Chapter 7 and 8 Study Guide: a Survey American History
Key Concepts 1. Jeffersonian Vision for America
Society of Sturdy independent farmers: The American economy became more diverse and complex. Growing cities, surging commerce and expanding industrialism made the ideal of a simple agrarian society impossible to maintain.
System of universal education: It floundered and institutions of learning remained largely the preserve of privileged elites.
A federal government of sharply limited power with most authority remaining at the level of the states: Americans reflected a vigorous and ambitious nationalism reminiscent of the Federalists.
Jefferson dismantled much of the bureaucratic power structure that the Federalists had erected in the 1790s, and he helped ensure that in many respects the federal government would remain a relatively unimportant force in American life. 2. Society and Women, early 1800s
MA in 1789 required that its public schools serve females as well as males.
Judith Sargent Murray- look at People
Mercy Otis Warren- look at People 3. Education, access to (whom?) The Republican administration was keen on giving equal opportunity for education for Americans but it largely remained for the elite. They were aristocratic in outlook, training for nations elite. 4. Medicine of the early 1800s
Most doctors studied medicine by working with established practitioners
Some believed in the scientific method but had to deal with old prejudices and superstitions.
Benjamin Rush, Physician Said that a lack of adequate sanitation programs was to blame for disease But was an advocate of techniques like bleeding and purging 5. Early American literary figures
Washington Irving- People
Noah Webster- People
Mercy Otis Warren- People
Charles Brockden Brown- People
Mason Weems: Anglican clergyman, Life of Washington. Homespun man possessing simple republican virtues 6. Second Great Awakening
Message was individuals must readmit God and Christ into their daily lives,
Society of Sturdy independent farmers: The American economy became more diverse and complex. Growing cities, surging commerce and expanding industrialism made the ideal of a simple agrarian society impossible to maintain.
System of universal education: It floundered and institutions of learning remained largely the preserve of privileged elites.
A federal government of sharply limited power with most authority remaining at the level of the states: Americans reflected a vigorous and ambitious nationalism reminiscent of the Federalists.
Jefferson dismantled much of the bureaucratic power structure that the Federalists had erected in the 1790s, and he helped ensure that in many respects the federal government would remain a relatively unimportant force in American life. 2. Society and Women, early 1800s
MA in 1789 required that its public schools serve females as well as males.
Judith Sargent Murray- look at People
Mercy Otis Warren- look at People 3. Education, access to (whom?) The Republican administration was keen on giving equal opportunity for education for Americans but it largely remained for the elite. They were aristocratic in outlook, training for nations elite. 4. Medicine of the early 1800s
Most doctors studied medicine by working with established practitioners
Some believed in the scientific method but had to deal with old prejudices and superstitions.
Benjamin Rush, Physician Said that a lack of adequate sanitation programs was to blame for disease But was an advocate of techniques like bleeding and purging 5. Early American literary figures
Washington Irving- People
Noah Webster- People
Mercy Otis Warren- People
Charles Brockden Brown- People
Mason Weems: Anglican clergyman, Life of Washington. Homespun man possessing simple republican virtues 6. Second Great Awakening
Message was individuals must readmit God and Christ into their daily lives,