Quiz #4 Flashcards
who was Ralph Waldo Emerson
american pbilosopher, lectuerer, poet
who were ralph waldo’s parents
son of a minister and a devout mother
what happened to emerson’s father
he died when he was 8 and he was raised by his aunt
where did emerson graduate
harvard college and harvard divinity school
what minister did emerson become and when did he marry
unitarian,1829
what happened to whis wafe
she died after two years of marriage and he was consumed with grief that challenged his faith
what happened with emerson’s ministry
he traveled to europe after where he met philosophers
what did emerson start writing about
transcendentalism
what did transcendentalsim grow out of
the unitarian church from the writings of emerson, thoreu, fuller and others
what is transcendtalism
literary philosophoical and political movement
what is emerson famous for
“nature”, “self-reliance” “the poet” “the american scholar.” and “the poet”
what letter did emerson write and who did he write it to
a letter to martin van buren and he wrote to president martin van buren a month before the indian removal act
what was the indian removal acrt
forced the Cherokee to leave their land in Georgia and march 800-1000 to Oklahoma on the infamous trail of tears
the 1819 treaty with the cherokee
cherokee land would be protected–off limits forever to any American settlesr
1828 what was discovered in georgia
gold is discovered in george
