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Intellectuals with literary and political concerns were at the center of the Young America movement of the late 1830s to about 1850. Growing out of the Tetractys Club, which was founded by a small group including Evert A. Duyckinck and Cornelius Mathews, the Young Americans supported the common man, democracy, and reform.
Feb 21, 2024 · Building on earlier works, notably Yonatan Eyal’s The Young America Movement and the Transformation of the Democratic Party, 1828–1861 (2007), Smith argues that the Young Americans advanced a new form of American nationalism “that combined politics and intellectual culture by drawing on the liberal tradition of natural law” (10 ...
O’Sullivan lived a long (1813–1895) eventful life. He was the son of an English woman of aristocratic origins and an Irish-born, naturalized American sea captain whose life included stints as a filibuster (in 1806, with Francisco de Miranda to Venezuela), a reputed smuggler, and a U.S. minister in far-flung posts.
Moby Dick. After the Mexican american war,the young america movement focused mainly on ________. Economic growth and industrialization. What did the idea of manifest destiny encourage? Territorial expansion. Mexican territory in North america in 1821 included _______. California,New mexico and texas.
In 1853, New York writer and lecturer George William Curtis tried to put into words the elusive mindset known as Young America. Curtis attempted to define a concept that had many meanings in the antebellum United States, and in his speech he focused on its spirit of freshness and boldness. “Youth, or Young America, smiles at greatness,” he ...
The Young America movement, strongest among members of the Democratic Party but spanning the political spectrum, downplayed divisions over slavery and ethnicity by embracing national unity and emphasizing American exceptionalism, territorial expansion, democratic participation, and economic interdependence. 2 Poet Ralph Waldo Emerson captured ...
Young America movement, a political and cultural movement in the U.S. during the mid-nineteenth century Young America's Foundation , a 20th-century conservative group Young Americans for Freedom , a similarly named organization
