Objective 2.02 Describe how the growth of nationalism and sectionalism were reflected in art, literature, and language.
Noah Webster Known for producing the first American Dictionary
Ralph Waldo Emerson American Transcendentalist Founded the Transcendentalist Club Once bailed Henry David Thoreau out of jail
Henry David Thoreau Anti Government, “Civil Disobedience”, Refused to pay his taxes, “Walden Pond”, transcendentalist
Neoclassical Architecture Architecture that includes mixture of Greek and Roman columns with modern style
Washington Irving Author best known for “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle”
Edgar Allen Poe Dark writer, depressed, “The Raven”
Nathaniel Hawthorne Author known for writing “The Scarlet Letter”, transcendentalist
James Fennimore Cooper American Romance Author, wrote “The Last of the Mohicans”
Hudson River School of Art School for landscape artists
Alexis de Tocqueville European writer that traveled in the US recording his observations of American life