Which of the following is regarded as the father of the Transcendentalist movement and was known for advocating self-reliance, education, individualism, appreciation for nature, and gender and racial equality?
Explanation
Answer: D - Ralph Waldo Emerson is regarded as the father of the Transcendentalist movement and was known for advocating self-reliance, education, individualism, appreciation for nature, and gender and racial equality. He was a noted writer and speaker whose essays Self-Reliance and Nature, in addition to his speech “The American Scholar,” came to be considered the foundation of the American intellectual identity. He served as a mentor to fellow Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau and poet Walt Whitman in addition to many other American intellectuals, authors, and artists.
