What are central ideas in "The American Romantics v. the American Realists"? Select the two correct answers.

Westward expansion helped to inspire the American literary movement.

American romantic writers valued logic, while their British counterparts valued emotions and idealism.

Historical events had profound effects on American life but had little impact on culture or literature.

The three subcategories of romanticism all deal with freedom of expression and spotlighting feelings in some way.