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1851, Europeans had started to refer to manufacture by interchangable parts 

Invented the revolving pistol 

Had more track than any other railroad in 1855 

The securities of all the leading railroads were traded on the floor in 1850, and railroads turned NY into the modern investment firm 

Families in middle and upper class prefered an ornate furniture style name Rococo 

Typical narrow and long, row houses were practical responses to rising urban land values 

Yellow fever and Cholera killed 1/5 of New Orlean's population in 1823-1833, cholera= 10% of St. Louis population in 1849 

Imported from Europe, rested on the idea that human mind comprised 37 distinct faculties 

Arose in northen cities in the 1840's when white men in blackface took to the stage to present an evening of songs, dances, and humorous sketches 

Newspaper called Herald of Freedom, a career in popular entertainment 

Was the first important figure in the literary upsurge 

Emerged in the late 1830's as the most influential spokesman for American literary nationalism, leading transcendetalism  

Wrote Civil Disobedience and Walden 

Wrote Leaves of Grass 

Wrote the Scarlet Letter  and House of the Seven Gables and Marble Faun

Wrote The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Cask of Amontillado 

Wrote Mardi and Moby-Dick