UNIT 4 REVIEW

Antebellum Culture and Society

This writer was an influence to such

significant historical figures as King and

Gandhi.

• Henry David Thoreau

He was the author of Last of the Mohicans.

• James Fenimore Cooper

He was the editor of The Liberator.

• William Lloyd Garrison

These attached houses were the typical home of the

urban family of the antebellum period.

Row Homes

Many a Civil War soldier wished that this medical

development was available to battlefield physicians.

Anesthesia

So…if I fall and bump my head, does that mean I have a new personality according

to this antebellum “science?”

Phrenology

This type of newspaper was a response to a corps of

newly literate readers who wanted human interest

news. The Penny Press

This form of entertainment typically demeaned blacks.

Minstrel Shows

This style of painting focused on wild but not

always realistic landscapes.

Hudson River School

This author of The Scarlet Letter was known for his

pessimistic view of humanity.

Hawthorne

This transcendentalist stressed self-reliance.

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

He invented the first steamboat suitable for river travel. His design helped lead to better market access for interior states.

Robert Fulton

Antebellum middle and upper-class women were expected to stick to their traditional roles

as a wife and mother. By what name was this known?

The Doctrine of Separate Spheres

Textile mills in these Massachusetts factory towns employed large

numbers of young women.

Lowell and Waltham

What type of trade did Gibbons v. Ogden affirm as a power of the

national government?

Interstate Trade Specifically, the case was about

steamboat traffic on the Hudson River

What act of Congress led to the Trail of Tears?

The Indian Removal Act - 1830

This New York internal improvement linked the

Hudson River and the Great Lakes.

The Erie Canal

Worcester v. Georgia was a Supreme Court case

regarding what 1830s issue?

Indian Removal

Western New York earned this name after many 2nd Great

Awakening revivals were held there.

The Burned Over District

Although the buying power of antebellum workers was greater, what was true of

working class family income? The cost of living was usually greater

than the typical wage earned by a male head of the household This often led to women and children working

to supplement the income