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9 Cards in this Set
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Hudson River School
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The first American group to develop a painting style separate from Europe. This particular group painted landscapes.
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Robert S. Duncan
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The first African American to follow the Hudson River School's teachings.
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Emily Dickenson
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A female poet that only published 7 out of 1,700 of her poems as a "letter to the world that never wrote to her".
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Edgar Allan Poe
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An American writer whose work appeals to people around the world.
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Transcendentalists
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People that believed that the most important truths went beyond human reason.
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Emerson
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The leader of the Transcendentalists. Spoke about self confidence and believed in individualism.
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Thoreau
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Wrote in order to preach. His writings influenced Martin Luther King, jr.
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Individualism
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importance of each person
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Civil Disobediance
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the idea that people have a right to disobey unjust laws
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