The Maturing Republic Chapter 6

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The Maturing RepublicChapter 6

• Republicanism and CultureLesson 1

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What is the American identity today?
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I. Creation of an American Identity

• In the early 1800s-America set out to establish
  a national identity.
• The national identity included the idea of
  independence-the right to make their own
  decision.
• Regardless of this idea, they still allowed the
  elite to rule them.

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• Have you ever wanted to be independent from your
  parents?
• What kind of freedoms have you gained as you got
  older?
• In what ways have you expressed your differences
  from your parents?

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The United States and its independence from
England

• It is a natural desire for independence and
  self-expression is a natural part of growing up
  but it often leads to conflict.
• We will learn how the U.S. tried to express this
  difference from its parent England.

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II. Republican ideals and changes

1. The household economy- a small, independent
   owners of land who grew food for their own
   families and for exchange with others within
   their community.
2. This system would build a strong sense of
   responsibility to their neighbors and their
   communitys needs.

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• C. Washington becomes a classical hero when in
  1800 Mason Weems writes a
• biography portraying Washington as the perfect
  republican.
• What stories do you remember?
• D. Classical art and architecture were adopted
  from the ancient Greeks and Romans. They began to
  pattern buildings after this style known as
  neo-classicalism or a new classical style.

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Neoclassical or Rococo

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Neoclassical or Rococo?

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Neoclassical or Rococo?

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• E. Women were not allowed to vote or hold office.
  The only role they were allowed
• was motherhood. Women were to be patriotic and
  instill this into their families. This was known
  as republican motherhood.

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III. The New Individualism

• A. Many began to move westward and pioneers
  settled in Kentucky and Tennessee in the 1790s.
• B. People began to explore the Old Northwest
  Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
  Others moved into the Old Southwest Alabama,
  Mississippi, and Louisiana.

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• C. This was facilitated by better transportation
  networks built by the state government.
• D. The national road was begun under President
  Jefferson.
• E. A series of canal systems linked lakes and
  rivers which made shipping easier and cheaper.
• F. These changes brought a great increase in
  trade and aided the growth a market
  economy-people selling goods to distant markets
  to be sold for cash. This eventually replaced the
  household economy.
• G. Individual material success became more
  important than the communities.

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IV. Values in Conflict

1. The ideal of the self-made man grew out of
   individualism.
2. Both religion and politics began to reflect the
   conflict between the wish for personal gain and
   the need to sacrifice for the good of the
   community.

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V. The Second Great Awakening

1. Followed the first 70 years before.
2. Church membership had gone down during the
   Revolutionary War and the churches wanted them
   back.
3. All denominations of Christianity Anglicans,
   Puritans, Presbyterians, Quakers, Lutherans, and
   Baptists gained members. Black churches
   especially grew.
4. Inspired members to become missionaries and to
   educate the poor such as the American Indians,
   Hawaii, and China.
5. Women found a role and formed female
   organizations to spread the religious message.

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VI. Expansion of Political Rights

1. Protestants renewed their faith in the movement
   while Jews and Christians gained political
   rights.
2. Beginning with Virginia, state after state struck
   down the old practice of supporting churches with
   tax money.
3. Laws that discriminated against people because of
   their religion were changed.
4. Tolerance of religion began to grow.

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• E. Barriers to suffrage (the right to vote) were
  removed for white males.
• F. Some states no longer required voters to be
  own land. These men sought political power once
  held by the elite.
• G. They were looked down upon by the old
  republicans and called them coonskin
  Congressman.
• H. The new politician listened to the publics
  opinion and voter rewarded them with their
  support.