
Based on a book about a perfect society
Utopian socialism led to the creation of special communities, many religious
All tried to create a perfect society; most died quickly
Shakers: Communal ownership, celibacy, dance
Oneida: free love
Both reinterpreted the second coming of Jesus
Transcendentalism:
belief that the soul can overcome obstacles in the physical world
Achieved through the individual, not a church
Protestant
Belief that the Bible is the authority on God, not any church
Belief that having faith in God is the only thing needed to get into Heaven
“Second Great Awakening”
Like the early colonial era, many in the US attended religious affairs
Camp meetings
Church plantings
Protracted meetings
Not evangelical:
Unitarians and deism
The Enlightenment: a “benevolent master architect” God
Slavery
Charles Finney
Ran revival meetings throughout Western New York
Instead of predestination, taught that everyone could overcome sins
“The Burned-Over District” of WNY became an area known for revivals, conversions, and movements
Millennialism: belief in hastening the end times
Reform Movements
The “benevolent empire” often worked closely with revivals, churches, each other
Foreign religious missions
Anti-prostitution
Taking Back Sunday
Temperance against hard liquor
American Peace Society (anti-war)
Women's suffrage and (some) equal rights
American Anti-Slavery Society vs. the American Colonization Society
Beecher Family
Lyman Beecher (1820s): started New England revivals based on Puritan beliefs
Catherine Beecher (daughter): built many women's colleges and seminaries
Edward Beecher (son): Educator, preacher, started Illinois' first abolition society
Harriet Beecher Stowe (daughter): wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Henry Ward Beecher (son): famous preacher, writer, lecturer on social ills
Isabella Beecher Hooker (daughter): founded Connecticut Women Suffrage Association
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (great-granddaughter): socialist feminist, published Women and Economics in 1898
“Cult of Domesticity”
The male “sphere” involved working and controlling the world outside the home.
Industry, commerce, government
The female “sphere” involved women working and controlling life in the home
Child-rearing, housekeeping
Supporting the family structure: joining church groups and reform efforts, teaching and educating children
Poorer families often compromised “spheres”
Education Reform
School was not mandatory Children of farmers and immigrants worked rather than go to school.
Local schools were small and underfunded, with poorly trained teachers
Schools became centers for teaching discipline, citizenship, and moral values
Horace Mann:
Pushed for public education for all in Mass.
Believed schools could give opportunity and bridge gaps between rich and poor
Emphasis on “child-based” education
Mental Health
Mentally ill people were housed in basements, barns, and jails
Dorothea Dix traveled New Jersey to research mistreatment of the insane
Her efforts led to the first state asylum
Utopianism
Utopia:
Based on a book about a perfect society
Utopian socialism led to the creation of special communities, many religious
All tried to create a perfect society; most died quickly
Shakers: Communal ownership, celibacy, dance
Oneida: free love
Both reinterpreted the second coming of Jesus
Transcendentalism:
belief that the soul can overcome obstacles in the physical world
Achieved through the individual, not a church
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