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"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is published
Anti Slavery piece that "laid the groundwork" for the Civil War -
Singer revolutionizes the sewing machine!
This makes a typical woman's houshold chores even easier!!! (I'm not sexist) -
Whitmans "Songs of Myself"
Whitman's style in song of myself was that of the rest of the "Leaves of Grass". Free verse, poetic, and against the norm of the day. -
Dred Scott Supreme Court Case
Dred Scott who had been taken by his slave owners into a free state was suing for his freedom because they were not honoring the Missouri Compromise which forbid slavery where they lived in the Wisconsin Territory. The court declared that African Americans are not citizens and could therfore not have a stand in a court -
Abraham Lincoln is Elected President
Born in Kentucky to free the slaves!!!!!! YEAH!!!! -
The Civil War
War was declared after several states succeded from the Union to form the Confederate States. The main reason the war was fought was that of slavery. -
Emancipation Proclamation is Given
Proclaimed the freedom of all slaves in 10 states that were still in rebellion. This made about 3.1 million of the 4 slaves free -
Lincoln is Shot
Occured five days after Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant. John Wilkes Booth attempted to slay Lincoln while watching a play with his wife. He died the next day. -
Mark Twain's "Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
Twain's first hit as a writer that made him big was about a jumping frog?
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Civil War Ends, Presidential Reconstruction Begins
The North attempted to rebuild the south. This included the infrastructure and cities as well as removing conferederates from leadership. -
15th Amendment Ratified giving blacks the right to vote
The 15th amendment prohibits the gov't from preventing anyone from voting based on skin color -
Jim Crow Laws are Enacted in Tennessee
Enacted a "seperate but equal" law Bullsh*t -
Henry James' "Daisy Miller" is released
A story about a young girl that goes to Europe, despite that Europeans and Americans "hate" each other, where she is entranced by an Italian boy that takes her to where she gets malaria. And dies.
The story was frowned upon because it spits on the "American Girl" because of how loose her morals are. -
Civil Rights act of 1875 Declared unconstitutional
Wiki says, "The Civil Rights Act of 1875 sometimes called Enforcement Act or Force Act, was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction Era that guaranteed African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and prohibited exclusion from jury service. The Supreme Court decided the act was unconstitutional in 1883." Great so now in 1883, African Americans no longer have jury duty........................ -
Twain's "Adventures of Hucklberry Finn" is published
The first book of it's kind! It really captures the way that people acted and sounded in that time period. The ignorance and liberal use of the word "nigger" give context to the real story. It refutes racism and prejudice by showing us that negroes really do care and have souls too. -
Emily Dickinson's Poetry
Although this is the year that the poems were published, it is not when they were written. Most of her poerty was written from 1861-1865.
She lost a great many people that she was close with all throughout her life, which some attest to why her poetry is so morbid.
She very much voices her opinion in her poetry about her despise of what was percieved as the "role of women" or basically becoming a wife and relying on a male figure for the remainder of their lives. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
200 native american women and children slayed by noble U.S. troops -
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" is released
The book illustrates that "husband knows best" mentality. When in reality it is because her husband who is a "know it all" doctor that she descends into madness. It is symbolic of her marriage and how she felt trapped in it. -
Kate Chopin's "Desiree's Baby" is released
This has multiple illustrations is such a short text. it briefly talks about the role of women at that time and how they are to always be attatched to their husbands and can not exceed past them. It's interesting to see Desiree grow out of that and soon become an independant woman. It also, mainly, addresses the issue of racism. There is all this hate and spite towards Desiree because they all think she has negroes in her heritage when in reality it is Armand. -
Stephen Crane's "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" is released
Maggie was written as the "first work of unalloyed naturalism." It took place in the time period of intense industrialization in the United States. In other words, nothing good happens and she ends up a prostitute. XD -
Spanish American War
There America goes again, meddling in others business. America intervenes during the Cuban war for independence from Spain -
Booker T. Washington's "Up From Slavery" is released
I think this book is a call to all African Americans everywhere that a better life is possible through very hard work. After all that is what Booker did. He started from the bottom.
It is also a call for whites not to be so harsh on them. It illustrated both in a very "up-front" sort of way, right in your face which is ultimately why it fell into obscurity. -
Theodore Drieser's "Sister Carrie" is released
Ultimately this is the "American Dream" story. A girl moves to the big city in hopes of a big future where she becomes a famous actress.
This is quite a big change in literature for this time period. Women are becoming more and more free and more and more independent as time goes on. -
Wright Brothers First flight
This is the start of the industrial age. All of the sudden there is a huge margin between the rich and the poor. -
Ford Introduces the Model T
The industrial age is picking up pace rapidly -
World War I Begins
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United States joins WWI
The sinking of the Lusitania, unrestricted submarine warfare and blockading of Americas allies resulted in our entrance into the Great War -
19th Amendment
women can vote now! -
The Country Becomes Dry
(yeah right)
prohibition was probably the nations largest failure -
Stock market crashes
The depression begins -
Black Elk Speaks
As a survivor from the Wounded Knee massacre, Black Elk's voice would be listened to by many Native Americans. He called for a revival of sorts that caused somewhat of an uprising that caused the government to fret a little bit.
