Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of Emma Lazarus.

Accepted Answer

Author of the words inscribed at the base of the Statue of Liberty.

Question 2

Settlement houses, such as Hull House, engaged in all of the following activities EXCEPT

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A)  child care. 
B)  instruction in English. 
C)  cultural activities. 
D)  evangelical religious instruction. 
E)  lobbying for social reform. 
A)  child care. 
B)  instruction in English. 
C)  cultural activities. 
D)  evangelical religious instruction. 
E)  lobbying for social reform. D

Question 3

The National American Woman Suffrage Association

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A)  believed that the struggle for women's right to vote should be secondary to improving women's economic status in life. 
B)  conducted an integrated campaign for equal rights. 
C)  abandoned the goals of Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 
D)  elected Ida B. Wells as its president. 
E)  limited its membership to whites excluding all blacks from membership. 
A)  believed that the struggle for women's right to vote should be secondary to improving women's economic status in life. 
B)  conducted an integrated campaign for equal rights. 
C)  abandoned the goals of Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 
D)  elected Ida B. Wells as its president. 
E)  limited its membership to whites excluding all blacks from membership. E

Question 4

The New Immigrants who came to the United States after 1880

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A)  had experience with democratic governments. 
B)  arrived primarily from Germany, Sweden, and Norway. 
C)  were culturally different from previous immigrants. 
D)  received a warm welcome from the Old Immigrants. 
E)  represented non-white racial groups. 
A)  had experience with democratic governments. 
B)  arrived primarily from Germany, Sweden, and Norway. 
C)  were culturally different from previous immigrants. 
D)  received a warm welcome from the Old Immigrants. 
E)  represented non-white racial groups.

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of Anthony Comstock.

Accepted Answer

Crusader for sexual purity, he

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of Walter Rauschenbusch.

Accepted Answer

Baptist preacher in New York C

Question 7

How did the new urban forms of sports and recreation reflect the greater opportunities, greater conflicts, and the greater stresses of urban life after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

After the Civil War, the new urban forms

Question 8

The development of electric trolleys in the late 19th century transformed the American city by

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A)  transforming the American city into a compact and communal "walking city." 
B)  enabling cities to build upward as well as outward. 
C)  separating the mass transportation of the working class from the private vehicles of the wealthy. 
D)  enabling cities to plan streets along regular grid lines. 
E)  creating distinct districts devoted to residential neighborhoods, commerce, and industry. 
A)  transforming the American city into a compact and communal "walking city." 
B)  enabling cities to build upward as well as outward. 
C)  separating the mass transportation of the working class from the private vehicles of the wealthy. 
D)  enabling cities to plan streets along regular grid lines. 
E)  creating distinct districts devoted to residential neighborhoods, commerce, and industry.

Question 9

Fear of newly arriving immigrants has been a constant in American history. With respect to the New Immigrants of the late 19th century, describe what the native-born Americans were concerned about. Do you think their fears were well founded? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The native-born Americans of the late 19

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of Joseph Pulitzer.

Accepted Answer

Hungarian-born publishing tyco

Question 11

The Morrill Act of 1862

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A)  established black colleges like Spelman. 
B)  established women's colleges like Smith. 
C)  established the modern American research university. 
D)  mandated racial integration in public schools. 
E)  granted public lands to states to support higher education. 
A)  established black colleges like Spelman. 
B)  established women's colleges like Smith. 
C)  established the modern American research university. 
D)  mandated racial integration in public schools. 
E)  granted public lands to states to support higher education.

Question 12

The tremendously rapid growth of American cities in the post-Civil War decades was

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A)  uniquely American. 
B)  fueled by an agricultural system suffering from poor production levels. 
C)  attributable to the closing of the frontier. 
D)  a trend that affected Europe as well. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  uniquely American. 
B)  fueled by an agricultural system suffering from poor production levels. 
C)  attributable to the closing of the frontier. 
D)  a trend that affected Europe as well. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 13

The Darwinian theory of organic evolution through natural selection affected American religion by

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A)  turning most scientists against religion. 
B)  creating a split between religious conservatives who denied evolution and accomodationists who supported it. 
C)  raising awareness of the close spiritual kinship between animals and human beings. 
D)  causing a revival of the doctrine of original sin. 
E)  sparking the rise of new denominations based on modern science. 
A)  turning most scientists against religion. 
B)  creating a split between religious conservatives who denied evolution and accomodationists who supported it. 
C)  raising awareness of the close spiritual kinship between animals and human beings. 
D)  causing a revival of the doctrine of original sin. 
E)  sparking the rise of new denominations based on modern science.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of Louis Sullivan.

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Chicago architect wh

Question 15

General Lewis Wallace's book, Ben Hur

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A)  achieved success only after his death. 
B)  was based on a popular early movie. 
C)  emphasized that virtue, honesty, and hard work were rewarded by success. 
D)  detailed Wallace's experiences in the Civil War. 
E)  defended Christianity against Darwinism. 
A)  achieved success only after his death. 
B)  was based on a popular early movie. 
C)  emphasized that virtue, honesty, and hard work were rewarded by success. 
D)  detailed Wallace's experiences in the Civil War. 
E)  defended Christianity against Darwinism.

Question 16

One of the early symbols of the dawning era of consumerism in urban America was

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A)  mass-production factories. 
B)  the Sears catalog. 
C)  advertising billboards. 
D)  public transportation systems. 
E)  large department stores. 
A)  mass-production factories. 
B)  the Sears catalog. 
C)  advertising billboards. 
D)  public transportation systems. 
E)  large department stores.

Question 17

New Immigrant groups were regarded with special hostility by many nativist Americans because

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A)  most Americans considered Italian, Greek, or Jewish culture inferior to their own. 
B)  many New Immigrants attempted to convert Americans to Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity, or Judaism. 
C)  in many New Immigrant families, women were kept in distinctly subordinate roles. 
D)  New Immigrants were often more politically loyal to their homelands than to the United States. 
E)  their religions were distinctly different, and some New Immigrants were politically radical. 
A)  most Americans considered Italian, Greek, or Jewish culture inferior to their own. 
B)  many New Immigrants attempted to convert Americans to Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity, or Judaism. 
C)  in many New Immigrant families, women were kept in distinctly subordinate roles. 
D)  New Immigrants were often more politically loyal to their homelands than to the United States. 
E)  their religions were distinctly different, and some New Immigrants were politically radical.

Question 18

In the late 19th century, orthodox Protestant churches were being challenged by

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A)  the theories of Charles Darwin. 
B)  the mounting emphasis on materialism. 
C)  fundamentalist insistence on a literal interpretation of the Bible. 
D)  the social doctrines of Catholicism and Judaism. 
E)  African Americans' rejection of Christianity. 
A)  the theories of Charles Darwin. 
B)  the mounting emphasis on materialism. 
C)  fundamentalist insistence on a literal interpretation of the Bible. 
D)  the social doctrines of Catholicism and Judaism. 
E)  African Americans' rejection of Christianity.

Question 19

Some historians have called pragmatism "America's only distinctive contribution to philosophy." In what way might it be true to say that pragmatism reflected unique qualities of American society and culture? How would pragmatists respond to the charge that theirs was an anti-intellectual philosophy?

Accepted Answer

Pragmatism can be seen as reflecting uni

Question 20

Carrie Chapman Catt argued that women should be granted the right to vote because

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A)  women were in all respects the equal of men. 
B)  in the city, women needed to affect such issues as public health and education. 
C)  women should at least have the same rights as African American males. 
D)  suffrage was the logical extension of a woman's traditional role in caring for her family. 
E)  they were morally superior to men. 
A)  women were in all respects the equal of men. 
B)  in the city, women needed to affect such issues as public health and education. 
C)  women should at least have the same rights as African American males. 
D)  suffrage was the logical extension of a woman's traditional role in caring for her family. 
E)  they were morally superior to men.

Exam 24: America Moves to the City

Identify and state the historical significance of Emma Lazarus.

Settlement houses, such as Hull House, engaged in all of the following activities EXCEPT

The National American Woman Suffrage Association

The New Immigrants who came to the United States after 1880

Identify and state the historical significance of Anthony Comstock.

Identify and state the historical significance of Walter Rauschenbusch.

How did the new urban forms of sports and recreation reflect the greater opportunities, greater conflicts, and the greater stresses of urban life after the Civil War?

The development of electric trolleys in the late 19th century transformed the American city by

Fear of newly arriving immigrants has been a constant in American history. With respect to the New Immigrants of the late 19th century, describe what the native-born Americans were concerned about. Do you think their fears were well founded? Why or why not?

Identify and state the historical significance of Joseph Pulitzer.

The Morrill Act of 1862

The tremendously rapid growth of American cities in the post-Civil War decades was

The Darwinian theory of organic evolution through natural selection affected American religion by

Identify and state the historical significance of Louis Sullivan.

General Lewis Wallace's book, Ben Hur

One of the early symbols of the dawning era of consumerism in urban America was

New Immigrant groups were regarded with special hostility by many nativist Americans because

In the late 19th century, orthodox Protestant churches were being challenged by

Carrie Chapman Catt argued that women should be granted the right to vote because

New World Beginnings

The Contest for North America

Settling the English Colonies

American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

The Road to Revolution

America Secedes From the Empire

The Confederation and the Constitution

Launching the New Ship of State

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

The Rise of a Mass Democracy

Forging the National Economy

The Ferment of Reform and Culture

The South and the Slavery Controversy

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy

Renewing the Sectional Struggle

Drifting Toward Disunion

Girding for War the North and the South

The Furnace of Civil War

The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The Industrial Era Dawns

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

The Conquest of the West

Rumbles of Discontent

Empire and Expansion

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

American Life in the Roaring Twenties

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

America in World War II

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American Zenith

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A Sea of Troubles

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America Confronts the Post Cold War Era

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The development of electric trolleys in the late 19^th century transformed the American city by

Fear of newly arriving immigrants has been a constant in American history. With respect to the New Immigrants of the late 19^th century, describe what the native-born Americans were concerned about. Do you think their fears were well founded? Why or why not?

In the late 19^th century, orthodox Protestant churches were being challenged by