AMERICAN HISTORY CONNECTING WITH THE
PAST 1 FINAL PAPER SOLVED QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ Transcendentalism
Answer: A nineteenth-century movement in the Romantic tradition,
which emphasized innate intuition (reason) over blind agreement
with external education
◉ How did an American national culture of art, literature,
philosophy, and communal living develop in the nineteenth century?
Answer:
◉ What were the issues on which social and moral reformers tried
to "remake the nation"? How successful were their efforts?
Answer:
◉ Why did the crusade against slavery become the preeminent issue
of the reform movement?
Answer:
◉ Who was the group that defended nature in the 19th century?
, Answer: Transcendentalists believed that nature was the source of
spiritual fulfillment and not formal religion.
◉ Who was Henry David Thoreau and what did he do?
Answer: A philosopher, poet and abolitionist. He is remembered by
his philosophical and naturalist writings.
◉ What was Brook Farm?
Answer: A Utopian experiment in communal living in the United
States. It failed because individualism and communal living could
not come together
◉ What was New Harmony?
Answer: utopia commune, no private property or other things that
other developed cultures have, in Indiana, each person contribute to
labor force, no belief system
◉ Who was the most responsible for raising issues of gender roles?
Answer: Margaret Fuller
◉ What was the most enduring utopian colony of the 19th century?
Answer: The Oneida Community of Perfectionists established in
1848. It redefined gender roles by removing family and gender roles.
PAST 1 FINAL PAPER SOLVED QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ Transcendentalism
Answer: A nineteenth-century movement in the Romantic tradition,
which emphasized innate intuition (reason) over blind agreement
with external education
◉ How did an American national culture of art, literature,
philosophy, and communal living develop in the nineteenth century?
Answer:
◉ What were the issues on which social and moral reformers tried
to "remake the nation"? How successful were their efforts?
Answer:
◉ Why did the crusade against slavery become the preeminent issue
of the reform movement?
Answer:
◉ Who was the group that defended nature in the 19th century?
, Answer: Transcendentalists believed that nature was the source of
spiritual fulfillment and not formal religion.
◉ Who was Henry David Thoreau and what did he do?
Answer: A philosopher, poet and abolitionist. He is remembered by
his philosophical and naturalist writings.
◉ What was Brook Farm?
Answer: A Utopian experiment in communal living in the United
States. It failed because individualism and communal living could
not come together
◉ What was New Harmony?
Answer: utopia commune, no private property or other things that
other developed cultures have, in Indiana, each person contribute to
labor force, no belief system
◉ Who was the most responsible for raising issues of gender roles?
Answer: Margaret Fuller
◉ What was the most enduring utopian colony of the 19th century?
Answer: The Oneida Community of Perfectionists established in
1848. It redefined gender roles by removing family and gender roles.
