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| what are the years of this period |
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| what did this literature emphasize |
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| imagination, feeling, individualism, and enthusiasm for nature |
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| what did this literature reflect |
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| the optimism of american society |
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| what helped the nation expand westward |
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| what caused cities to become overcrowded and polluted |
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| what did romanticism value |
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| feelings over reason and logic |
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| as reformation worked to improve society, what did it seek to specifically improve |
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| what is transcendentalism |
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| an idealistic form of romanticism that sought to transcend ordinary life through spiritual experiences and nature |
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| how did the size of the nation change in the 19th century |
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| what is the nationalistic spirit reflect |
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| an optimistic belief in the nations progress and communication and way of life |
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| discuss how cities were affected by industrialism and immigration |
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| the became grimy, over populated, and ridden with disease and crime |
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| how did romantic writers see the city |
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| immortality, corruption, and death |
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| how did romantic writers see the country side |
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| independence, moral clarity, and healthful living |
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| discuss the lyceum movement |
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| began in millbury, mass.; pursued numbers of goals including educating adults, training teachers, and establishing museums, and instituting social reform |
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| what did horace mann seek to improve |
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| relieve the horrible conditions in mental institutions |
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| margaret fuller, elizabeth peabody, and emma willard |
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| what is a utopian project |
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| plans for creating a perfect society |
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| what was the most influential of the idealist groups of this period |
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| what writer was a famous transcendentalist and who led it |
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| discuss transcendentalism |
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| refers to the idea that in determining the ultimate reality of god, the universe, the self and other matters one must go beyond everyday human experience in the natural world |
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| discuss the challenges the us faced due to slavery |
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| the south increased cotton plantations and the south wouldnt give up the fight and this led to the civil war |
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| discuss the challenge the us faced due to the treatment of the native americans |
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| native americans were forced to give up their way of life and take up farming and other livelihoods and were forced to move to oklahoma |
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| discuss the trail of tears |
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| when the native american were forced to move from their land and travel 800 miles west in oklahoma; 4000 died |
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| discuss anti-transcendentalists include what this means and who were some important members |
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| their views of the world were so pessimistic; some members were edgar allen poe, herman melville, and nathaniel hawthorne |
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| what did the transcendentalists and anti- transc. have in common |
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| intuition over logic and reason |
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| what did the anti- transc. explore in their writings |
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| the conflicts between good and evil, psychological effects of guilt and sin, and madness in the human psyche |
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| revolt against rationalism that affected literature and other arts |
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| what two ways did romantics seek to find or discover truth |
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| by choosing situations and settings from the natural past and by reflecting on the natural world until reality went away to reveal beauty and truth |
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| the american novel came hand and hand with what |
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| what themes did the american novel include |
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| growth of nationalistic spirit |
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| discuss characteristics of the romantic hero |
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| simple mortality, love of nature, distrust of town life, and almost superhuman resources |
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| discuss how the romantic poets differed from the romantic novelist |
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| poets used european themes and literary traditions while novelists looked for new material |
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| henry longfullan, john whittier, william bryant, oliver holmes, and james lowell |
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| why were they called fireside poets |
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| their poems were read by a fireside as family entertainment |
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