Literary Movements in American History #1

Question 1

Why are we learning about the different literary periods of America?

Accepted Answer

Cuz educated people know these & we are educated people

Question 2

What setting does the Jazz era cover?

Accepted Answer

big cities

Question 3

What were the homes like during the puritanism era?

Accepted Answer

wood and stone structures located near

Question 4

Which time period had books set in Boston or Philidelphia?

Accepted Answer

Revolutionary

Question 5

What were popular settings for literature during the Beat Generation?

Accepted Answer

College campuses and coffee houses

Question 6

What were the people like in the Beat Generation?

Accepted Answer

People saw themselves as individuals

Question 7

What was the technological advancement of the Puritan Era?

Accepted Answer

Farming and raising livestock

Question 8

What was the time period of the Romantic period?

Accepted Answer

1800-1865

Question 9

Which literary period focused on a setting of nature and spirituality?

Accepted Answer

Transcendentalism

Question 10

What were the homes like during the post modernism era?

Accepted Answer

they became the center for immediate family and home life

Question 11

What time period was the Jazz age?

Accepted Answer

1917-1937

Question 12

What were people like during the realism era?

Accepted Answer

they were seen as stereotypes of their region.

Question 13

Which Time period had an increase of female writers?

Accepted Answer

Romanticism/American Gothic

Question 14

In which movement did social advancements for women and the abolition of slavery happen?

Accepted Answer

Transcendentalism

Question 15

What advancement was made during the Modernism era?

Accepted Answer

Psychology

Question 16

Which time period covers the reconstruction after the civil war?

Accepted Answer

Realism, Naturalism

Question 17

What years is the Post-Modernism era?

Accepted Answer

1950-Present

Question 18

What period found people LESS religious and more sarcastic?

Accepted Answer

Postmodernism/Contemporary

Questions 18