Transcendentalism Review

The Transcendentalists believed in self-reliance and free thought.

• True

• False

Transcendentalists believed in:

• the Power of the Government

• the Power of Technology

• the Power of the Individual

• the Power of God

Led transcendentalism

Writer

Believed in Individualism

Wrote "Nature" depicting the American landscape and nature

• Thomas Cole

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Henry David Thoreau

• John James Audubon

Supporter of Transcendentalism.

Resisted government laws viewed as unjust by refusing to pay his poll taxes in an act of Civil Disobedience

• Thomas Cole

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Henry David Thoreau

• John James Audubon

Ralph Waldo Emerson was a key leader within

• Social Justice

• Education Reform

• Transcendentalism

• Labor Reform

Ralph Waldo Emerson was the leader of which movement?

• Abolitionism

• Transcendentalism

• Capitalism

• Mercantilism

Which of the following concepts is central to Transcendentalism?

• Materialism

• Individualism

• Conformity

• Industrialism

Who wrote the essay 'Self-Reliance' that is a key text in Transcendentalist philosophy?

• Henry David Thoreau

• Margaret Fuller

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Walt Whitman

Transcendentalism emphasizes a connection with which of the following?

• Technology

• Nature

• Urban Life

• Government

Which Transcendentalist author is known for living at Walden Pond?

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Henry David Thoreau

• Louisa May Alcott

• Nathaniel Hawthorne