1. How did territorial expansion affect Native Americans in North America?
The Native Americans lost their “spirit”. Native Americans were considered savages and were either killed or conformed to the American control. The Indians lost their identity due to the American expansion.
2. How were the contradictions of economic expansion expressed by American artists?
Walt Whitman linked the romantic, transcendental, and realist movements together to revolutionize literature. The American artist told stories of the auctions, of the markets, and of the vast possibilities of the American people.
3. What is ragtime?
A genre of popular music in which the musician takes a classical or popular melody and plays it in an “off beat” fashion.