The rapid development of capitalist relations and the identification of sharp social contrast in socio-political life affected the cultural development of the United States. In the first half of the 19th century, the main energy of the nation was spent on improving the economy of the state. There were practically no people who would strive to engage in art and invest their money in it. Franklin also said that in Great Britain there are much more great people than throughout the United States. The main type of "art" at that time was the "desire for the West."
A coup in culture and attitude
After the end of the civil war of 1861-1865 in the United States, a period of industrial development began. Cities grew before our eyes, land prices gave rise to an increase in the height of buildings, and by the end of the century the first skyscrapers appeared in New York and Chicago. If in the first half of the century, writers, artists and composers often had little means to fully engage in art, then the second half of the 19th century gave them a chance to realize their ideas.
