American Culture Early 1800s

1. American CultureEarly 1800s • Great American Writers • Ralph Waldo Emerson • Herman Melville • Henry David Thoreau • Washington Irving • James Fenimore Cooper

2. Washington Irving He combined European influences to American settings and characters. His work served as a bridge between European literary traditions and authentic American characters and society.

3. Washington Irving’s Literature Rip Van Winkle The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

4. James Fenimore Cooper • Because of Cooper and Irving, US artists began to depict the History and natural beauty of America

5. Best know writer of the time “The Spy” an adventure set during the American Revolution. “The Prairie” set in the new American West

6. Other Great Cooper Novels

7. Other Writers Catharine Maria Sedgwick – wrote about interesting heroines.“A New England Tale” and “Hope Leslie”

8. Hudson River School George Caleb Thomas Cole

9. Religion and Music • Religious Revivals • Most music focused on religion and national pride • The American Spiritual – combined both white and African folk music. • “Hunters of Kentucky” popular music reflected the growing nation. • “The Battle of New Orleans” became an anthem for the Spirit of Nationalism

10. Art and Architecture Thomas Jefferson called for more traditional models. Architects of the time followed his ideas.

11. Voting Rights Spread • Suffrage is the right to vote • This idea spread during the 1820s – 1830s • People began to demand the right to vote especially poorer men that did not own much land

12. Seneca Falls • In 1848 a convention was called in Seneca Falls to discuss the voting rights of women • The leaders of this suffrage movement were Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Margret Fuller • The document written at Seneca Falls was called the Document of Sentiments- it detailed beliefs about social injustice towards women