Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS

Chappaqua, NY

Cultural Nationalismp Education The “Virtuous

Citizen”p An American form of English

Noah Webster

Cultural Nationalismp A well-defined American

literature Washington Irving

The Sketch Book, 1819-20“The Legend of Sleepy

Hollow”

Cultural NationalismReligious Movements:

Deism Second “Great

Awakening”

2004 Election HeadlinesOutreach effort and moral values

theme pays off for Bush with Hispanics -- Nov. 3, 2004 [FOX News]

Election Reinforces USA’s Religious Schism

-- Nov. 4, 2004 [USA Today]

'It's a Victory for People Like Us'Bush Emphasis on Values Drew Ohio

Evangelicals

-- Nov. 5, 2004 [Washington Post]

2004 Election Poll DataWhich One Issue Mattered

Most in Deciding How You Voted for President? (Check

only one)

Kerry

Bush Nader

TaxesPercentage of Electorate: 5 43% 57% 0%

EducationPercentage of Electorate: 4 73% 26% --

IraqPercentage of Electorate: 15 73% 26% 0%

TerrorismPercentage of Electorate: 19 14% 86% 0%

Economy/JobsPercentage of Electorate: 20 80% 18% 0%

Moral ValuesPercentage of Electorate: 22 18% 80% 1%

Health CarePercentage of Electorate: 8 77% 23% --

2004 Election Poll Data

Attend Religious Services

Kerry

Bush

Nader

More Than Once a WeekPercentage of Electorate: 16

35% 64% 1%

Once a WeekPercentage of Electorate: 26 41% 58% 0%

A Few Times a MonthPercentage of Electorate: 14

49% 50% --

A Few Times a YearPercentage of Electorate: 28 54% 45% 0%

NeverPercentage of Electorate: 15 62% 36% 1%

The Second “Great Awakening:”

Revivalist Meeting

Charles G. FinneyThe ranges of tents, the fires, reflecting light…; the candles and lamps illuminating the encampment; hundreds moving to and fro…;the preaching, praying, singing, and shouting,… like the sound of many waters, was enough to swallow up all the powers of contemplation.

“soul-shaking”

conversion

The “Benevolent Empire”

“Burned-Over” District

in Upstate New York

American Bible Society

Founded in 1816

Economic Nationalism

p Encourage Creativity & Inventiveness.

p Create a Transportation Infrastructure.

p Create a Pro-Business Atmosphere.

Jefferson’s Vision of America

Hamilton’s Vision of America

Role ofGovt.

Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin, 1791

Actually invented by a

slave!

Whitney’s Gun Factory

Interchangeable Parts Rifle

First TurnpikeLancaster, PA (1790)

By 1832, nearly 2400 mi. of road connected most major cities.

Cumberland“National Road,”

1811

Conestoga Covered Wagons

Conestoga Trail, 1820s

Yankee Clipper Ships

Robert Fulton & the Steamboat

The Clermont

Erie Canal System

The Erie Canal, 1820s