“America’s Emergence: Expansion, Manifest Destiny, and Sectional Divisions, 1836 to 1860”
Question: Discuss the impact of the following three events: the Second Great Awakening, American transcendentalism (as exemplified by Emerson and Thoreau), and American Romanticism (as exemplified by authors such as Poe, Melville, and so forth). Discuss the impact of these events on the development of an “American mind” during the first half of the 19th century. Your essay should contain at least 5 specific examples from the book to support your argument. The goal here is for you to share your thoughts about and understanding of these three events and their impact on American development in the 19th century. You should address all of these points in your essay.