Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
Cultural Nationalism p Education The “Virtuous Citizen” p An American form of English § Noah Webster
Cultural Nationalism p A well-defined American literature § Washington Irving The Sketch Book, 1819 -20 “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
Cultural Nationalism Religious Movements: § Deism § Second “Great Awakening”
The Second “Great Awakening: ” Revivalist Meeting
Charles G. Finney “soul-shaking” conversion The ranges of tents, the fires, reflecting light…; the candles and lamps illuminating the encampment; hundreds moving to and fro…; the preaching, praying, singing, and shouting, … like the sound of many waters, was enough to swallow up all the powers of contemplation.
The “Benevolent Empire”
“Burned-Over” District in Upstate New York
American Bible Society Founded in 1816
Economic Nationalism p Encourage Creativity & Inventiveness. p Create a Transportation Infrastructure. p Create a Pro-Business Atmosphere. Jefferson’s Vision of America Role of Govt. Hamilton’s Vision of America
Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin, 1791 Actually invented by a slave!
Whitney’s Gun Factory Interchangeable Parts Rifle
First Turnpike Lancaster, PA (1790) By 1832, nearly 2400 mi. of road connected most major cities.