7.6 Arts and Literature

How did American literature change during the early 1800s?

• It drew on European ideas.

• It focused on entertainment.

• It became focused on social issues.

• It reflected American values and concerns.

Ralph Waldo Emerson's philosophy stressed mankind's

• pessimism

• individualism

• selfishness

• curiosity

How did the Hudson River School artists reflect their love for their country?

• They portrayed hard-working country people.

• They portrayed magnificent American landscapes.

• They reflected democratic values.

• They rebelled against European art styles.j

What does Walt Whitman's poetry celebrate?

• the joys of rugged individualism

• the accomplishments of women

• the simple pleasures of ordinary life

• democracy and the common peopleh

What made American music in the 1800s "American"?

• It was about freedom and democracy.

• It was about life in America.

• It mixed the different musical traditions of Americans.

• It was, like the country itself, an old idea made new.

One view held by transcendentalists was that it was up to each individual to

• be independent.

• make his or her own laws.

• decide what is right and wrong.

• share what he or she has with others.

What do Mohandas Gandhi and Henry David Thoreau have in common?

• They were both transcendentalists.

• They both celebrated living a solitary life.

• They both opposed British rule.

• They both believed in civil disobedience.