Exam 24: America Moves to the City

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Was the new morality and rising frankness about matters of sexuality and marriage a reflection of women's rising status, or part of an attempt to keep women in a subordinate place?

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American newspapers in the post-Civil War era expanded their circulation and public attention by

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Henry George believed that the root of social inequality and social injustice lay in

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All of these were factors that increasingly made cities more attractive than farms for young adults EXCEPT

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The intellectual development(s) that seriously disturbed the churches in the late 19^th century was the

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The two late 19^th-century newspaper publishers whose competition for circulation fueled the rise of sensationalistic yellow journalism were

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Identify and state the historical significance of Edward Bellamy.

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Identify and state the historical significance of Henry George.

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Following the conclusion of the Civil War,

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Identify and state the historical significance of Horatio Alger.

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After the Civil War, life expectancy at birth

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The two immigrant ethnic groups who were most harshly treated in the mid-to-late 19^th century were the

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Identify and state the historical significance of Dwight Lyman Moody.

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The text observes that even though urban Americans were separated by ethnic, racial, and workplace divisions, they also shared much of the same popular forms of culture. How did technology and industry contribute to this standardization in the cultural sphere? Were there losses as well as gains in the decline of popular or local folk culture?

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One of the most important factors leading to an increased divorce rate in the late 19^th century was the

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The success of the public schools in the post-Civil War era is best evidenced by

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Explain the statement that the late 19^th-century cities "grew up, out, and apart." Had you been alive at the time, what might have attracted you to the city? What might have caused you to stay there or to go back "down on the farm"?

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The move to cities led to what major and enduring change in American lifestyles?

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Prominent liberal Protestant pastors like Walter Rauschenbusch and Washington Gladden argued that

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What was the impact of industrialization and urbanization on late 19^th-century American churches, schools, and family life? Cite at least two changes wrought on each of these institutions during this period.

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Exam 24: America Moves to the City

Was the new morality and rising frankness about matters of sexuality and marriage a reflection of women's rising status, or part of an attempt to keep women in a subordinate place?

American newspapers in the post-Civil War era expanded their circulation and public attention by

Henry George believed that the root of social inequality and social injustice lay in

All of these were factors that increasingly made cities more attractive than farms for young adults EXCEPT

The intellectual development(s) that seriously disturbed the churches in the late 19th century was the

The two late 19th-century newspaper publishers whose competition for circulation fueled the rise of sensationalistic yellow journalism were

Identify and state the historical significance of Edward Bellamy.

Identify and state the historical significance of Henry George.

Following the conclusion of the Civil War,

Identify and state the historical significance of Horatio Alger.

After the Civil War, life expectancy at birth

The two immigrant ethnic groups who were most harshly treated in the mid-to-late 19th century were the

Identify and state the historical significance of Dwight Lyman Moody.

One of the most important factors leading to an increased divorce rate in the late 19th century was the

The success of the public schools in the post-Civil War era is best evidenced by

Explain the statement that the late 19th-century cities "grew up, out, and apart." Had you been alive at the time, what might have attracted you to the city? What might have caused you to stay there or to go back "down on the farm"?

The move to cities led to what major and enduring change in American lifestyles?

Prominent liberal Protestant pastors like Walter Rauschenbusch and Washington Gladden argued that

What was the impact of industrialization and urbanization on late 19th-century American churches, schools, and family life? Cite at least two changes wrought on each of these institutions during this period.

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

The Cold War Begins

American Zenith

The Stormy Sixties

A Sea of Troubles

The Resurgence of Conservatism

America Confronts the Post Cold War Era

The American People Face a New Century

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The intellectual development(s) that seriously disturbed the churches in the late 19^th century was the

The two late 19^th-century newspaper publishers whose competition for circulation fueled the rise of sensationalistic yellow journalism were

The two immigrant ethnic groups who were most harshly treated in the mid-to-late 19^th century were the

One of the most important factors leading to an increased divorce rate in the late 19^th century was the

Explain the statement that the late 19^th-century cities "grew up, out, and apart." Had you been alive at the time, what might have attracted you to the city? What might have caused you to stay there or to go back "down on the farm"?

What was the impact of industrialization and urbanization on late 19^th-century American churches, schools, and family life? Cite at least two changes wrought on each of these institutions during this period.