Romanticism and Transcendentalism

Transcendentalism is a _______________.

• literary movement
• social reform movement
• philosophical movement
• all of the above

The values of Transcendentalism starts with ______________________ and Intuition.

• Instinct
• Liberty
• Work
• Nature

All of the following were social reforms during this time period EXCEPT?

• abolition of slavery
• education
• children labor laws
• women's rights

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who was the founding father of Transcendentalism?

• Thoreau
• Whitman
• Emerson
• Waldo

What does this picture represent?

• nonconformity
• civil disobedience
• social reform
• self-reliance

What does this picture represent?

• Self-Reliance
• Spirituality
• Civil Disobedience
• Simplicity

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does this image represent?

• Social Reform
• Simpicity
• Non-conformity
• Enlightenment

Where did American Romantics believe that you could find God?

• Nature
• Church
• Inside yourself
• At the flagpole (at 2:36)

True/False: American Romantics thought that poetry was the highest form of art?

• True
• False

Which of the following is NOT a trait of the Transcendentalists?

• Self-reliance
• Appreciation of nature
• Fear of the devil
• Believing you could find God anywhere