Explain why romantic artists idealized rural life. What forces were they reacting to?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Romantic belief in the sublime in which nature evokes emotion
2. Suspicion of revolutionary change associated with Paris and other urban spaces
3. Romantic appeal to traditional sites of power and authority
4. Romantic emphasis on folk culture
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The St. Petersburg mutiny took place in ________
A) 1905 B) 1871 C) 1932 D) 1917
The social characteristics of New Imperialism were associated with
a. ethnocentrism. b. colonial independence. c. education. d. racial equality. e. science.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's experimental New Deal did NOT
A. produce a new political ideology. B. transform society. C. consist of a grand plan. D. gradually change government.