The Transcendentalism Period(1800-1860)

By: Valerie Wellman

Kimberlee Farr

Historic Background.

Slavery Question

Westward Expansion

Industrialization

War Protest

Slavery Question.

Out of 23 million Americans 3.2 were slaves.

Westward Expansion.The Louisana Purchase.

Happiness comes through individualism and self reliance.

Celebration of the American experience of democracyT

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Industrialization.

America became extremely civilized. It was a time of improving America and the goods they make.

Celebration of the American experience of democracy, diversity and the spirituality of everyday life.

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War Protest.Americans were against war.

God, humanity, and nature are united in a universal soul, or over-soul.

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Authors

Ralph Waldo EmersonHenry David ThoreauWalt WhitmanEmily Dickinson

Authors

• Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)• Born: 1803 in Boston• His father dies when he was eight. • Attended school at Harvard university • Best Known Work: Essays, Second Volume (1884) Poems (1847) May-Day and Other Pieces (1867)

Authors

• Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)• He had an older brother John, his mother was

the one always encouraging him to continue and pursue his education.

• He attended Concord Academy and Harvard University

• Best Known Work: Walden (1854) A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

Authors

• Walt Whitman (1819-1892)• Born: 1819 in Long Island raised in

Brooklyn, New York.• He had a very informal education,

but he read very widely. • Best Known Work:

Leaves of Grass

Authors • Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)• Born: 1830 in Amherst,

Massachusetts.• She lived an isolated life and

especially after her father died in 1874 she did not see anyone. She had a sister, Liavina.

• Best Known Work:The Poems of Emily Dickinson

1800

Constructing of alternating discs of zinc and copper with pieces of cardboard inbetween, this makes an electric current.

1819

The soda fountain was invented. They were now available at ice cream saloons and here people mixed their own drinks.

1835

Also called a spanner the wrench is a tool, operated by hand used for tightening bolts and nuts.

1848

The dental chair was invented.

1858The first washing machine was invented.

Boarding houses and tenements were popular in cities and one roomed cabins in the country.

Family and work were the two things most valued during this time.

Eighty percent of Americans worked on farms.

Slavery

People were in high demand for goods of all kinds from bigger cities.

The lottery and gambleing were both legal and popular.

Popular sports were soccer and boxing bare handed.

In the evening Americans gathered around the piano and sang.

Horse Racing became popular as well.

Themes

• People started thinking that slavery was wrong.

• All men created equal

• Love, death, nature and immorality.

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• Westward expansion started becoming big.

• They started discovering new things.

• New people had very different and simple ways of life.

Themes• People began to think things would

change with the new technology.

• They thought there would be new ways of life, with the rising industrialization.

Themes• War protest was a big thing during this

time also.

• The people were tired of being at war and the war protesting relates to love, death, nature and immorality.

Themes

• People during this time had higher regard for inner feelings and emotions which also made them question slavery.

• People though God, humanity and nature were all united in a universal soul.

Music

• The most popular music during this time consisted of:

Crazy Jane (1800)

The Sisters (1804)

March! March, Etrick & Teviot Dale! (1811)

The Star-Spangled Banner (sep. 1814)Washington's Grand March (1816)

Soldier Rest, the Fight Is Over (1820)The Poor Hindoo (1824)Lord! I Believe! (1830)The Silver Moon (1838)My Sister, Oh! My Sister (1843)The Old Yankee Lady (1846)Come and Dance To Night (1849)Uncle Sam's Farm (1850)The Valentine Polka (1852)Oh! The Old Old Clock (1856)Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still (1860)

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