AP®HistoryCollege BoardUS HistoryExam QuestionsPeriod 4: 1800-1848The Development of an American Culture

The Development of an American Culture (College Board AP® US History): Exam Questions

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11 mark
A serene landscape with towering trees, a person walking on a path, a cottage in the background, and people gathered around a tree stump in sunlight.
Thomas Cole, Landscape, 1825

The painting Landscape, by Thomas Cole is an example of which artistic movement?

  • Impressionism 

  • Transcendentalism 

  • Realism

  • Romanticism

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21 mark
A serene landscape with towering trees, a person walking on a path, a cottage in the background, and people gathered around a tree stump in sunlight.
Thomas Cole, Landscape, 1825

The painting most directly reflects the work of 

  • Sir Walter Scott 

  • James Fenimore Cooper 

  • Edgar Allan Poe

  • Washington Irving 

Choose your answer