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  • Where did Henry David Thoreau write Walden?
    In a cabin by Walden pond. He lived there for two years.
  • What did Emerson believe seeing the stars would do?
    Separate us from this world and our everyday lives.
  • How many African Americans were enslaved?
    about 2.5 million in 1830 and 4 million in 1860.
  • What was the Dred Scott Decision?
    The decision upheld slavery in United States territories and denied the legality of black citizenship in America
  • What are the four major philosophies/beliefs of the Transcendentalism Era?
    Individualism, Intuition, Interconnected with Nature, One Shared Soul
  • What is individualism?
    live for yourself and your beliefs
  • True or False: The Transcendentalists were abolitionists (people against slavery).
    True
  • What did the essays allow?
    this format allowed the intellectual mindsets of transcendentals to get their opinions out
  • Who was Emerson's well-known student?
    Henry David Thoreau
  • What does "interconnected with nature" mean?
    Nature brings out the best in human beings while society taints or contaminates them
  • What books did Henry David Thoreau write (that we read)?
    Walden and Civil Disobedience
  • What were the common genres during the Transcendental Era?
    essays and poetry
  • What is intuition?
    A gut feeling that connects individuals to deeper truths
  • What was the Trail of Tears?
    Native Americans are forcibly relocated to Oklahoma.
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson believed that _____________ could only see nature.
    someone with the spirit of an inner child
  • When was the Transcendentalism Era?
    1830-1860
  • What was the title of the famous magazine called?
    The Dial Magazine
  • What did the Transcendentalists mean by "One Shared Soul?"
    Religion, nature, and humanity are united in a shared universal soul
  • Who was the founder of Transcendentalism?
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • What did Ralph Waldo Emerson write that we read?
    Nature
  • What was his main point in Walden
    To live a freer and more simple life with more focus on what is most important
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