Regionalism & Naturalism 1870-1910

Capturing American Landscape

  1. Regionalism & Naturalism: Historical Context

The post Civil War period saw the nation ______and ______.

Writers responded by? ______

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A.Reconstruction’s Failures and Successes

1.The civil war left the south in ______because ______.

2.What did the federal government do to help solve the problems in the Southern states? ______.

3.Gives some of the reasons as to why Reconstruction did not go smoothly?

  1. ______
  2. ______

4.How was Reconstruction successful?

  1. ______
  2. ______

5.What did Americans regret and what where they unsettled by, even though they were glad to move past the divisiveness of the war? ______

6.How did this regret influence the writers during this time?______

B.A Nation Transformed

1.What happened in 1869 and why was this of huge importance? ______

2.Where did the railroad bring a flood of new settlers and what did the government do in result of? ______

3.How did this affect move influence the writers of the time and who were some of the local color writers? ______

4.By 1855 how many transcontinental lines had been created and where were the manufacturing hubs located? ______

5.How did the railroads affect the economy? Was everyone wealthy? ______

  1. Cultural Influences

What were regionalists and naturalist writers influenced by? ______

  1. The Gilded Age
  2. Who are mentioned as some of the most powerful and wealthy? What industries where they in control of? ______

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  1. How did those men use their wealth? ______
  2. Who gave the time period the name “the Gilded Age” and why? ______
  3. How did the ordinary people live during this time period? ______
  4. What inventions were some of the new inventions created during this time period?
  5. Inventor______Invention______
  6. Inventor______Invention______
  7. Inventor who invented more than 1,000 items, ______Inventions______
  1. The Have-Nots
  2. Explain how each of the following groups did not benefit from the advantages of the “Gilded Age.”
  3. Native Americans ______
  4. Free African Americans ______
  5. Immigrants from other countries______
  6. Independent Farmers ______
  7. What feelings and issues helped the literary movement called naturalism? ______
  1. Ideas of the Age

Some believed in ______, while others worked for ______

  1. Laissez Faire Vs. Progressivism
  2. Explain the connection between Charles Darwin and his theory to Herbert Spencer. ______
  3. Who were considered “fit” and who was left to die out? ______
  4. Explain what Social Darwinists did to push what government policy. ______
  5. What does laissez faire mean for business? ______
  6. How did people react to laissez faire, what movement emerged, and what did that movement aim to restore? ______
  1. Regional and Naturalist Literature
  1. Regionalism and Local Color Writing
  2. What did regional writers want to record? ______
  3. Who were some of the prominent local colorists and what did they write about? ______
  4. Why was regional literature so popular? ______
  5. What literature started to disappear, why, and how was some it saved? ______
  6. Huck Finn was celebrated because it was the first ______
  7. How did people react to this novel? ______
  8. How did critics feel about this novel? ______
  9. How is novel viewed today? ______
  10. The Rise of Naturalism
  11. What factors led to the literary movement called naturalism? ______
  12. Naturalists wanted to reflect what? ______
  13. How did naturalists view the actions of human beings? What theories proved these views to be true? ______
  14. How did Frank Norris and Jack London’s naturalist pieces differ from each other? ______
  15. A New Role for Women
  16. Women writers tend to me realists, whether they are working as regionalists or naturalists.
  17. Women wanted the right to ______and wanted a larger voice in ______
  18. What became more available to women? ______
  19. Most of women’s writings reflected what? ______
  20. Who is Charlotte Perkins Gilman, what is one of her most famous pieces, and what is that piece about? ______

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  1. What novel caused Kate Chopin to stop writing and why? ______
  2. What were “little female weapons” and what could the impact be of those weapons? ______
  3. As the country moved farther into the 20th century, how were writers changing? ______