APUSH Brinkley Ch 7 Study Notes
“That man should redeem himself from the sin of eating an apple by committing a murder on Jesus Christ, is the strangest system of religion ever set up.” -Thomas Paine
Views on Education citizens must be educated to vote not out of ignorance applied only to males bc those = prospective voters not all states created working system of schools, 1815=no states had edu system
1789 MA law said each town must have school that served both males and females, but no enforcement
VA ignored Jefferson’s call for elementary edu school = responsibility of private institutions (esp religious)
Philips family founded secular schools in MA and NH more expensive, so aristocratic, trained elite public schools usually inferior
Westward Movement new lands opened for expansion (Kentucky 1792, Tenn 1796, Ohio 1807) sold for $2/acre and $80/farm invention of cotton gin led to more profitable slavery in cotton industry
GB Industrial Rev led to immigration slavery used for tobacco production, which = almost worthless (not trading with Br and Fr, also produced a lot, plantations went bankrupt) most slaves freed bc expensive
Republican Policies both feds + reps thought parties = self-serving, corrupt
TJ strengthened position with feds by appt NE to offices (patronage)
Women and Education at revolution, up to 50% female illiteracy rate after placed emphasis on “republican mother” couldn’t teach children if themselves ignorant had no need for advanced training (ie college) bc role = better wife/mother
Judith Sargent Murray published essay (1784) that called for women’s right to edu equal in intellect and potential gained little support during lifetime, inspired only after her death
Indians/Slaves and Education considered “noble savages”, so uncivilized but not inherently inferior to whites thought to tame and “uplift” the tribes built missionaries and mission schools, but didn’t truly promote edu didn’t think blacks needed to be educated owners often
Views on Education citizens must be educated to vote not out of ignorance applied only to males bc those = prospective voters not all states created working system of schools, 1815=no states had edu system
1789 MA law said each town must have school that served both males and females, but no enforcement
VA ignored Jefferson’s call for elementary edu school = responsibility of private institutions (esp religious)
Philips family founded secular schools in MA and NH more expensive, so aristocratic, trained elite public schools usually inferior
Westward Movement new lands opened for expansion (Kentucky 1792, Tenn 1796, Ohio 1807) sold for $2/acre and $80/farm invention of cotton gin led to more profitable slavery in cotton industry
GB Industrial Rev led to immigration slavery used for tobacco production, which = almost worthless (not trading with Br and Fr, also produced a lot, plantations went bankrupt) most slaves freed bc expensive
Republican Policies both feds + reps thought parties = self-serving, corrupt
TJ strengthened position with feds by appt NE to offices (patronage)
Women and Education at revolution, up to 50% female illiteracy rate after placed emphasis on “republican mother” couldn’t teach children if themselves ignorant had no need for advanced training (ie college) bc role = better wife/mother
Judith Sargent Murray published essay (1784) that called for women’s right to edu equal in intellect and potential gained little support during lifetime, inspired only after her death
Indians/Slaves and Education considered “noble savages”, so uncivilized but not inherently inferior to whites thought to tame and “uplift” the tribes built missionaries and mission schools, but didn’t truly promote edu didn’t think blacks needed to be educated owners often