American Literary Movements

Which American movement's main literature consisted of creation myths?

• Puritans

• Native Americans

• Modernism

• Enlightenment

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The ________ opposed fiction because it was fake and full of lies.

• Enlightenment Period

• Modernists

• Native Americans

• Puritans

The Salem Witch Trials took place during this literary movement.

• Puritans/English Settlers

• Realism

• Transcendentalism

• Enlightenment

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The major political documents (Constitution, etc.) came from this American movement.

• Enlightenment

• Romanticism

• Realism

• Modernism

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This literary movement was focused on connecting to nature and reaching a higher spiritual level

• Realism

• Puritans

• Transcendentalism

• Pluralism

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This literary movement gave birth to the short story.

• Gothicism

• Romanticism

• Realism

• Enlightenment

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_____ believed in living simply and standing up for your beliefs.

• Romanticists

• Native Americans

• Transcendentalists

• Puritans

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This movement expanded the fiction genre by introducing exotic and supernatural settings and plotlines.

• Transcendentalism

• Romanticism

• Puritans

• Pluralism

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Slave narratives exemplify the themes and values of this literary movement.

• Puritans

• Modernism

• Realism

• Romanticism

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Women's rights and women writers came to light during this literary movement.

• Enlightenment

• Realism

• Romanticism

• Native Americans

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