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Unit Review
I. Authors--
1. Margaret Fuller--"Woman in the 19th Century"
- -believed that freedom for women should be a right, not a concession.
- -believed that men treated women like slaves.
- -mentored by Emerson.
2. Harriet Hanson Robinson--"Loom and Spindle"
- -led co-workers on a strike against a cotton factory.
- -not really a writer.
3. Elizabeth Cady Stanton--"Speech to Women's Rights Convention"
- -mentored Susan B. Anthony.
- -fought for women's suffrage.
- - biography
4. Susan B. Anthony-- "Speech to Congress"
- -was arrested for voting.
- -fought for women's suffrage.
- -biography
5. Frederick Douglass--"What the Black Man Wants"
- -lost credibility with his audience because he spoke too articulately.
- -learned to read and write by studying a book of speeches.
6. Harriet Beecher Stowe--"Uncle Tom's Cabin"
- -wrote a sentimental novel about slavery to win sympathy for slaves.
- -credited by Lincoln with having written the book to start the Civil War.
7. Abraham Lincoln--"Gettysburg Address" and handout packet of speeches
- -devoted wholeheartedly to preserving the Union at any cost.
- -believed that the Civil War was God's judgment on the nation.
- -became a lawyer despite only one total year of formal education.
8. Louisa May Alcott--"Hospital Sketches" and "Little Women"
- -volunteered as a nurse in the Civil War at the age of thirty.
- -most famous literary work was largely autobiographical.
9. Satanta--"My Heart Feels Like Bursting"
- -called "Orator of the Plains"
- -did NOT win a Grammy for anything, does NOT deliver toys at Christmas and is NOT the Prince of Darkness
10. Chief Joseph--"I Will Fight No More Forever"
- -became chief of Nez Perce at age 30.
11. Chief Sealth--"This Sacred Soil"
- -sold the US government land in the Pacific Northwest.
- -came to believe that White man's God did not love the Indian.
- -was NOT a Romantic, although his writings echo Romantic themes.
III. The Americans Painters of the 19th Century--
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