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2200 B.C. to 1600 A.D.

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The Powhatan Confederacy at the year 1607 had a population of roughly 14,000 to 21,000 people.

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Native Americans (2200 B.C. to 1600 A.D.) : Period Characteristics

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Fun fact 2  - size of the Powatan Confederacy 

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Fun fact 2  - size of the Powatan Confederacy 

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The Powatan confederacy covered 8,000 miles.

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1607 - early settlement.

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Rationalism - 1607 Early Settlement—Jamestown

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Rationalism - 1607 Early Settlement—Jamestown

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Founded in 1607 and named after King James 1 of England.

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1775-1783 Revolutionary War

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Mostly comprised of philosophers, scientists, writing speeches and pamphlets. 1685 - 1815

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Human beings can arrive at truth (God's rules) by using deductive reasoning, rather than relying on the authority of the past, on religious faith, or intuition

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Rationalism claims that the reason for primary knowledge emphasizes logic over sensory experiences. https://www.britannica.com/topic/rationalism

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which saw over 200 accused and 19 hanged in Massachusetts, resulted in a unique, non-lethal form of protest by 80-year-old Giles Corey.

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Faith in progress, individual liberty, secularism, the use of mathematics in philosophy (Descartes, Leibniz), deism, and the development of natural laws for governance, leading to ideas of democracy, human rights, and economic liberalism.

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The big three René Descartes, Baruch Spinoza, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 

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The big three René Descartes, Baruch Spinoza, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 

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During this period, both the American and French revolutions took place.

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File:Gorham Manufacturing Company 1886.jpg - Wikipedia

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This guy, Ralph Waldo Emerson, is the one who started this event around the year 1830 - 1860s

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First African American Poet Laureate(Consultant in Poetry) for the Library of Congress.

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Hayden taught English at Fisk University for over 20 years and later at the University of Michigan, where he also studied under poet W. H. Auden.

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Faith and Focus on History: A devout follower of the Bahá'í faith, which influenced his work's themes of unity. 

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Faith and Focus on History: A devout follower of the Bahá'í faith, which influenced his work's themes of unity. 

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Dr. Seuss was never a doctor. He used it as a pen name.

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His first book was rejected over 27 times before being published. And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street was the book's name.

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Green Eggs and Ham was written on a bet: Publisher Bennett Cerf bet Geisel $50

that he could not write a book using only 50 different words, which led to the creation of Green Eggs and Ham.

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1. Pulitzer Prize Winner: Alice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 for her novel "The Color Purple."

2. Activist: She is a strong advocate for civil rights, women's rights, and environmental issues.

3. Trailblazer: Walker is the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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Modernism (c. 1900–1950s): a cultural shift breaking from tradition to capture rapid social and intellectual change. It favored subjective experience, and uncertain meaning, influenced by industrialization.

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Langston Hughes was an important writer during the Harlem Renaissance. His poem Harlem, also called “A Dream Deferred,” was published in 1951. In the poem, Hughes asks what happens when people’s dreams are delayed or ignored. He uses strong imagery, such as “a raisin in the sun,” to show frustration and disappointment. The poem connects to the American Dream because it highlights how many people did not have equal opportunities to achieve their goals.

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The phrase "American dream" was popularized by the historian James Truslow Adams in 1931, who described it as "a better , richer and happier life" for everyone.

Homeownership became a central symbol of the dream after ww2 rose from 44% in 1940 to over 60% by 1960.

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In the 1930s, the American Dream mostly meant having a steady job, food, and a safe home during the Great Depression.

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Many families in the 1930s changed their dream from getting rich to just surviving the Great Depression Breadlines

Dust Bowl and Migration

New Deal and Work Programs, having food, work, and a safe home.

New Deal programs helped create jobs and gave people hope during the Great Depression. Great Depression Breadlines

Dust Bowl and Migration

New Deal and Work Programs

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In the 1940s, the American Dream focused on wartime jobs, patriotism, and later starting a stable family after World War II.

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Many women joined the workforce during World War II because millions of men were serving in the military.

After the war, many veterans used the GI Bill to attend college and buy homes, helping grow the middle class.1940s American Dream Fact:
During the 1940s, the American Dream focused on supporting the country during World War II and later building a stable family life after the war.

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In the 1950s, the American Dream often meant owning a suburban home, having a steady job, and raising a family.

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Suburbs grew quickly in the 1950s as many families moved outside cities into new neighborhoods.

Television became very popular and helped shape ideas about the “perfect” American family lifestyle.

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During the 1960s, the American Dream shifted from primarily owning a house and having a perfect family to also emphasizing equality, civil rights, and peace during the Vietnam War protests.

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The American Dream drastically changed during the 1960’s in the United States. During the 1960’s, the Civil Rights Movement began and influenced the nation drastically. Instead of focusing solely on…

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Civil Rights activists fought so that the American Dream could include equal rights, jobs, voting, and housing for Black Americans.

Many young people protested the Vietnam War and questioned traditional ideas about success, family, and government.

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https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/61644/chapter-abstract/539900185?redirectedFrom=fulltext In the 1970s, many Americans felt the American Dream was becoming harder to achieve because of economic struggles, cultural conflicts, and rising inequality.

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The 1970s had “stagflation,” meaning high inflation and slow economic growth happened at the same time.

Gas shortages caused long lines at gas stations, making daily life more stressful for many families.

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James Joyce’s Ulysses (1922) uses stream-of-consciousness to map an entire day in dense, experimentalprose.

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The Bauhaus school (founded 1919) unified art, craft, and industry, directly shaping modern architecture and design.

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An event where the everyday figure was to portray life with and people more acurectly.

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Realist artists painted ordinary laborers and domestic scenes to challenge academic subjects like historyand mythology.

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These writers focused depections of everyday speech and socail conditions.

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Robert was celebrated as a well-known American poet.

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Robert Frost never graduated from college. 

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Robert Frost never graduated from college. 

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He never graduated from college and yet became one of the most successful poets in America.

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Robert Frost is the only poet to win 4 Pulitzer Prizes, including President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address he read "the gift outright".

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American Romanticism (roughly 1820-1860) was the first major U.S. literary movement, emphasizing emotion, individualism, nature, the common person, and a unique American identity. 

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American Romanticism (roughly 1820-1860) was the first major U.S. literary movement, emphasizing emotion, individualism, nature, the common person, and a unique American identity. 

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Fun fact #2: John Paul Jones and the early American flag.

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Fun fact #2: John Paul Jones and the early American flag.

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After John Paul Jones captured the British ship Serapis, he lost his flag during the battle. While in port, he had to design a new flag quickly, which looked like this.

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McCarthyism is a political practice defined by the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s.

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February 2022 -Advocacy for Ukrainian sovereignty against Russia. 

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February 2022 -Advocacy for Ukrainian sovereignty against Russia. 

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-25/anti-war-protests-held-across-the-world-in-support-of-ukraine/100859474?future=true&

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April 2023 - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rallies support against the invasion. 

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April 2023 - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rallies support against the invasion. 

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-26/ukraine-president-zelenskyy-speaks-with-chinas-xi-jinping/102270290