American Romanticism Quiz

What are the dates of the first part of the American Romanticism movement that we’ve studied thus far?

• 1800-1860

• 1800-1900

• 1800-1865

• 1800-1855

"Manifest Destiny" is....

• Changing the country to a dictatorship.

• The idea that it was the destiny of the United States to expand to the Pacific Ocean and the Mexican territory.

• The Idea that the United States should control England and other countries.

• The United States should have more slaves.

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The Indian Removal Act of 1930 is an example of ....

• growth of industry

• westward expansion

• Nationalism

• social reform

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Who was not a Fireside Poet?

• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

• James Russel Lowell

• Henry David Thoreau

• John Greenleaf Whittier

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Who was a Transcendentalist?

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Henry David Thoreau

• Both Thoreau and Emerson

• Neither Thoreau and Emerson

Transcendentalism is the belief that....

• Saving money is a great habit.

• Living a stressful life without emotions and feelings is the way to be.

• A simple life and close relationship to nature are important to one's existence.

• people are inherently evil

Which is not an element of "Brooding Romanticists?"

• explored human capacity for evil

• explored character's motivations

• were committed to social reform

• supernatural or fantasy

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Who is known for writing the first truly American novel?

• Edgar Allan Poe

• James Fennimore Cooper

• Washington Irving

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Which group of writers is known as the "anti-transcendentalists?"

• The Fireside Poets

• The Early Romantics

• The Brooding Romantics

From which group of writers is Mrs. Alanis's favorite author from?

• The Fireside Poets

• The Early Romantics

• The Transcendentalists

• The Brooding Romantics

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