Transcendentalism
Women's Suffrage
Hudson River School
Transcendentalist Literature
100
The meaning of the word "Transcend."
To go above and beyond what was previously thought possible.
100
Suffrage is...
the right to vote!
100
Where was Thomas Cole when he was inspired to paint the landscape, beginning the Hudson River School?
Hudson River Valley.
100
What kind of stories did Washington Irving write?:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Washington-Irving-study-2500gty-56a488ca3df78cf77282dd44.jpg)
Gothic, eerie, biographical.
200
Meaning of the suffix "-ism"
A belief or ideology.
200
Who was allowed to vote in the mid-1800s?
White men.
200
Who is credited with starting the Hudson River School Movement?
Thomas Cole.
200
Explain this quote from Irving:
People sometimes try so hard to hide something that it becomes very obvious what they are hiding.
300
Transcendentalism believes in the unity of what?
People or community.
300
How did Susan B. Anthony protest for her right to vote?
Illegally voting anyway.
300
Where was the actual Hudson River School located?
Nowhere! It was not a school, but an art movement.
300
What famous character did Washington Irving create?
The Headless Horseman, seen with a Jack-o-Lantern for a head.
400
Transcendentalism seeks to find the innocence of a _______ within all of us.
child
400
Sojourner Truth was such a significant figure because she...
was previously enslaved, and was now a voice for not only women, but Black women in the United States.
400
What was the goal of Hudson River School art?
To make you feel small in comparison to the vastness and power of nature.
400
Explain this quote from James Fennimore Cooper:
Genuine friendship can overcome any issues and problems, just as water in the spring will not be frozen by the winter cold.
500
Transcendentalism also places heavy emphasis on the overwhelming power and perfection seen in?
Nature.
500
What two ladies are credited with starting the Women's Suffrage Movement?
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
500
What other art movement was present in the Hudson River School art?
Romanticism
500
What inspired many of Washington Irving's gothic and creepy writings?
The Catskill Mountains.
