Transcendentalism

2. (2 words) the idea that people should peacefully disobey unjust laws if their consciences demand it
5. They believed in close links between _____ and people
6. An advanced state of culture, in a human society
8. Root word of Transcendentalism, means "go beyond"
11. Romanticism placed greater value on nature, ______, and imagination
12. Person who was the leading Transcendentalist
15. Emerson and Thoreau _____ that people must judge right or wrong for themselves
16. A small group of people from here created Transcendentalism
18. (2 words) Emerson challenged people to use this to guide their lives and improve society
19. "____ thyself" Emerson taught
20. Thoreau spent a night there after refusing to pay a tax
21. The other version of Transcendentalism, Romanticism, originated there

1. form of Transcendentalism
3. Emphasized reasons, opposite believes from Transcendentalism
4. Book title, published by Thoreau in 1854
7. The unique importance of each individual
9. The movement that sought to explore the relationship between humans and nature through emotions rather than through reason
10. Emerson and Thoreau didn't support this, because they believed that everyone was equal
13. The body of written works in a language, culture, or period
14. (3 words) Person who took Transcendentalism seriously and accepted Emerson's challenge
17. ______ Luther King Jr. was influenced by Thoreau's nonviolent protests