American Literature By facebooker_10221364528811506 Period: Jan 1, 1801 to Dec 31, 1900 19th Century 1835 Mark Twain humour and realism 1860 Abraham Lincoln - President Period: 1861 to 1865 American Civil War 1865 Andrew Johnson - President 1877 Hayes - President 1897 McKinley - President 1901 Theodore Roosevelt - President 1913 Wilson - President Period: 1914 to 1918 First World War 1921 Harding - President 1929 Hoover - President 1929 Great Depression 1933 Delano Roosevelt - President Period: 1939 to 1945 Second World War