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The Rise of Realism the Civil War to 1914. From Conflicts to New Frontiers. Literary Events. 1850 Sojourner Truth – an abolitionist and women’s rights advocate 1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1856 – Herman Melville wrote Bartleby the Scrivener
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The Rise of Realismthe Civil War to 1914 From Conflicts to New Frontiers
Literary Events • 1850 Sojourner Truth – an abolitionist and women’s rights advocate • 1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin • 1856 – Herman Melville wrote Bartleby the Scrivener • 1867 - Mark Twain wrote The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County • 1869 – Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women • 1869 – Leo Tolstoy wrote War and Peace • 1895 – Stephen Crane wrote the Red Badge of Courage
What some of that looked like… Clockwise: Sojourner Truth, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, Mark Twain’s Quote
Other Contributors: Louisa May Alcott, Leo Tolstoy, Stephen Crane, Jack London
Political & Social Events • Early 1850’s – women’s movement founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cody Stanton • 1859 – Charles Darwin writes the Origin of the Species • April 1861 – first shot fired in the Civil War – which lasted until April 9, 1865 – The North and South fought over states rights, but actually over slavery. • 1863 – Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address • 1865 – April 14 – Lincoln is assassinated • 1865 – the 13th amendment outlaws slavery • 1867 – U.S. purchases Alaska • 1870 – John D. Rockefeller starts the Standard Oil company • 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell invents to telephone • 1878 – Thomas Edison invents the phonograph • 1881 – Clara Barton founds the Red Cross
What that looked like… The Telephone, Booker T. Washington, David Rockefeller, Charles Darwin, Alaska
More….The Civil War • The Civil War…
A little more… • Clara Barton… Edison’s Phonograph….
More • In 1886 Statue of Liberty is dedicated • In 1890 - 200 Sioux Indians are killed at the Battle of Wounded Knee • 1898 – U.S. annexes Hawaii • 1901 – Queen Victoria dies • 1905 – Albert Einstein formulates the Theory of Relativity • 1913 – Henry Ford introduces the conveyor belt to automobile manufacturing – to mass produce cars.
What that looked like…. Hawaii, Assembly Line, Queen Victoria, Albert Einstein, Statue of Liberty