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CLEP Western Civ II

Category - Industrial Revolution

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Which of the following explains how the Industrial Revolution contributed to the Romantic Movement?
  1. With urbanization came public education, and the new literate class could express itself in Romantic works.
  2. The rapid social change produced the anxiety about society that was characteristic of the movement.
  3. The Industrial Revolution created a new wealthy class with extensive leisure time to dedicate to the arts.
  4. The mechanization of the factory inspired a new, graphic kind of art based on clean lines and efficiency.
  5. The Industrial Revolution set England apart from other nations, and the Romantics wanted to manifest this distinction in art.
Explanation
Answer: B - The Romantic Movement was characterized by anxiety about the cost of progress due to the rapid social change that occurred. It left Romantic writers and artists longing for simpler times and nostalgic for a pastoral British past.
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