English 11 Final Review Spring 19

What brought the nation to one unified body?

What influenced writers of the 20th and 21st centuries?

What became more important to people after the Boom?

Early America had roughly how many cultures?

WWI was initially called

Local color writing emphasizes

Native Americans spoke roughly how many languages?

What is the problem with mass production in factories?

Transcendentalists stressed

Regionalist writing was influenced by

What made Americans feel like their order was crumbling?

The method of writing that follows a train of thought

Civil rights literature emphasized

Abraham Lincoln was a _____ president

The Great Awakening brought about a new wave of

The northern economy was based on _____ and _____

Social _____ thought society was survival of the fittest

What did the government close after the wave of settlers west?

Who brought forth the struggle between classes?

What did slaves gain after the war?

Women who embraced new fashions and ideals of the '20s

Who is an Enlightenment thinker?

What were Americans afraid of during the Cold War?

Themes of contemporary literature are considered ___ even though they are rooted in culture

One's own region's interests are ahead of the nation (Jefferson/Madison)

In the '20s, journalism moved away from

New Poetry included

Nurturing of each other's artistic, musical, and literary talents

The Dust Bowl damaged farms across a _____ square mile region

Who had the most power in the South?

Who suffered after Reconstruction?

The southern economy was based on _____ and _____

What caused the formation of labor unions?

Slavery could expand ____ which provoked confrontation

What did Brooding Romantics include in their writings?

Fireside poets stressed individualism and ____

What act came a year after the March on Washington in 1963?

What happened after the Stock Market crash in 1929?

The Gilded Age brought about...

Civil rights and protest literature included varying

1920s were shaped by

Romantic writers reacted to negatives with

Dust storms on the Great Plains came to be known as

Contemporary literature brought about a new appreciation for

Prohibition led to what?

The group whose ideas aligned with the scientific, political, and economic theories

At the beginning of WWII, Americans clung to

Westward expansion was driven by

Storytelling passed through generations is called

What did Puritans believe?

The lack of set rhyme or meter is

After the war, there was a revival in

Who was well-known in speakeasies?

When did modernism come about?

In early America, colonists took revenge against...

Fireside poets emphasized _____ themes

What is a concern from the Industrial Revolution?

What war changed the way we viewed the American way of life?

What drove the Cold War forward?

The modern short story captured

Phyllis Wheatley wrote

The party wanting the government to be more responsive to workers' needs

Writers who protested shallowness are called

What caused mass destruction in WWI?

Authors ___ the lines between fiction and nonfiction

The group of writers who wanted to record the unique characteristics of regions

What brought about the Gilded Age?

Why did Americans seek entertainment?

Writers who examined how people seek the American Dream were (Arthur Miller)

What was the Great Migration?

Stories that told about slave experiences

Over what did the President and Congress clash?

What triggered the Mexican-American War?

Brown v. Board (1954) ended

National interests should be placed ahead of personal interests or other countries (Adams)

Literary movement characterized by experimentation

Romantic writers emphasized rights for...

____ reflected a time of rapid changes, stark contrasts, and concentrated wealth

To whom did settlers not send reports?

Protest literature questioned

Who introduced stream of consciousness writing?

When was the Transcontinental Railroad completed?

American writers wrote about ___ and ___ after the Holocaust

The attempt to portray the world as it actual is

Writers focused on the ____ of war

Puritans wrote to...

Revolutionary writing included

What type of literature boomed during the Cold War?

Which of the seven deadly sins would a Transcendentalist believe to be the worst?

American drama was characterized by

What did the new generation want?

I'm going to pass my final exam!

What movement called for less government influence in business?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed

Cabeza de Vaca explored where?

What movement wanted to restore economic opportunities and correct injustice?

Which of the following was NOT in the New Deal?

Who is NOT an Early Romantic?

Who presented the New Deal?

Transcendentalists believe ____ leads to knowledge