Getting Real (3 points):
•Ralph Waldo Emerson challenged writers to____________
•This inspired some of America's most cherished poets.
°Walt Whitman:
°Emily Dickinson:
•The Civil War
°As the war drew nearer, Americans became aware of the drastic realities of__________
°Although the Civil War marked the end of_________and the beginning of freedom for many, it_________
°The produced by the war and the___________ greatly affected writers and artists of this time.​