Why did the urban population of American Catholics increase dramatically in the 1840s?

Irish Catholics emigrated because of a tragic potato blight

Why wereMelville, Dickinson, Thoreau, and Whitman neglected until the 20th century?

Their works often addressed readers who did not yet exist

How closely connected were the authors of the American Renaissance?

They read and reacted to each other's books and responded

Travel Literature became very popular because of

population growth and territory expansion

Which was not a result of discrepancies between the copyright laws of the U.S. and England?

Crowds met the installments of serialized novels at ports

Unlike the American novelists of the time period, the Fireside poets:

worked within European literary traditions

All of the following are characteristics of American Romanticism except for

believed the city to be a place to find success

Which authors were most successful in attracting a British audience in the antebellum years?

Anti-slavery authors such as Harriet Beecher Stowe

Why did women play such an important role in the urban reform movements of the 1840s?

Urban reform centered on creating secure domestic spaces

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American Romanticism Quiz

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1
Which of the following works was not written in response to the end of the Civil War?
Battle Pieces
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd
The Lessons of the Hour
The Gettysburg Address
2
Why did the urban population of American Catholics increase dramatically in the 1840s?
Britain imposed a harsh anti-Catholic civil service policy
Italian and Spanish rustics sought work in America
A 3rd "Great Awakening" swept the country during that decade
Irish Catholics emigrated because of a tragic potato blight
3
Which battle of the War of 1812 allowed Andrew Jackson to emerge a national "mythological" hero
the burning of Washington D.C.
the Battle of New Orleans
the invasion of Canada
the siege of Fort McHenry
4
Why wereMelville, Dickinson, Thoreau, and Whitman neglected until the 20th century?
Primarily directed works to readers from previous century
Their works were not widely published until the 20th century
Their works often addressed readers who did not yet exist
Their works seemed intentionally difficult and obscure
5
This time period is often called a "renaissance"--but a more accurate description would be
an overly emotional outpouring
a reinvention of classic forms
an introduction to literary collaboration
a coming of age
6
The romantics associated the countryside with independence, moral clarity, and
environmental stability
healthful living
self realization
expansive freedom
7
The 2 writers mainly associated with Transcendentalism were:
Whittier and Longfellow
Poe and Holmes
Emerson and Thoreau
Cooper and Melville
8
Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville were considered
Fireside Poets
Southern Aggrarians
Transcendentalists
Anit-Transcendentalists
9
The Fireside Poets: John Greenleaf Whittier, Oliver Wendel Holmes, James Russell Lowell, and:
T.S. Eliot
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
James Fenimore Cooper
10
How closely connected were the authors of the American Renaissance?
They knew of each other, but could not keep personal contact
they attended same colleges/worked at the same newspapers
They read and reacted to each other's books and responded
Felt themselves to contribute to an American Renaissance
11
Which two cities were the major publishing hubs in the United States before 1840?
New York and Washington D.C.
New York and Philadelphia
Philadelphia and Boston
New York and Boston
12
Travel Literature became very popular because of
the easing of printing laws
open borders
new laws freeing up travel restrictions
population growth and territory expansion
13
Which was not a result of discrepancies between the copyright laws of the U.S. and England?
American readers benefited from pirated editions of novels
American authors couldn't support themselves just by writing
Royalties for some didn't mean royalties for all
Crowds met the installments of serialized novels at ports
14
Unlike the American novelists of the time period, the Fireside poets:
worked within European literary traditions
expressed doubts about America's future
explored the use of supernatural themes and subject matter
championed new literary forms
15
All of the following are characteristics of American Romanticism except for
Values feeling and intuition over reason
Champions individual freedom and the worth of the individual
Prefers youthful innocence to educated sophistication
believed the city to be a place to find success
16
Which authors were most successful in attracting a British audience in the antebellum years?
Female authors writing about women's equality
novelists like Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville
Anti-slavery authors such as Harriet Beecher Stowe
Lyric poets such as Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickinson
17
Romantics felt that the exploration of the past, the exotic, the supernatural, could lead to
innovative new writing genres
stylistic evolution
understanding higher truths
rises in popularity for writers
18
One of the authors associated with the popularity of American Novels was
James Fenimore Cooper
James Greenleaf Whittier
T. S. Eliot
William Cullen Bryant
19
The two poets considered to be the greatest American poets of the 19th century
Longfellow and Dickinson
Longfellow and Whitman
Whitman and Dickinson
Bryant and Whitman
20
Why did women play such an important role in the urban reform movements of the 1840s?
Urban reform centered on creating secure domestic spaces
Men concentrated on the countryside
Women were already involved in promoting women's rights
Women lived in cities and advocated better living conditions

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