AP Success - AP US History: Emerson and Transcendentalism
Question 1
Materialists deny the existence of the physical world.
Idealists rely solely on historical facts and circumstances.
Idealists believe in the power of Thought and Will, beyond the data of the senses.
Materialists focus on the power of Thought and Will, while Idealists focus on sensory data.
Question 2
Rationalism, which values reason over sensory experience.
Empiricism, which emphasizes knowledge derived from sensory experience.
Existentialism, which focuses on individual freedom and choice.
Realism, which emphasizes the depiction of everyday life in art and literature.
Question 3
Ethics, the study of moral principles.
Logic, the study of reasoning and argument.
Epistemology, the study of knowledge and how it is acquired.
Aesthetics, the study of beauty and taste.
Question 4
The senses provide representations of things, but they cannot convey the essence of things themselves.
The senses should be completely disregarded in the pursuit of knowledge.
The senses are infallible and provide direct knowledge of the truth.
The senses are the only reliable source of knowledge about the world.
Question 5
The Progressive Era, which aimed at social reform and addressing problems caused by industrialization.
The Great Awakening, which focused on religious revival and emotional experiences of faith.
Transcendentalism, which emphasized individual intuition and the inherent goodness of people and nature.
The Enlightenment, which emphasized reason and science over superstition and religion.
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