Which statement best explains how Ralph Waldo Emerson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Ned Buntline were similar? They all attempted to revive traditional religious values.
They were all founders of influential social-reform movements.
They all shaped the literary culture in the United States.
They were all strongly influenced by the ideals of Transcendentalism.

They all shaped the literary culture in the United States. Ned Buntline was a sensationalist writer who wrote many stories which moved people to extreme passionate acts such as rioting. Harriet Beecher Stowe helped people's view progress on slavery as she wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, as it depicted the harsh life of African-American slaves. Ralph Waldo Emerson was the leader of the Transcendentalist movement (a protest against the general state of spirituality) and was a big supporter of individualism, as well as writing stories about the pressure of society.

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lincoln presided over the union victory in the american civil war, which dominated his presidency. a former whig, lincoln ran on a political platform opposed to the expansion of slavery in the territories. his election served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the american civil war.

answer: secession

secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the american civil war, comprises the series of events that began on december 20, 1860, and extended through june 8 of the next year when eleven states in the lower and upper south severed their ties with the union. the first seven seceding states of the lower south set up a provisional government at montgomery, alabama. after hostilities began at fort sumter in charleston harbor on april 12, 1861, the border states of virginia, arkansas, tennessee, and north carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to richmond, virginia. the union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the united states, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the confederate states of america.

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