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 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 – Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address 1865 – April 14 – Lincoln is assassinated 1865 – the 13 th amendment outlaws slavery 1867 – U.S. purchases Alaska 1870 – John D. Rockefeller starts the Standard Oil company 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 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

The Battle of Wounded Knee

First Flight… Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina