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Declaration of Independence
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Transcedatalism
A movement not a moment. Against Religon and intellectuals at the time. About transcending pyshical and empirical states. placed value on ones intuition rather then doctrines of religions -
Dark Romanticism
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The Civil War
Northern States fought the the southern States after the south seceeded. Last until 1865. Devasted the south and caused massive amounts of death -
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
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Realism
Style pioneered by French writers at the end 19th century and then spread. Depicts life and society as is. Usually protrays characters doing average everyday things -
Stream Of Conciousness
Shows a characters inner dialogue. Can be hard to follow -
Imagism
Movement that bases poetry on image rather then a theme -
World War I
War that lasted from from 1914 till 1919. Tranch Warfare resulted in large casualities. Chemical Warfare had horrific results. Caused many to lose faith in humanity, their nation, and religion which helped led to the modernism movement -
Harlem Renaissance
A movement starting in 1919 and ending in the mid 30's. Centered in Harlem it was a devlopment and coming to promience of black writers in America -
Modernism
Not an actual event, but a movement that lasted a long time. Started in the 19th century and continued for a long time but really exploded and grew in the 1920s. Moved away from traditional society and literatery traditions. Questioned society and religion. -
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Black Tuesday
Wall Street Stock Market crash causing the Great Deppression and widespread poverty until the start of mobilization for World War II -
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Written while she worked in Haiti, this novel is considered her masterpeice. -
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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World War II
This started with the German invasion of Poland and endedin Europe with Hitler's suciude and Axis surrender and in Asia with Japan surrendering to the United States and the Allies after the deployment of the Atomic Bomb in 1945. Majorly reallgined global political world and caused many deaths. -
Beat Generation
A group of writers from the 1950s. Started meeting in New York but eventually moved to San Francisco. Prominent authors included Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Borroughs. -
On The Road by Jack Kerouac
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Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger
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Howl by Allen Ginsburg
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Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
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Post Modernism
Like modernism not a moment but a movement. Like modernism but even crazier. -
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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Green Eggs and Ham by Doctor Suess
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Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
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I Have A Dream
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Civil Rights Act
Bill is signed that makes it illegal to discrimate against women or blacks. -
Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan
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Spoken Word
Style of Poetry where poets square off against each in duels. Mixs early rap competition with elements of beat poetry, such as disdain for the system. -
Dissolution Of the Soviet Union
The USSR, the major communist power of the time, disbands and becomes a democracy. U.S. Wins the Cold War against those pinkos. -
September 11th
Terriost working for Al Queda hjack planes and destroy the World Trade Centers in New York and crash in to the Pentagon. A fourh plane was hijack but was brought down by the passengers. 3,000 victims died in the attacks and since then 836 responders have died, as of July 2009. Attcks occured after President Bush recieved several reports that terriost would likely use hijacked airplanes as weapons against the U.S. and ignored them.
