American Literary Periods

Question 1

1620-1750

Answer 1

Colonial (Puritan) Era

Question 2

1750-1800

Answer 2

Revolutionary

Question 3

1800-1850

Answer 3

Romanticism

Question 4

1800-1850 - another path

Answer 4

Transcendentalism

Question 5

1800-1900

Answer 5

Realism

Question 6

1900-1950

Answer 6

Modernism

Question 7

1920s

Answer 7

Harlem Renaissance

Question 8

1950-present

Answer 8

Post Modernism

Question 9

1970s - present

Answer 9

Contemporary

Question 10

Sermons, diaries, personal narratives. Religious poetry

Answer 10

Colonial/Puritan Era

Question 11

Focuses on daily life, moral attitudes, and political unrest

Answer 11

Colonial/Puritan Era

Question 12

Predestination; fate determined by God. All are sinful and must be saved by Christ. _____ began as an insult by traditional Anglicans to those who criticized or wished to “purify” the Church of England

Answer 12

Colonial/Puritan Era

Question 13

Bradford’s “Of Plymouth Plantation”

Answer 13

Colonial/Puritan Era

Question 14

Bradstreet’s “Upon the Burning of Our House”

Answer 14

Colonial/Puritan Era

Question 15

Edward’s “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”

Answer 15

Colonial/Puritan Era

Question 16

The Crucible

Answer 16

Colonial Puritan Era

Question 17

The Scarlet Letter

Answer 17

Colonial Puritan Era

Question 18

Political pamphlets
Travel Writing
Persuasive writing

Answer 18

Revolution

Question 19

Literature instills pride
spurs patriotism
common agreement

Answer 19

Revolution