- Why was education "central to the Republican vision of America?"
- What effect did Republican ideology have on education in the United States?
- Explain the "cultural independence" that Jeffersonian Americans sought. What means of expression did this "independence" find?
- What were the obstacles faced by Americans who aspired to create a more elevated national literary life? What efforts were made to overcome these obstacles?
- What sort of works by American authors were most influential? Why?
- How did the American Revolution affect traditional forms of religious practice? What challenges to religious traditionalism arose during this period?
- What caused the Second Great Awakening?
- Why were the Methodists, the Baptists, and the Presbyterians so successful on the frontier?
- What was the "message" and the impact of the Second Great Awakening? What impact did it have on women? on African Americans? on Native Americans?
- Explain the reasons for the initial American ambivalence toward British industrialism. What technological advances helped change this attitude?
- What role did Eli Whitney play in America's Industrial Revolution? What impact did his inventions have on the South? on the North?
- What effect did America's transportation system have on industrialization?
- What were the characteristics of American population growth and expansion in the years between 1790 and 1800?
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
HW for 2/3
Please read pages 181-193, and take reading notes. If you prefer, here are the questions,
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