American Romanticism

3. A feeling of high spirits or lively joy.
6. The placing of the interest of one’s own region ahead of the nation as a whole.
10. An intellectual movement that emphasized the dignity of the individual and advocated a simple, mindful life.
12. Secret or hidden from view
13. The belief that national interest should be placed ahead of regional concerns or the interests of other countries.
14. Good taste in conduct or appearance
15. The underlying message or the central idea of a work.
18. A philosophical and literary movement that emphasized living a simple life and celebrating the truth found in nature and in personal emotion and imagination.

1. Changed the country from a largely agrarian economy to an industrial powerhouse.
2. The first name of Leader of the transcendentalist. Author of “Self-Reliance”
4. One who does not follow generally accepted beliefs, customs, or practices.
5. A strong dislike.
7. To ask urgently or repeatedly; to annoy or trouble.
8. A pattern of end rhyme in a stanza or an entire poem.
9. A group of New England poets whose work was morally uplifting and romantically engaging.
11. The last name of the best known member of the Fireside poets group. Author of “A Psalm of Life”
16. The idea that it was the destiny of the United States to expand to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican territory.
17. Groups of lines sometimes characterized by a repeated pattern of rhyme and number of lines.