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WorksheetsAmerican Culture
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 28mins
Who is considered the "father" of Transcendentalism?
Thomas Cole
Margaret Fuller
Ralph Waldo Emerson
William Lloyd Garrison
What is the transcendentalist belief about nature?
nature is "just there"
nature is awe-inspiring and reflects spirituality
nature is unstable and changes too much
nature is the origin of evil
Transcendentalism encourages:
following the rules
being like everyone else
joining the majority opinion
not conforming to what others do and say
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
Group of people that painted nature and the American landscape. Led by Thomas Cole.
Quakers
Federalists
Puritans
Hudson River School
Movement that focused on the importance of nature and resisting unjust government laws.
Temperance
Transcendentalism
The Second Great Awakening
Abolition
Published "Birds of America," arguably the most important work on Birds ever published.
Thomas Cole
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
John James Audubon
