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1.WhatwasthemainreasonEuropeancountrieslikeBritainandFrancewantedtocolonizeAmerica?BritainneededtoraisemoneytopayforitsEuropeanwars,andusedthecoloniestodothis.2.WhydidthePuritansgotoAmerica?Inordertoescapeproblemsandpersecutionfortheirfaith3.WhatisManifestDestiny?ManifestManifestDestinyisthehistoricalbeliefthattheUnitedStateswasdestinedandchosenbytheChristianGodtospreadacrosstheNorthAmericancontinent,fromtheAtlanticcoasttothePacificOcean.4.WhydidthePuritansnotwantpeopletoreadorwriteimaginativeliterature?ImaginativewritingwasdiscouragedbythePuritansbecausetheybelieveditdistractedyoufromreligion.5.DescribewhatHawkeyewaslike.heisakindofoutsider,livingoutsideofnormalsocietybutcomingtotherescueofpeopleintrouble,orrightingwrongs.Hehasbeendescribedas“asaintwithagun”6.WhatwasthedateoftheDeclarationofIndependence?independencewasdeclaredonJuly4,17767.WhatwerethemainreasonstheAmericancolonistswereunhappywiththewayBritainwastreatingthem?Disagreementsovertaxation,restrictionsonwhereyoucouldliveormoveto,andfinallyhavingtohaveBritishsoldiersliveinyourtownandsometimeseveninyourhomebroughtrelationsbetweenthecolonistsandBritaintoaverylowpoint.8.Whatarethe“self-evidenttruths”mentionedintheDeclarationofIndependence?thatallmenarecreatedequal,thattheyareendowedbytheirCreatorwithcertainunalienableRights,thatamongtheseareLife,LibertyandthepursuitofHappiness.9.WhatwerethethreeconditionsapersonhadtomeettobeacitizeninthenewUnitedStates?1)Tobeacitizen,thepersonmustbefree,andnotaslave2)Theymustbewhite.3)Theyhadtobeaman10.WhywereNativeAmericansandpeoplefromAfricanotallowedtobeAmericancitizens?TheNativeAmericansandpeopleofAfricanbackgroundwereseenasintellectuallyinferiorandpoliticallyimmature.11.WhatwastheFrontier?TheFrontierwasthetermusedtodescribetheunexploredareaoflandbeyondtheregionwhereEuropeanshadsettleddowntolive.12.HowdidtheHomesteadActadvancetheideaofAmericandemocracyandthepowerofthecommonman?TheHomesteadActof1862gaveordinarypeople,therighttoownupto160acresoffarmingland.13.HowdidtheAmericanssolvetheproblemofmovingintolandsownedbyNativeAmericans?Byforcingthemtoleavetheirhomes,thewhitepeoplewereactuallydestroyingNativeAmericancultureandrippingtheheartoutoftheirlives.14.WhatdidEuropeansthinkwerethemaincharacteristicsofAmericansatthebeginningofthe19thcentury?1)questioningofoldandtraditionalbeliefs2)adistasteforwhatisancientandaloveof“thenew”3)theideathatmenareallverymuchalike15.RalphWaldoEmersoncalledonAmericanwriterstodowhat?Andwhowasthepoetwhoansweredhiscall?CallingforthecreationofanAmericanliteratureratherthanalwayscopyingothercultures,InThePoet“whowouldwriteanewpoetrythatwastrulyAmerican.HiscallwasansweredbyWaltWhitman.16.SlaveryexistedonlyinthesouthernstatesoftheUSA.Whywasitsoimportantthere?ThePlantationEconomyintheSouthernStateswasbasedonagriculturalmassproductionbyAfricanslavelaboronlargefarms(calledplantations)andbythemid-19thcenturyitwasmakinglotsofmoney.17.Inthenorthernstatesmanypeoplewerestronglyagainstslaveryinthesouth.Howdidtheyshowtheiroppositiontoslavery?byproducingnewspapersandmagazines,speeches,andstoriesofwhataslave’slifewaslike.18.WhydidthesouthernstatessecedefromtheUnionaftertheelectionofLincolnasPresident?Themainreasonswereslavery,andthequestionofwherethepoliticalandeconomicpowerofthecountrylay:withtheNorthortheSouth.19.InwhatwayswastheAmericanCivilWarthefirst“modern“war?1)forthefirsttime,hugelydestructivemilitarytechnologywasusedbymassedarmiesonbothsides,sothelossoflifewasstaggeringlyhighwithindays,evenhours2)theCivilWarwasthefirstphotographedwarduetothetechniquesinventedbybattlefieldphotographers.Peoplecouldseephotographsofthehorrorsofthewarintheirnewspapers.20.WhatcharacteristicsdidlifeonthefrontiergivetotheAmericans?strength,curiosity,invention,energy,andindividualism-thesewerecharacteristicsthatthefrontiergavetopeople21.HowdidtheideaofManifestDestinyspreadoutsideofAmerica?Overseasfrontiers,beyondthePacificcoast,gavethenationawayofcontinuingandexpandingtheideaofManifestDestiny.22.WhatwerethemainfeaturesofTheGildedAge?TheGildedAgecatchestheera’scharacter:theinternaltensionscausedbyabundance,stabilityandoptimismontheonehand,andpoverty,panicanddisappointment,ontheother.23.Whatwaslynching?Publicmurderbyamob-lynching24.HowdidRealistwritingholdupamirrortoAmericanlife?Afaithfulrepresentationofrealityinliterature,withnoromanticheroesorfantasticsituations.Theemphasiswasontruth,andbelievablecharacters.