Dates 18501890 By Diego Hernandez Anthony Hoang Monserrat Coria Joyce Ayala and Hector Parra Literary Period The Civil war era and its aftermath Historical FactsEvents Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad 1853 ID: 761860
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Dates: 1850-1890By: Diego Hernandez, Anthony Hoang, Monserrat Coria, Joyce Ayala and Hector Parra Literary Period: The Civil war era and its aftermath
Historical Facts/Events Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad: 1853 Civil War: 1861-1865 SlaveryAbraham Lincoln’s Presidency: 1861-1865Emancipation Proclamation: 1863Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: 1865Reconstruction Period: 1865-1877Andrew Johnson’s Presidency: 1865-1869Franco-Prussian War: 1866-1870Christopher Scholes invents the modern typewriter: 1867Ulysses S. Grant Presidency: 1869-1877Graham Bell invents the telephone: 1876
Lifestyle Social Ladder: Elite Middle Class Lower Class Independent Farmers Free Africans SlavesEntertainment: Theatres, Music, Photography, and DancesMedicine was in its early stagesOccupations: Plantation owner, small farmer, merchant, tradesman, soldierDress:
Characteristics of the Era Ideology Economics USNorth wanted the end of slaveryDespised the South and wanted to destroy the planters aristocracySouth fought to uphold states rights to defend their way of lifeReconstruction Era- the reorganization of the South readmitted into the UnionValued moralsLegal SegregationBlack Suffrage
Types of Literature Found in Era Diaries Slave narratives/accounts SpiritualsShort storiesJournalsLetters
Major Authors & Primary works Mark Twain – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer & The Adventures of Huckleberry FinLeo Tolstoy – Anna Karenina & War and PeaceFrederick Douglass – Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveAbraham Lincoln – The Emancipation ProclamationJules Verne – Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea & Around the World in Eighty Days Henry David Thoreau – Walden Charles Darwin – On the Origin of Species Herman Melville- Moby Dick
Focus of Writing/Topics Horrors and injustices of slavery Experience of War Realism Started in France and focused on contemporary life and societyVictorian Period of LiteratureStarted in Britain where novels eventually replaced poems as the most popular way literature was madeDepicted difficult lives in which hard work, perseverance, and a little bit of luck, win out in the end
Themes Survival Endurance AdventureEqualityImportance of MoralsCollaboration
Allusions from the era Term “sideburns” from General Burnside Term “Yankees” described American northerners Term “bad eggs” – from the Milwaukee Daily American“A house divided against itself cannot stand” – Abraham Lincoln“Snug as a bug” – meant very comfortable
Era Legacy Emancipation Proclamation 13 th, 14th, 15th AmendmentsReconstructed Southern American SocietyMark Twain and Jules VerneAdvancement of technologyThe era would lead to nonviolent protests against segregation led by Martin Luther King Jr., and eventually, equal rights for blacks.The Triple Alliance would be important in WWI
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