Transcendentalists Summary
The Transcendentalists are by far the most important movement in this chapter. Summarize what an APUSH student should know about them. The early transcendentalists included the essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson was a feminist, social reformer, and author. Other transcendentalists included Margaret Fuller, Minister Theodore Parker, and the naturalist and author Henry David Thoreau. Transcendentalists maintained that truth transcended the senses and it couldn't not be found by observation alone. Every individual possesses an inner light that could illuminate the highest truth and put individuals and direct touch with God or the “Oversoul.” The movement was very short-lived, a bit to mystical for. Most Americans, and it
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Two groups dominated this early immigration. They were the Irish and German immigrants. The Irish immigrants migrated straight to the United States after the disaster of the potato famine. They settled in large east coast cities like New York and Boston. Soon after migrating over many contributions were made by the Irish. The establishment of the Catholic Church was one contribution organized by these settlers. Another was the establishment of parochial schools. Grunt work such as digging canals and laying track for the railroads was completed by the men. The woman of Irish descent replaced the farm girls of New England in the textile industry and soon become domestic servants for the rich. The Irish faced a great deal of xenophobia. Unlike the German immigrants, the Irish were discriminated, but soon flourished and took on politics, law enforcement, and the …show more content…
Replay tempted to bring more organization to the enterprise by adopting the Fourier model of phalanx organization. A fire destroyed the new building and the commune can no longer pay the 5% interest agreed to by its investors and it failed. For 20 years Ripley work to pay off the debt. If failure economically, the commune was a social success as entertainment, music, culture, spirited conversation, and a successful progressive educational program gave it
Two groups dominated this early immigration. They were the Irish and German immigrants. The Irish immigrants migrated straight to the United States after the disaster of the potato famine. They settled in large east coast cities like New York and Boston. Soon after migrating over many contributions were made by the Irish. The establishment of the Catholic Church was one contribution organized by these settlers. Another was the establishment of parochial schools. Grunt work such as digging canals and laying track for the railroads was completed by the men. The woman of Irish descent replaced the farm girls of New England in the textile industry and soon become domestic servants for the rich. The Irish faced a great deal of xenophobia. Unlike the German immigrants, the Irish were discriminated, but soon flourished and took on politics, law enforcement, and the …show more content…
Replay tempted to bring more organization to the enterprise by adopting the Fourier model of phalanx organization. A fire destroyed the new building and the commune can no longer pay the 5% interest agreed to by its investors and it failed. For 20 years Ripley work to pay off the debt. If failure economically, the commune was a social success as entertainment, music, culture, spirited conversation, and a successful progressive educational program gave it