1. 19th Century Culture Study Guide
Definitions:
Steerage
Push Factor
Pull Factor
Nativist
Blackface minstrelsy
Romanticism
Transcendentalism
Second Great Awakening
Temperance
Utopianism
Shakers
Abolition
Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
Seneca Falls Convention
Suffrage

2. Concepts to Understand
3 etiquette “rules”
Common push factors for immigrants
Common pull factors for immigrants
German cultural influences in America today
Why did the Irish dislike the British
Why the Irish fled Ireland
Why were Irish unwelcomed in America
Why were Germans welcomed in America
Know-Nothing Party beliefs
How black people are depicted in blackface shows
Why were women “allowed” to be leaders in reform movements
How many whites owned slaves in the South
Did non-slaveowning whites want slavery banned? Why/why not?
How many free blacks lived in the South
How did slaves create their own cultural rules
What was it like to be a slave
How could slaves show resistance
What happened when Nat Turner attempted a rebellion
Turner’s failure actually made things worse for slaves because…
How did sports news spread?
Why did “games” change to “sports”?
Why was baseball seen as “America’s game”?
What two factors determined what sport a group chose to play?