Transcendentalism & Utopia Flashcards
1
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new Harmony, Indiana
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- 1825 - 1,000 people
- human betterment
- failed
2
Q
brook farm, massachusetts
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- 1841 - 200 acres
- farming community
- 1846 fire doomed the utopia
3
Q
oneida community, new york
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- 1848
- free love
- birth control
- flourished for more than 30 years
- made steel traps and Oneida silver plates - which allowed them to sell and prosper
- christian
- superior offspring
- mankind was doomed
4
Q
shakers, new york
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- 1840
- 6,000 membership
- prohibited marriage and sexual relations
- extinct by 1940 (no way to carry on without marriage and family)
5
Q
remember this…
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the grass isn’t always greener on the other side. many utopias want the perfect society. the problem is, the perfect society often times does not include total control over the population with harsh rules and restrictions
6
Q
_________ is living in a higher state of being
A
transcendentalism
7
Q
what is a community utopia?
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a group of individuals that get together to start their own perfect society
8
Q
between the 1830s and 1840s Utopian communities started to become _________
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the norm
9
Q
women worshiping on one side and men worshiping on the other is considered a norm amongst the ______________
A
shakers
