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The Rise of Realism the Civil War to 1914

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 Realism the Civil War to 1914

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  1. The Rise of Realismthe Civil War to 1914 From Conflicts to New Frontiers

  2. 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

  3. What some of that looked like… Clockwise: Sojourner Truth, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, Mark Twain’s Quote

  4. Other Contributors: Louisa May Alcott, Leo Tolstoy, Stephen Crane, Jack London

  5. 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

  6. What that looked like… The Telephone, Booker T. Washington, David Rockefeller, Charles Darwin, Alaska

  7. More….The Civil War • The Civil War…

  8. A little more… • Clara Barton… Edison’s Phonograph….

  9. 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.

  10. What that looked like…. Hawaii, Assembly Line, Queen Victoria, Albert Einstein, Statue of Liberty

  11. The Battle of Wounded Knee

  12. First Flight…..1903 Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

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