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Collelction 3 A Distinctly American Voice
Test Description: Review of reading
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) In the first half of the 19th century, a distinctly American voice emerged as the US reaffirmed its independence from Britain poltically and...
A
religiously
B
socially
C
economically
D
geographically
2) In 1812, simmering tensions neyween the US and Britain erupted in a __-year war.
A
three
B
two
C
four
D
one
3) Which of the following was NOT a negative effect of industrialization?
A
turning to nature and to the self for simplicity, truth, and beauty
B
the comercialism
C
hectic pace
D
lack of conscience
4) As European settlers moved into new territory to make money and gain land, __ who had lived there for generations were displaced.
A
British people
B
African-Americans
C
immigrants
D
Native Americans
5) In the middle of the century, Americans embraced the idea of manifest destiny-a belief that the US was destined to expand to the Pacific Ocean and into __.
A
Mexican Territory
B
Spanish Territory
C
Canadian Territory
D
British Territory
6) The United States' annexation of __ from Mexico in 1845 set off the Mexican-American War (1846-1848).
A
Arizona
B
Texas
C
New Mexico
D
California
7) Romantics were inspired by __ and celebrated the individual human spirit, including the emotions and imagination.
A
nature
B
love
C
religion
D
education
8) Ralph Waldo Emerson led a group focused on __--a philosophical and literary movement that emphasized living a simple life and celebrating the truth found in nature and in personal emotion an imagination.
A
enlightenment
B
Puritanism
C
transcendentalism
D
romanticism
9) Both __ and __ wrote poems that broke with the traditional conventions of poetic form and content.
A
Whitman and Dickinson
B
Hawthorne and Emerson
C
Emerson and Whitman
D
Dickinson and Emerson
10) Which of the following was NOT a brooding romantic or anti-transcendentalist?
A
Herman Melville
B
Nathaniel Hawthorne
C
Edgar Allan Poe
D
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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