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APUSH Culture and Society (Period 2 (1st Great Awakening (John Edwards…
APUSH Culture and Society
Period 1
Blending of indigenous and European cultures
Intermarriage between French and Native Americans in order fo better trade relations
Indians taught Europeans their artistic styles
"Day of the Dead" comes from the European belief in the afterlife
Exploration driven in part by religion
Encomienda system
was an incentive to convert native to Catholicism in order to be granted their labor from Spain
French Jesuit priests went to the Americas but were likely to spread disease
Puritans and Separatists leave England in order to practice what faith they wanted
Puritans believed that success is through hard work
Mayflower Compact
: Gov't power comes from the people
Period 2
New England life based around Puritan religion
John Winthrop's idea of "City upon a hill" to be a role model to others
Calvinism: Belief that only a few elect would be saved
Salem Witch trials prosecuted suspected witches
Religious Intolerance: Roger Williams (separation of church and state) and Anne Hutchinson's idea of antinomianism --> Settlement of Rhode Island
Racial Caste System solidified in the South
Those who owned property and slaves were in power!!
1st Great Awakening
John Edwards
preached predestination (each person's fate is already determined by god)
George Whitefield
was a preacher who led revival meetings who preached salvation
Promoted institutions of higher learning such as Harvard and Yale
Believers could have a close relationship with god
Colonies became more unified through common history and ideas
Could challenge government and religious authority
New denominations of Baptists and Methodists
Period 3
Influence of Enlightenment thought on Revolution
John Locke's idea of natural rights and purpose of gov't was to protect these
If government fails to protect citizens' rights, it is the duty of the people to overthrow the gov't = Social Contract
Bill of Rights that protected Voltaire's ideas of freedom of speech and religion
Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Voltaire presented the idea of limited government
Representative Democracies: citizens choose other citizens to represent them in decision-making processes of the government
Montesquieu's Idea of separation of powers seen through the 3 branches of gov't and federal v. state powers
Federalism: Duties are divided between the federal and state governments
Women played role in the Revolution but were not considered citizens
Boycotting British goods
Produced goods for soldiers
Spied on the British
Acted as nurses during the war
Period 4
2nd Great Awakening
Reform Movements
Cult of Domesticity for women
Period 5
Emergence of ideological defenses of slavery and militant abolitionism
Millennial Religious Movements
Nativism
Period 6
Social Darwinism: Belief that some people were inherently better than others due to revolution
Period 7
Backlash to minorities and immigrants
Lost Generation
Jazz Age
Period 9
Period Vietnam Syndrome
Culture wars over changing gender, race, and family structure
Increasing Diversity
Period 8
Religious Era of 1950s
Social movements
Emergence of protest against US gov't by students