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
• James Fenimore Cooper

He was the editor of
• William Lloyd Garrison

These attached houses were the typical home of the urban family of the antebellum period.
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Row Homes

Many a Civil War soldier wished that this medical development was available to battlefield physicians.
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Anesthesia

So…if I fall and bump my head, does that mean I have a new personality according to this antebellum
“science?”
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Phrenology

This type of newspaper was a response to a corps of newly literate readers who wanted human interest news.
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The Penny Press

This form of entertainment typically demeaned blacks.
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Minstrel Shows

This style of painting focused on wild but not always realistic landscapes.
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Hudson River School

This author of The Scarlet Letter was known for his pessimistic view of humanity.
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Hawthorne

This transcendentalist stressed selfreliance.
• Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Robert Fulton

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The Doctrine of Separate Spheres

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Lowell and Waltham

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Interstate Trade
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Specifically, the case was about steamboat traffic on the Hudson River

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The Indian Removal Act - 1830

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The Erie Canal

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Indian Removal

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The Burned Over District

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The cost of living was usually greater than the typical wage earned by a male head of the household
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This often led to women and children working to supplement the income