Transcendentalism Where I Lived and What I Lived For

Where did the Transcendentalists believe that you could find God?

• Nature
• Church
• Inside yourself
• At the flagpole 

The aim of Transcendentalism is ___________________________________.

• Self-Reliance

• Self-Knowledge

• Self-Taught

• Self-Esteem

American Transcendentalists did NOT like which of the following?

• Nature
• Independence
• Slavery
• Non Conformity

Who is considered the "father" of Transcendentalism?

• Henry David Thoreau

• Margaret Fuller

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Robin Williams

Transcendentalists believe that ___________ , humanity, and nature share a universal soul.

• God

• Animals

• Literature

• Government

The Transcendentalists believed in self-reliance and free thought.

• True

• False

Transcendentalists believed all people are inherently:

• good

• evil

• neutral

• bad

Transcendentalism values...

• Nonconformity
• Conformity
• Technological advances
• Society

In Walden, Thoreau is advocating for...

• attention to detail

• more social freedom

• less individuality

• simple, structured living

Why did Thoreau choose to live in the woods?

• to challenge himself to do so

• to live meaningfully

• to avoid other people

• to get closer to nature