The American Civil War

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The American Renaissance (1830 - 1865)

The term indicates the beginning of a truly American literature, with themes and a style of its own

The most influential figure was Ralph Waldo Emerson

His philosophy was called Transcendentalism. The key-ideas of this philosophy were

Man was the emanation of the over-soul

The over-soul was the spiritual principle linking everything together

Contact with nature was the best means to reach truth and awareness of the unity of all things

This philosophy encouraged an optimistic and self-reliant point of view

All reality was seen as a single unity, in fact oneness and multiplicity were the same thing

Was developed by a group of intellectuals and writers about the middle of the 19th century

The American Civil War

What are the differences between North and South about slavery?

The Economical Situation

The Northen Countries increased thei output

The economy of the South collapsed

Question Of Slavery

South: There was pressure to abolish slavery

North: there were the abolitionists who included intellectuals and writers whose Abrham Lincoln

Began in 1861 and finished in 1865 with the abolition of slavery

The Northern countries increased their output to supply military needs

The economy of the South collapsed during the war.

In 1862 HomeStead Act garanted the free soil for the first occupants.

In 1848 California was discovered

This encouraged the expantion and settlement in West

The War not grant the blacks equality. In fact the black slaves were free but homelss and penniless

The Political Situation

The Soutern economy was based on the plantations of cotton and tobacco and slavery

The North was industrialized