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American Art: Romanticism to Realism
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Louisiana Purchase
President Thomas Jefferson attains the Louisiana Purchase -
Erie Canal Opens
The Erie Canal Opens connecting New York to a vast interior of the nation -
Thomas Jefferson writes his last letter before his death
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Indian Removal Act
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Ralph Waldo Emerson publishes his essay Nature
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The Oxbow by Thomas Cole
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James Fenimore Cooper publishes the last of his "Leatherstocking Tales"
these novels focused on "noble savage" Natty Bumppo. He published the first novel in 1821 -
Buffalo Chase
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Failed Revolution in present day Germany
citizens rose in demand for a unified and democractic nation, Germany -
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze finishes painting Washington Crossing the Delaware in 1850 -
Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
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Civil War begins
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A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1863
Timothy O'Sullivan captures the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg -
Civil War ends
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A Veteran in a New Field
Winslow Homer depicts civil war soldier returning to farming -
Transcontinental Railroad is complete
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
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Fr. Abram J. Ryan publishes "Conquered Banner"
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Thomas Edison builds first incandescent eletric light
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Brooklyn Bridge Opens
connects Brooklyn to Manhattan
