Walt Whitman "O Captain! My Captain"
Gone with the Wind takes place in the southern United States in the state of Georgia during the American Civil War (1861–1865) and the Reconstruction Era (1865–1877) that followed the war. The Civil War is the central event in America's historical consciousness. While the Revolution of 1776-1783 created the United States, the Civil War of 1861-1865 determined what kind of nation it would be.
There was a tension between the North and the South of America in the middle of the 19th. While in the North it was a period of economic expansion, social change, scientific discoveries and inventions, the economy of the South was still base on the large plantations of tobacco and cotton, and on slavery.
Northern abolitionists, who included writers, intellectuals, and religious associations, began to organize themselves as a political movement against the exploitation of slaves and the fact they were given no education. It was formed the Republican Party, which demanded that slavery should be excluded from all territories of the Union. In 1860 the Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election.
Soon after, seven Southern States seceded and formed the Confederate States of America. The civil War broke out in 1861 and lasted four years, ending in 1865, when the blue Northern troops defeated the Grey Confederates.
There was a tension between the North and the South of America in the middle of the 19th. While in the North it was a period of economic expansion, social change, scientific discoveries and inventions, the economy of the South was still base on the large plantations of tobacco and cotton, and on slavery.
Northern abolitionists, who included writers, intellectuals, and religious associations, began to organize themselves as a political movement against the exploitation of slaves and the fact they were given no education. It was formed the Republican Party, which demanded that slavery should be excluded from all territories of the Union. In 1860 the Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election.
Soon after, seven Southern States seceded and formed the Confederate States of America. The civil War broke out in 1861 and lasted four years, ending in 1865, when the blue Northern troops defeated the Grey Confederates.