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    For men‚ corsets are more customarily used to slim the figure. However‚ there was a period from around 1820 to 1835 — ranging as late as the late 1840s in some instances — when a wasp-waisted figure (a small‚ nipped-in look to the waist) was also desirable for men; wearing a corset sometimes achieved this. An "overbust corset" encloses the torso‚ extending from just under the

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    The Market revolution was an economic transformation‚ a scene of the innovation of transportation such as the; steamboat‚ man-made canals‚ railroad and communication such as the telegraph. Steamboats “helped to bring economic development to the trans Appalachian west”‚ up the Erie Canal the world’s largest man-made waterway that connected the region around the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Coast via the Hudson River. The railroads opened vast new areas of the American interior for settlement while

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    (1817–1862)‚ Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)‚ Theodore Parker (1810–1860)‚ Bronson Alcott (1799–1888)‚ and Orestes Brownson (1803–1876). Various organizations and periodicals gave the movement shape. The earliest was the so-called "Transcendental Club" (1836–1840)‚ an informal group that met to discuss intellectual and religious topics; also important was the "Saturday Club‚" organized much later (1854). Many transcendentalists participated in the utopian communities of Brook Farm (1841–1848; located in West

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    APUSH- Chapter 12: Antebellum Culture & Reform‚ Terms and Review- KEY Terms to Know: Define these terms and demonstrate why each person‚ event‚ concept‚ or issue is important. Include page numbers please! 1. Romanticism = (Pg. 319) Part of a broad array of movements intended to adapt society to its new conditions. Optimistic faith in human nature; stood in marked contrast to traditional Protestant assumptions of original sin. Reformers argued that individuals should strive to give full

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    the supporting paragraphs and conclusion Read and evaluate your essay Sample FRQ‚ 1996‚ College Board‚ score of 9: Free Response Question: Analyze the extent to which two of the following influenced the development of democracy between 1820 and 1840: Jacksonian economic policy Changes in electoral politics Second Great Awakening Westward movement The United States of America has repeatedly undergone various series in development of democracy as the central political basis on which the

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    The ^American Spirit United States History as Seen by Contemporaries Ninth Edition Volume I: To 1877 Houghton Mifflin Company Boston New YorkContents 1 2 Preface xxi New World Beginnings‚ 33‚000 B.C.-A.D.1769 1 A. The Native Americans 1 1. Visualizing the New World (1505‚ 1509) 1 2. Juan Gines de Sepulveda Belittles the Indians (1547) 3 3. Bartoleme de Las Casas Defends the Indians (1552) 4 B. The Spanish in America 6 1. Hernan Cortes Conquers Mexico (1519-1526) 6 2. Aztec Chroniclers Describe the

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    AP American History Free Response Essays Each day will have a specific essay question. For the 1st Quarter ONLY‚ you are to simply write a detailed outline of what you would include in your essay. From the 2nd Quarter on‚ you are to write both a detailed outline and the essay with it. The date listed will be the day the assignment is due. September 16‚ 2009 Compare the cultures that could be found in the New World prior to the Europeans. Why were some groups more advanced than others throughout

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    on home‚ hearth‚ and virtue” (Nolan 571). The women listed above knew they had to go beyond established stigmas‚ and stretch their boundaries to fit into the literary canon. Works Cited Brown‚ Matthew D. "Reading and National Identity: 1820-1860." Cultural History of Reading. Westport: Greenwood‚ 2009. 97-131. Print. Flint‚ Kate. "Reading Practices." The Woman Reader 1837-1914. Oxford: Clarendon‚ 1994. 187-249. Print. Gilding‚ A. L.."Preserving Sentiments: American Women’s Magazines of

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    to expand democratic ideals‚ the temperance and abolitionist reform movements ended up limiting democracy. The religious‚ penal‚ education‚ and feminist reform movements sought to expand democratic ideals‚ and that is exactly what they did. In the 1820s‚ Charles G. Finney‚ a Presbyterian minister‚ led the Second Great Awakening‚ or the religious revival. Finney preached that harlots‚ drunkards‚ and infidels could be saved through hard work and a steadfast faith in God (Document B). The religious revival

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    Two-Party System: The new two party political system that emerged in the 1830s and 1840s – became an important part of the nation’s checks and balances. [traps us in the world of South Park too] In the 1820s and 1830s the public’s attitude regarding political parties – accepted the sometimes wild contentiousness of political life. [radical parties of the political parties] By the 1840s new techniques of politicking included all of the following: the use of banners - free drinks

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