Writers

Question 1

Is a religious and philosophical movement that was developed during the late 1820s and 1830s in the eastern United States as a protest against the general state of spirituality and, in particular, the state of intellectualism. Doctrine taught at Unitarian Church Harvard Divinity School.

‘moral-responsibility trumps government

Among the core beliefs was the inherent goodness of both people and nature.

Answer 1

Transcendentalism

Question 2

Lead the Transcendentalist Movement of the mid-19th Century. Champion of individualism. Linchpin of the American romantic movement. Central doctrine was “the infinitude of the private man.”

Answer 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Question 3

Considered one of the most influential figures of American thought and literature. Championed the human spirit against social conformity and materialism.

Answer 3

Henry David Thoreau

Question 4

American anthropologist, historian, naturalist.
Zoology Grad.
Conservationist and student of Native American life. Legislation to preserve the American buffalo.
Naturalist for Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer’s 1874 Black Hills expedition.
COL Ludlow
Boone and Crocket Club

Answer 4

George Bird Grinnell

Question 5

Son of a Congressman
1886 became the first chief of the Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy of the USDA.
“Life Zones” to classify biomes
Founder of NGS

Answer 5

Clinton Hart Merriam

Question 6

Created the Yosemite Report
Co-designer of Central Park
Designed UC Berkeley 
Yosemite
Capitol Grounds

Answer 6

Frederick Law Olmsted

Question 7

Preservationist

Answer 7

John Muir

Question 8

Conservationist

Answer 8

Gifford Pinchot

Question 9

A Sand County Almanac

Answer 9

Aldo Leopold