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Emerson
The Park
100
Considered the Father of the Transcendentalism movement
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson
100
The time period of this movement
What is 1830s-1860s
100
Meaning to have some level of doubt
What is skepticism
100
Wrote this to beckon for a new kind of spirit to take root in humanity, a spirit fueled by individualism, creativity, and a tireless work ethic.
What is "The American Scholar"
100
Location of the shift in the poem
What is line 13
200
Wrote "Women in the Nineteenth Century" and was an avid feminist
Who is Margaret Fuller
200
The location of the first meeting of the Transcendentalist club
What is Cambridge, Massachusetts
200
the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning
What is intuition
200
Name of magazine he co-founded and edited
What is The Dial
200
Who Emerson is judging throughout most of the poem
Who are the wealthy and prosperous
300
Spent 2 years of life in cabin on land that belonged to another author in this time period to reconnect with nature
Who is Henry David Thoreau
300
Widely debated issues during this time period that were major components to the spread of this movement
What is expansionism, slavery, and women's rights
300
Not based on logic
What is empirical
300
Best representation of this movement and first book
What is Nature
300
What spell do these enchanters/enchantresses cast?
What is that money and material things make life happier/more desireable
400
Margaret Fuller created this group to discuss issues arising during this time to get people thinking
What is the Transcendentalist Club
400
What movement is this often associated with?
What is Romanticism
400
The desire of a nation or community to spread its physical and economic borders
What is expansionism
400
He apprehensively took on this title despite not wanting to be called this
What is Father of the Transcendentalist movement
400
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What is the rhyme scheme of this poem
500
Henry David Thoreau's reasoning for joining the movement
What is to create a simpler life for himself, tune in with natural world, and make writing and meditating easier
500
This was a movement strictly in this country
What is America
500
Latin word meaning to climb over
What is transcendere
500
Purpose of "Self Reliance" text
What is to encourage individuality and beliefs that differ from the norms
500
The enchanters/enchantresses in the poem
Who are the rich
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