Sounds like you're in the process of making a great Powerpoint. Concerning your question about the neoclassical and the romantic, I'm not completely sure what you mean by causes and effects. The question is also really at least four questions in one. You might want to place it on the discussion board to get everything you're asking answered.
That said, I'll answer what I can to get you started. The neoclassical period is somewhat synonymous with the Age of Enlightenment. Quoting from The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms, the philosophy involved consists of:
...a preference for rationality, clarity, restraint, order, and decorum, and for general truths rather than particular insights.
The preference for general truths mentioned above led to an interest in "the big picture," just to elaborate on one of the preferences mentioned. Think Rousseau or Swift.
Romanticism reacted against most of this (is this what you mean by causes and effects?). Think transcendentalism (in the U.S., Emerson and Thoreau). The romantics emphasized the personal, self-expression, imagination, creativity. Instead of imitating the classics as neoclassicism sought to do, Romanticism sought the revolutionary.
Finally, this is not my area but romanticism is considered to be a forerunner of surrealism and expressionism, if that helps.
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