Ralph Waldo Emerson was the founder of the Transcendentalist movement in American literature. Emerson is known for his essays "Self-Reliance" and "Nature. His protege, who became a well-known Transcendental author as well, was Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau became well-known for his experiment in simplicity, living alone in a small cabin at Walden Pond in Massachusetts. He wrote about his experiences and thoughts during that time in the book Walden.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson was the founder of the Transcendentalist movement in American literature. Emerson is known for his essays "Self-Reliance" and "Nature. His protege, who became a well-known Transcendental author as well, was Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau became well-known for his experiment in simplicity, living alone in a small cabin at Walden Pond in Massachusetts. He wrote about his experiences and thoughts during that time in the book Walden.
The transcendentalist movement was a philosophical awakening in the early 1800s in the United States. It stressed the idea that people have an intuitive moral knowledge of what is and isn't right.
The temperance movement.
The Young America Movement was established in 1845 as a political movement. It argued that democracy would eventually take hold everywhere.
The abolitionist movement was created to abolish slavery in America, and it was supported by a fair amount of Americans.
Richard Nixon led the United States during detente.