WorksheetsAmerica: Early 1800s
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
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 -
"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?
All of the following individuals are included in Whitman's poem, EXCEPT:
Masons
Carpenters
Mothers
Slaves
The title, "I Hear America Singing" most likely symbolizes which of the following?
Every American in the United States sings the same song at the same time.
The singing symbolizes teamwork which makes a successful country.
The title symbolizes how music is transforming America in the early 1800s.
What is the theme of Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing"?
America is a place where everyone is doing their own thing; no one is responsible for anyone else.
America is a place where people get to have it both ways: they're at once individuals, with personal freedom and independence, and part of a larger, group that makes America beautiful.
America is a place where people get to have it their own way; they get to to work the job they want while they also get to raise their children and live the lives they want to live.
What is Langston Hughes tone/attitude in the poem, "I, Too"?
Angry
Fearful
Determined
In Langston Hughes' "I, Too" poem (1926), his last line declares: "I, too, am (a) ."
