Charles Darwin
The word Darwin chose not to use in his theories/book.
"Evolution"
The person who created the theory of Social Darwinism
Herbert Spencer
Name the American Realist author mentioned in our presentation who began to call for authors "to picture the daily life in the most exact terms possible".Hint: He wrote the Rise of Silas Lapham (1885).
William Dean Howells
Name of the radical literary group in San Francisco that Jack London was a part of:
The Crowd, London was a passionate advocate of animal rights, workers' rights, and socialism.
Modernism was influenced by worldwide industrialization and the _____ _____ ___.
the first World War.
The name of Darwin's book that gained traction for his theories about natural selection.
On the Origin of Species
These concepts from Darwin's theory of evolution were applied to society in Social Darwinism.
Natural Selection and Competition
The name of the author of The Red Badge of Courage (1895). Hint: He was inspired by war paintings and helped found American Naturalism.
Stephen Crane
Name the two famous wolf/dog novels London wrote:
Call of the Wild and White fang
What was Mark Twain's real name?
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Charles Darwin believed in this philosophical concept, that everything comes from natural causes/is related to or from nature.
Naturalism
William Graham Sumner
The name of the author who dismissed "professional optimists" who always arrived at a happy ending. Hint: His novels featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm moral code.
Theodore Dreiser, he wrote Sister Carrie (1900) and An American Tragedy (1925).
Stephen Crane said that his fiction tried to capture "a world of _____".
Fists
Name Mark Twains satirical adventure novel that indicted slavery and racism.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884).