The literary movement that gave birth to long-lasting American characters and attitudes was "Southwestern Humor," which is a tradition of regional sketches and tales based in the "old South-West" that included Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas. This movement took place during the mid-to-late 1800s from about 1830 - 1860, during the Jacksonian Age, when the frontier was being settled by thousands of European pioneers who were flooding into the West. Since people were beginning to think of …showed first 75 words of 2132 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2132 total…about when people began thinking of themselves as uniquely Americans and started looking for a new identity. This style acted as a voice against the hated Democrat Andrew Jackson. Southwestern Humor has had an impact on the way Americans look at themselves. It reflects the way Jacksonian Democracy was detested by the upper class in the Northeast. Finally, it created a different, but interesting form of writing that has influenced authors into the Modern Age.