America: Early 1800s

True or False: Hudson River School was a University located in upstate NY.

• True

• False

The period of the Hudson River School was:

• 1776-1789

• 1789-1793

• 1812-1861

• 1825-1875

All of the following are elements of Hudson River School paintings EXCEPT:

• Dramatic views of nature

• Realistic, not abstract

• The human as the focal point

• People small in scale

In "The Hunters' Return," which detail does Cole include to suggest the inevitable development of the land?

• Large stumps and felled trees in the foreground

• Railroad tracks in the distant mountains

• Farm machinery on the family’s property

• Autumn colors symbolizing the passage of time

The Hudson River School had a specific topic to their art that usually focused on...

• landscapes, rivers, countrysides

• factories, industry, machines

• shipbuilders of the northeast

• slavery in the south

True or False: The Hudson River School painters presented America's landscape as a source of national pride and identity.

• True

• False

Check ALL that apply: Hudson River School artists lived during an era of rapid change and witnessed their effects on the landscape. These included:

• technological advancements

• industrialization

• urbanization

• slavery

The Americans Walt Whitman refers to in his poem "I Hear America Singing" are -

• ordinary working people
• wounded soldiers
• great figures in the US history
• doctors and nurses

"Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong." What is the overall tone of Walt Whitman's poem?

• positive

• negative

• indifferent

As used in this poem, what does the repeated word "singing" symbolize?

• Complaining 
• Slacking
• Celebrating