AP U.S. History / Unit 4: Period 4: 1800–1848
4.9 The Development of an American Culture
Notes
Writers and artists created a national culture: transcendentalists (Emerson, Thoreau), the Hudson River School painters, and authors like Hawthorne and Melville.
Practice
Transcendentalists emphasized:
Emerson and Thoreau.
Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" argued for:
Moral resistance.
The Hudson River School painted:
National pride in nature.
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