General Review
Transcendentalism started in this century
19th
Walden
This text is about how beautiful the stars, sun, and trees are, etc.
nature
This tenet revolved around getting rid of material things?
living simply
This father of the Transcendentalism movement.
Emerson
True or False: Transcendentalists rejected the idea of organized religion, but were still spiritual.
True.
Why did Thoreau live in Walden for 2 years?
This text is about thinking for yourself and not relying on tradition, government, or religion to tell you how to live.
Self-Reliance
This tenet tells you to express your authentic self, resist social pressure.
Confidence or believing in yourself, being true to yourself, etc.
True or False: Ralph Waldo Emerson was more focused on the past than the present.
False
A transcendentalist that spent the night in jail for refusing to pay taxes. He also was mentored by Emerson
Thoreau
What was an important idea from Thoreau's essay titled "Walden?"
people are not living in a meaningful way
This text inspired Frederick Douglas, Martin Luther King Jr., and Ghandi.
Civil Disobedience
This tenet says that your moral laws are more powerful/higher than civil law
civil disobedience
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote his most famous work called "__________".
nature
How do you spell Transc.....
Transcendentalism
What did Thoreau think about the American government?
It was unjust
This text says we waste our powers with sordid boons!
The World is Too much with us
This tenet expressed personal independence over societal norms and expectations
self-reliance
Emerson believed that ________ was not an individual experience and that each individual needed to find it for themselves in nature.
religion
Transcendentalism emphasized the importance of these 2 things
Believing in yourself and nature (answers may vary)
What did Thoreau believe was the role of conscience in Government?
he believed people should use their conscience to determine if they should obey the government
This text inspires us to sound our barbaric YAWP
Song of Myself
Name the 4 tenets
What is self-reliance, confidence, living simply, and civil disobedience?
Emerson studied to be a ____ at Harvard?
Priest