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What is Romanticism/Gothic?
Famous Romantic Pieces
America at that Time
The American Dream
100
What time period was Romanticism popular in?
What is the 1800s
100
What were the most popular types of literature?
What is short stories, poems, novels
100
Which war did this era occur after?
What is The Revolutionary War
100
What major idea was the American Dream based on?
What is Manifest Destiny
200
What was another name for the Gothic part of Romanticism?
What is Dark Romanticism or Gothic Romanticism
200
Who is William Cullen Bryant?
What is a famous poet
200
The 1800s were the start of...
What is immigration
200
What idea was popular in America that also caused conflict?
What is white supremacy
300
This type of writing showed...
What is evils of the world
300
What was Edgar Allen Poe famous for?
What is his "grotesque" characters that he includes in a lot of his work
300
Which president was inaugurated during the time of gothic literature?
What is Abraham Lincoln
300
"The Transformation" was written by...
What is Charles Brown
400
Where did Romanticism originate from?
What is Europe
400
This person created a dramatic landscape painting of the Hudson River
What is Thomas Cole
400
What was one big conflict for Americans at that time?
What is slavery
400
Creating a strong nation was important to Americans because...
What is they were a young country at the time
500
What is the difference between Romantic and Gothic literature?
What is Gothic literature was a dark perspective ON Romanticism
500
What is a piece of romantic literature that originated from England?
What is Frankenstein
500
Why did Americans write romantic literature?
What is they wanted to create a unique identity for themselves
500
This type of literature represented...
What is the downsides of the American dream