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Unit 4: Period 4: 1800–1848

The Development of an American Culture

Explain how writers, painters, architects and thinkers built a national culture from 1800 to 1848, mixing American subjects, European ideas and regional styles.

Topic 4.9 · 12 min read

This lesson comes with the AP United States History plan

In this lesson

  1. 01Building a national culture after independence
  2. 02Romanticism and the belief that people can be perfected
  3. 03Painting and building a national style
  4. 04Regional cultures and popular culture
  5. 05Worked examples
  6. 06Where students lose points

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