Grammar
Clause that often uses subordinating conjunctions
What is a Dependent Clause?
What is sectionalism?
Required Native Americans to relocate west
What is the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
Revealed the true nature of slavery and began the shift to realism
What is Civil War Literature?
Considered the master of the gothic form in the United States
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
Main clause that can stand alone as a sentence
A transaction that took place in 1803 to increase America's size
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Reason for a shift from an agricultural economy to an industrial powerhouse
What is the Industrial Revolution?
Inspired by the beauty of nature and emphasized emotions
Who are the Early Romantics?
Pioneered the short story as a literary form
Who is Washington Irving?
The following is an example of this kind of clause:
“Since we were running out of time”
What is a dependent clause?
This idea states that Americans have divine right to own land from the Pacific Ocean to Mexican Territory
What is Manifest Destiny?
Textile mills' demand for this crop played a role in the expansion of slavery in the South
What is cotton?
DAILY DOUBLE
Were viewed as equals of British poets and committed to social reform
Used compressed, complex, and terse lines of poetry
Who is Emily Dickinson?
DAILY DOUBLE
The following is an example of this kind of clause:
“We finally finished the game”
The belief that national interests should be placed ahead of regional concerns or other countries
What is nationalism?
Fought mainly to expand slavery and was a result of Texas annexing this territory in 1845
What is the Mexican-American War?
Included elements of fantasy and the supernatural while exploring the human capacity for evil
Who are American Gothics?
Implemented the use of free verse in poetry and was extremely outspoken
Who is Walt Whitman?
A component of grammar that contains a subject OR a verb OR neither
What is a phrase?
Unconfined by formal patterns of rhyme and meter or lack of attention to formal poem patterns
What is free verse?
These areas were left in exchange for moving to cities
What are farms?
Philosophical and literary movement that focused on living a simple life
What is Transcendentalism?
Establishes romanticism as the major force in the literature of mid-19th century America and author of "Thanatopsis"
Who is William Cullen Bryant?