These quotations suggest that American artists and writers in the nineteenth century were
•trying to copy the styles and forms of
European art.
• trying to create a uniquely American style.
•hoping to make New York the world capital of
art.

trying to create a uniquely American style.

Explanation:

These quotations suggest that American artists and writers in the nineteenth century were trying to create a uniquely American style.

For example, Allan Poe showed her analytical skills when writing, James Cooper brought history into his inventive plots. These writers and artists wanted to bring about something different from them normal things or happenings.

the crusades are one of the most significant events in the history of europe and the middle east.   they were a series of religious wars carried out by christian crusaders from europe during the timeframe of the middle ages.   beginning in 1095 ce, the crusades saw european knights and noblemen travel to the middle east in an attempt to capture the holy land away from muslim people that had controlled the region for the previous centuries.   the term crusade means ‘cross’.   therefore, the europeans that became crusaders viewed themselves as ‘taking up the cross’.   in fact, many of the crusaders wore crosses on their clothing and armor as they made their pilgrimage to the holy land.

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