“America is beginning to assert herself to the senses and to the imagination

Question

of her children, and Europe is receding in the same degree. . . .
Prudent men have begun to see that every American should be educated
with a view to the values of land. . . .
The land is the appointed remedy for whatever is false . . . in our culture. . . .
Gentlemen, the development of our American internal resources, the
extension to the utmost of the commercial system, and the appearance of
new moral causes which are to modify the State, are giving an aspect of
greatness to the Future, which the imagination fears to open.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer, “The Young American,” 1844
Using the excerpt, answer (a), (b), and (c).
(a) Briefly explain ONE perspective expressed by Emerson on the
reform movements in the mid-19th century.
(b) Briefly explain ONE specific way in which developments in the
mid-19th century supported Emerson’s point of view.
(c) Briefly explain ONE specific way in which developments in the
mid-19th century challenged Emerson’s point of view.

keep your answers 2 short sentences

Answer 1

(a) Emerson expresses the perspective that America is asserting itself and becoming more independent from Europe in terms of culture and imagination.
(b) Developments such as the expansion of American internal resources and the commercial system support Emerson's point of view by emphasizing the importance of land and economic growth for the future greatness of America.
(c) The mid-19th century also challenged Emerson's point of view as developments such as the growing industrialization and urbanization led to a shift away from a focus on land and agriculture, towards industrialization and urban development, challenging the value of land in the American culture.

Answer 2

shorten the second sentence of answer C

Answer 3

Developments such as industrialization and urbanization challenged Emerson's perspective.