UNIT III INTRO – Guided Reading

ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTENCES

  1. When and what was the Louisiana Purchase?
  2. What were some of the improvements in transportation?
  3. How does Andrew Jackson reflect the “era of the common man”?
  4. For which group were these political advancements?
  5. Which three groups in particular were still oppressed during this time period?
  6. What was the Trail of Tears?
  7. By what year did the United States attain its current (contiguous) shape?
  8. What was the War of 1812 about?
  9. Describe the assault on The Alamo.
  10. How did the United States acquire Texas?
  11. What was the result of the Mexican-American War?
  12. What event in 1849 brought hundreds of thousands of people westward?
  13. What benefits did Sacajawea bring to the Lewis and Clark expedition?
  14. In what condition was Hawaii during this time period?
  15. Explain the significance of canals, railroads, and the telegram.
  16. What is the meaning behind Morse’s famous first message from Washington to Boston?
  17. Observing the image and caption on 248, what kind of impact did literature have on the major civil and cultural movements of the time?
  18. In what ways do we see women uniting for civil rights?
  19. What was the result of the conflict between abolitionists and states rights advocates in the 1850s and 1860s?
  20. After what year were American authors widely read?
  21. What is the primary theme of the American writer in the 19th century?
  22. What is Romanticism?
  23. How is Romanticism different in tone and content from the writing that came before it?
  24. In what ways does nature play a role in Romantic writing?
  25. What was Emerson’s “call” to Americans?
  26. What was the “flowering of New England”?
  27. What is Transcendentalism?
  28. Observing the image on 250, what is the significance of the name of the “book” from which the “learning” comes?
  29. From where did American Transcendentalism draw its inspiration?
  30. What is the Over-soul?
  31. What is the “point” for Transcendentalists?
  32. What groups became connected to the Transcendentalists?
  33. Where was Walden Pond?
  34. Why did Thoreau spend so much time there?
  35. What did Thoreau’s observations of nature lead him to?
  36. According to Dillard, what is the appeal of a creek?
  37. In what ways can Transcendentalism be interpreted as “dusky”?
  38. Who was Emily Dickinson?
  39. When did Dickinson gain fame?
  40. What were Dickinson’s primary themes?
  41. Who was Walt Whitman?
  42. What was Whitman’s impact on American literature?
  43. Why are railroads discussed so much in this intro? How are they historically significant?
  44. Who were the Fireside Poets?
  45. What was responsible for the “subsiding” of the creativity of the Northeast?
  46. How did the Civil War affect the creative expression of Transcendentalism and Romanticism?