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1800-1870

1800-1870. Important Dates. 1803: Louisiana Purchase (to the Rocky Mountains) 1804: Lewis & Clark expedition 1812: US declares war on Great Britain 1814: Star Spangled Banner written by Francis Scott Key 1820: Missouri Compromise bans slavery in parts of new territories

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1800-1870

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  1. 1800-1870

  2. Important Dates • 1803: Louisiana Purchase (to the Rocky Mountains) • 1804: Lewis & Clark expedition • 1812: US declares war on Great Britain • 1814: Star Spangled Banner written by Francis Scott Key • 1820: Missouri Compromise bans slavery in parts of new territories • 1838: Trail of tears from Georgia to Oklahoma

  3. Important Dates continued • 1846: Mexican war begins • 1848: Mexican war ends & US expands borders • 1848: California gold rush begins • 1848: Women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York • 1850: California admitted to the Union

  4. Interesting Facts • In 1800 the US had 16 states, by 1803 it had doubled in size • In 1803 Andrew Jackson ushered in the era of the common man = the property requirements were eliminated for voting rights • In 1838 on the Trail of Tears 4,000 of 15,000 Cherokees died • In 1845 Texas was admitted to the Union • In 1861 the Civil War began

  5. Westward & Beyond! • We were moving westward at an incredible pace • New technologies were emerging daily • Factories were popping up everywhere • Why? • What did this mean for the US?

  6. Literature • Romanticism: elevated imagination over reason and intuition over fact, valued nature, the fantastic aspects of the human experience. • New England Renaissance (1840-1855): celebrated intellectual independence from England • Possibility of Evil: explored the depths of human nature and said it was dusky and full of sin, guilt, humility, insanity, and cursed.

  7. Literature cont. • Transcendentalism: Real truth lies outside the experience of the senses. A human can arrive at truth of life through spiritual insight if he/she takes time to think about it. • Anti-slavery: were in support of the war in order to abolish slavery

  8. What we will be reading • The Devil and Tom Walker • Nature poetry • The Fall of the House of Usher • The Scarlet Letter (our first book) • Transcendental poetry • Civil war poetry • Poems about death & life & is there a difference

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