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American events from the 1820s and 1830s

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During the 1820s and 1830s a distant American culture began to emerge. What philosophies, artists, and artistic works contributed to this culture? What were the uniquely American themes explored within the works?

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American events from the 1820s and 1830s are traced.

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This time period was the pre-Civil War Era. New states were being added to the Union and decisions about whether or not they would be made slave states were being made. The Missouri Compromise, for example, allowed Missouri to remain a slave state while the newly admitted state of Maine was a free state.

It was also a time when the Union was striving for economic development and the American System of using tariffs, building commerce through a national bank, and federal subsidies for a transportation infrastructure.

This idea of growth spread to art and artists switched from depicting farms, towns, landmarks, and cities - think along ...

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