American Literature & History: American Romanticism

What time period is approximately the time of the American Romantic Era?

• 1700-1750

• 1640-1690

• 1850-1900

• 1800-1860

What did American Romantics believe was a spiritual and moral guide?

• Church

• Nature

• Books

• Inner self

Which of the following is NOT a value of the Romantic Period?

• Optimism and Individualism

• Kinship with Nature

• The Power of Darkness

• Reason

American Romanticism refers to romantic love.

• True

• False

Romantics value industry over nature.

• True

• False

Romantics value intuition over education.

• True

• False

The Romantic Era was sparked by which of the following causes?

• Westward Expansion

• Growth of population in cities

• Industrial Revolution

• All of these sparked the Romantic Era

Romanticism is....

• a philosophy that says truth is reached through intuition over reason

• events and social conditions presented as they are, with no idealization.

• an attitude toward nature, humanitym and society emphasizing freedom, imagination, and individuality.

• desolute, full of remote settings, and violent.

What are two subgenres of American Romanticism?

• guilt and sin

• good and evil

• sin and psychology

• Dark Romanticisim and Transendentalism

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The Transcendentalist believed in self-reliance and free thought.

• True

• False