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Worksheets9.3 American Culture
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 12mins
Group of people that painted nature and the American landscape. Led by Thomas Cole.
Quakers
Federalists
Puritans
Hudson River School
Published "Birds of America," arguably the most important work on Birds ever published.
Thomas Cole
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
John James Audubon
Why was Washington Irving known as the first "American" author?
Because he was named after George Washington
Because he was born at the end of the American Revolution
Because he wrote about American culture and heritage
All of the above
What area of New York was made famous by Irving's writing?
Hudson River Valley
Lake Erie
New York City
What did Thomas Jefferson call for Americans to do out of admiration for ancient Greece and Rome?
learn to speak and write Greek
model buildings after Greek and Roman styles
establish schools modeled after Roman schools
adopt laws following the example of Greek and Roman laws
Who wrote satires, including "Rip Van Winkle"?
John James Audubon
George Caleb Bingham
Thomas Cole
James Fenimore Cooper
Washington Irving
Who wrote historical fiction, including A New-England Tale?
Catharine Maria Sedgwick
Noah Webster
James Fenimore Cooper
Washington Irving
George Caleb Bingham
Who painted birds and mammals, such as in The Birds of America?
Thomas Cole
James Fenimore Cooper
John James Audubon
Noah Webster
Washington Irving
Who painted scenes of traders, settlers, and Native Americans on the American frontier?
Thomas Cole
Catharine Maria Sedgwick
George Caleb Bingham
James Fenimore Cooper
John James Audubon
Who wrote a dictionary of American English?
John James Audubon
Noah Webster
George Caleb Bingham
James Fenimore Cooper
Washington Irving
This short story describes a man who falls ashleep during the American Revolution and wakes up 20 years later to a society he doesn't recognize.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Rip Van Winkle
The Last of the Mohicans
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
James Fenimore Coopers first successful novel was _____
The Pioneers
Rip Van Winkle
The Spy
The Last of the Mohicans
Critics of Coopers say that his characters were interesting.
True
False
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was written by
Washington Irving
James Fenimore Cooper
The Hudson River school emerged in
1780's
1830's
1840's
1920's
Hunter's of Kentucky was used successfully in (a) campaign for the presidency in 1828.
Which novel is considered James Fenimore Cooper's masterpiece?
The Pioneers
The Prairie
The Last of the Mohicans
The Spy
How did Americans design buildings after the American Revolution?
in the style of the British
in the style of the Spanish
in the style of Greece and Rome
in the style of Austraila
in ____ Massachusetts lawmakers created a state board of education
1827
1837
1847
1857
What topics interested American writers in the early 1800s?
American History
The Frontier
British lifestyle
British History
Where is Mrs. Roe from?
New York City
Lawton
Hudson Valley
Washington
