American Transcendentalism

Where did the Transcendentalists believe that you could find God?

• Nature

• Church

• Inside yourself

• At the flagpole 

Who is considered the "father" of Transcendentalism?

• Henry David Thoreau

• Margaret Fuller

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Robin Williams

Transcendentalists believe that ___________ , humanity, and nature share a universal soul.

• God

• Animals

• Literature

• Government

The Transcendentalists believed in self-reliance and free thought.

• True

• False

Transcendentalism encourages:

• following the rules

• being like everyone else

• joining the majority opinion

• not conforming to what others do and say

Transcendentalism is...

• fiction using desolate and remote settings with violent events

• an attitude toward nature, humanity and society emphasizing freedom and individuality

• philosophy which holds that basic truths can be reached through intuition better than reason

• authors representing events and social conditions as they really are with no idealization

Which of the following did the early members of Transcendentalism believe?

• That organized institutions were full of logic and rigor.

• That organized institutions were corrupting the individual.

• That you must attend school outdoors.

• That you must participate in organized institutions that put an emphasis on nature.

Who did Transcendentalist writers see as models of individualistic behavior?

• sublime creatures 

• God

• Aristotle

• Children

Transcendentalism values...

• Nonconformity

• Conformity

• Technological advances

• Society

Transcendentalism was a social reform movement that valued ___________ over Society.

• Unity

• Government

• Individuality

• Society