Chapter 15 Padlet by Ashton Dixon https://padlet.com/ashtondixon21/j0ttxoo7kqni en-us 2016-11-06 20:45:33 UTC 2016-11-09 18:21:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Terminator.png In this chapter, the authors reference a British critic in 1820 who said, “In the four quarters of the globe who reads an American book, or goes to an American play, or looks at an American picture or statue?” Yet, they also trace the development of uniquely American forms of art, architecture, and literature in the nineteenth century. As you read this chapter, can you explain the continuities and changes in American art, architecture, and literature from 1790 to 1860? ashtondixon21 https://padlet.com/ashtondixon21/j0ttxoo7kqni/wish/135634857 American art started to represent American ideals and events that were most important to its citizens. It them morphed into the artists painting the natural landscape of the west and of the coastline. Literature started as very political and evolved into more imaginative form of writing. ]]> 2016-11-06 20:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ashtondixon21/j0ttxoo7kqni/wish/135634857 After you have read “Contending Voices: The Role of Women”, can you analyze both excerpts’ intended audience, purpose, and point of view? ashtondixon21 https://padlet.com/ashtondixon21/j0ttxoo7kqni/wish/136215755 The first passage was intended for people who believed that women's role should not change. It came from a man who was making fun of the conventions.
The second article was the reply from a writer who thought that women's roles should be changed. ]]> 2016-11-08 19:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ashtondixon21/j0ttxoo7kqni/wish/136215755 How does the Second Great Awakening of the nineteenth century compare to the Great Awakening of the eighteenth century? As you read this chapter and review the information about the Great Awakening in Chapter 5, how many relevant similarities and differences between these two events can you generate? ashtondixon21 https://padlet.com/ashtondixon21/j0ttxoo7kqni/wish/136216910 The first Great Awakening took its ideals form a very Puritan point of view. It was used to convince people not to sin because God will hate you more. 
The Second Great Awakening was used to bring reform policies to politics. It was also used as a reminder to those moving west to stay with their religious practices. ]]> 2016-11-08 19:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ashtondixon21/j0ttxoo7kqni/wish/136216910 Why did America produce so many reform and utopian movements? What did they contribute to American culture? ashtondixon21 https://padlet.com/ashtondixon21/j0ttxoo7kqni/wish/136218095 They wanted to create a better and easier life. It made the country more diverse in political and social views. ]]> 2016-11-08 19:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ashtondixon21/j0ttxoo7kqni/wish/136218095 Was the “new family” a progressive reflection of American democratic ideals, or a restriction on them? ashtondixon21 https://padlet.com/ashtondixon21/j0ttxoo7kqni/wish/136222924 It shrinked families down so that the parents could focus on each child and teach them how to be individuals. 
Restricted women to only being housewives and limited their rights even more. ]]> 2016-11-08 19:50:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ashtondixon21/j0ttxoo7kqni/wish/136222924 Were the “cult of domesticity” and the rise of the child-centered family signs of an improvement or a restriction in women’s status and condition? ashtondixon21 https://padlet.com/ashtondixon21/j0ttxoo7kqni/wish/136226318 It gave women a sense of value in domestic society and gave women an academic role in teaching children. 
But, it separated house a work even further and restricted women into more of a housewife role. ]]> 2016-11-08 20:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ashtondixon21/j0ttxoo7kqni/wish/136226318 CHAPTER 15 ashtondixon21 https://padlet.com/ashtondixon21/j0ttxoo7kqni/wish/136226870 2016-11-08 20:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ashtondixon21/j0ttxoo7kqni/wish/136226870