Intro to Transcendentalism

Romanticism and Transcendentalism

By Nakiya Beaman; Remixed by Bevin Drew

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Check all that apply. Now that the Revolutionary Period was over the people and authors decided to focus on .......

• non political matters

• life, emotions, possibilities

• rights, laws, and war

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Check all that apply.

Which one of these would be characteristic of Romanticism?

• Going with your heart instead of your head

• Believing that things will all work out if you just believe

• Looking at recent research and data numbers to make a decision

• Moving to the woods for more quiet time because the city is too busy

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Check all that apply. What would be some romantic ideals?

• Music was so much more wholesome back in my day. Those were real examples for women

• If we want to progress as people, we need to look back to the practices of our ancestors

• They say that the cure to the disease is located on this faraway island

• Science is what has gotten us far as a people and we shall get better

Open Ended

Where would you want to escape?

Multiple Choice

What is the transcendentalist belief about nature?

• nature is "just there"

• nature is awe-inspiring and reflects spirituality

• nature is unstable and changes too much

• nature is the origin of evil

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Transcendentalists believe that ___________ , humanity, and nature share a universal soul.

• God

• Animals

• Literature

• Government

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Transcendentalism encourages:

• following the rules

• being like everyone else

• joining the majority opinion

• not conforming to what others do and say

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According to the Transcendentalists, the way to discover spirituality is:

• by looking inwards & connecting to nature to discover self

• by listening to what your parents & following the rules

• by going to church every Wednesday & Sunday

• by listening to music & reading poetry

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Transcendentalists believed in:

• the Power of the Government

• the Power of Technology

• the Power of the Individual

• the Power of God

Multiple Choice

Transcendentalists believed all people are inherently:

• good

• evil

• neutral

• bad

Multiple Choice

Who were two important transcendentalists mentioned in the video?

• Henry David Thoreau and John Stuart Mill

• Ralph Waldo Emerson and John Locke

• Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Ralph Waldo Emerson and Friedrich Nietzsche

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What did Ralph Waldo Emerson write and speak about?

• The importance of faith.

• Self-reliance and a person's character.

• The role of God in controlling individual lives.

• The need for social reform.

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What did Emerson urge people to do?

• To rely on faith to guide their lives.

• To rely on reason over emotion.

• To rely on God and country to guide their lives.

• To rely on their inner light to guide their lives and improve society.

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What is Thoreau's best-known work?

• Walden

• Emerson's Back Lots

• The Fugitive Slave Law

• 
  The Underground Railroad

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What did Thoreau believe about individual rights and wrongs?

• 
  They should be decided by the government

• 
  They should be decided by the society

• They should be decided by the individual

• 
  They should be decided by the law

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What action did Thoreau take against slavery?

• 
  He wrote a book against it

• He worked as a conductor on the Underground Railroad

• He paid taxes to support anti-slavery movements

• He started a war against it

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What is one way Emerson's and Thoreau's ideas were used in the 20th century?

• 
  To promote violent protests

• To promote non-violent protests

• To promote individualism

• To reject mass action