LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
AMERICAN RENAISSANCE UNIQUELY AMERICAN ART LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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Easier to make books
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Newspapers
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Literacy
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -They turned out more than 10 million copies of books in Latin and other European languages. Books became cheaper in price and available to anyone who could read them. Books were no longer chained in libraries. The spread of knowledge, both factual and not, exploded throughout Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer : Gutenberg’s printing press spread literature to the masses for the first time in an efficient, durable way, shoving Europe headlong into the original information age – the Renaissance.
Detailed explanation-3: -As printing spread, newspapers were published and issues were debated in public. The leaders and reformers were able to spread their ideas easily. Poets and novelists could also write and express their feelings and sentiments, which now could reach a larger audience.