Transcendentalism

Who is the father of transcendentalism?

• Henry David Thoreau

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Margaret Fuller

• Walt Whitman

What is the transcendentalists belief about nature?

• nature is inspiring and reflects spirituality

• nature is nothing it is just there

• nature changes too much

• nature is horrible

The principles of transcendentalism made it a ______________.

• literary movement

• social reform movement

• philosophical movement

• all of the above

Transcendentalism would have people:

• follow the mass majority of opinion

• be content to follow all the laws

• be just like everyone else

• not confirm to rest of society

Ralph Waldo Emerson spoke on

• self-reliance

• conforming

• relying on God

• obedience

Transcendentalists believed in

• the authority of the government

• the authority of God

• the determination of the individual

• the authority of science

Transcendentalist believed that people can trust themselves to be their own authority on what is right.

• True

• False

What do the writings of transcendentalists say is the way to discover spirituality?

• go to church

• connect to nature and look within yourself

• follow the laws of the land

• listen to music and read poems

Transcendentalism values start with _______ and ________.

• Nature

• Intuition

• Conformity

• Religion

Which of the following did transcendentalist NOT support?

• abolition of slavery

• educational innovation

• better labor conditions

• women's rights

• annexation of Texas