What belief does Whitman share with Ralph Waldo Emerson and other transcendentalists?

Question

Which of the following most clearly describes a central theme in the Walt Whitman poem, “I Hear America Singing?”
Every man and woman contributes positively and uniquely to the American experience and identity.

America is made up of hard-working tradesmen.

The American identity is expressed in song by the women and children who live in this great nation.

None of the above is correct.