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Causes of the Civil War

    In 1852, Harriett Beecher Stowe published a novel called Uncle Tom's Cabin. This is an anti-slavery novel written to get others of the south to realize how horrible slavery is. Slavery is said to be one of the main reasons that the Civil War came to be. Other reasoning has been surpassed in many writings of texts to avoid offending of cultures. People all over the US had different opinions on slavery. Even slaves themselves took advantage of sharing their opinions when given the chance. 

    In a specific case, the Dred Scott Decision, he was given his opportunity to voice his opinions. The court could have just decided that since he was not a citizen of the United States that he was not aloud to be represented in court. They went along with it anyway. His case was this: Dred Scott sued for the freedom of his wife and kids. They belonged to a slave owner who had once lived in the South and moved North taking his "belongings" with him. 

    The court declared the slave owner innocent. Many citizens of the North, especially republicans, came to realize that there were no actual "free states". Any slave owner from anywhere is allowed to move and take slave with him. This was even accepted in the Northern States because slaves are technically someone's possessions. The government can not take away something that belongs to a human and citizen of their country. This leads to the wanted secession of the south. By the time Abraham Lincoln took office, already seven stated had divided from the union. These states adopted to nomenclature of the Confederate States of America.

American Renaissance

American Renaissance 

    In the time that is today called the American Renaissance, a new form of art, music, and in a sense, culture is established. The way of art changed in that in addition to painting people or objects, landscape was also painted or drawn at this time. Those who painted or drew landscape called themselves the Hudson River School. This so called "school" was influenced by romanticism. This was a movement in the late 18 century that was a peak for most areas of the United States. Some say that this was a result of the Industrial Revolution.

     Transcendentalists, which were those who sought to better america, took a big role during this time period. Among the transcendentalists were William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglas, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.