Ms. Susan M. Pojer
Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
Cultural Nationalism

Education  The “Virtuous
Citizen”

An American form of English
 Noah Webster
Cultural Nationalism

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”
2004 Election Headlines
Outreach effort and moral values theme pays
off for Bush with Hispanics
-- Nov. 3, 2004 [FOX News]
Election Reinforces USA’s Religious
Schism
-- Nov. 4, 2004 [USA Today]
'It's a Victory for People Like Us'
Bush Emphasis on Values Drew Ohio
Evangelicals
-- Nov. 5, 2004 [Washington Post]
2004 Election Poll Data
Which One Issue Mattered Most
in Deciding How You Voted for
President? (Check only one)
Kerry Bush
Nader
Taxes
43%
57%
0%
Education
73%
26%
--
Iraq
73%
26%
0%
Terrorism
14%
86%
0%
Economy/Jobs
80%
18%
0%
Moral Values
18%
80%
1%
Health Care
77%
23%
--
Percentage of Electorate: 5
Percentage of Electorate: 4
Percentage of Electorate: 15
Percentage of Electorate: 19
Percentage of Electorate: 20
Percentage of Electorate: 22
Percentage of Electorate: 8
2004 Election Poll Data
Attend Religious
Services
Kerry Bush Nader
More Than Once a
Week
35%
64%
1%
Once a Week
41%
58%
0%
A Few Times a Month
49%
50%
--
A Few Times a Year
54%
45%
0%
Never
62%
36%
1%
Percentage of Electorate: 16
Percentage of Electorate: 26
Percentage of Electorate: 14
Percentage of Electorate: 28
Percentage of Electorate: 15
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

Encourage Creativity &
Inventiveness.

Create a Transportation
Infrastructure.

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.
Cumberland
“National Road,” 1811
Conestoga Covered Wagons
Conestoga Trail, 1820s
Yankee Clipper Ships
Robert Fulton & the
Steamboat
The Clermont
Erie Canal System
The Erie Canal, 1820s