1. Chapter 15, Sections 1,2. New Ideas and Immigrants.

2. Transcendentalism Henry David Thoreau was a transcendentalist writer who wrote “Walden” about living in the woods by himself.

3. Utopia! A utopian community was a group of people trying to establish a perfect society on earth.

4. The romantics relied on emotion (rather than pure reason) to understand the world.

5. Herman Melville Wrote perhaps the most famous American novel, “Moby Dick”.

6. Edgar Allan Poe Wrote gloomy poems and short stories. Invented the modern detective story.

7. Immigration Most immigrants coming to America between 1840-1860 came from Ireland and Germany. What’s this place?

8. The Irish immigrants were impressed by the abundant food and equality in America. German immigrants came to America seeking to escape persecution during a revolution.

9. Many Germans became farmers in mid- western states (such as OH, WI, and MI).

10. Americans in cities in the 1800s learned to enjoy bowling and playing cards.

11. Dirty, Over-Crowded Tenements. People suffered in the tenements because of the lack of sanitation and clean water.

12. Volunteer fire companies from different neighborhoods within cities would often have fistfights to decide who would get to put out the fire.