Question 1

The pragmatists were a school of American philosophers who emphasized

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A)  the provisional and fallible nature of knowledge and the value of ideas that solved problems. 
B)  that most academic knowledge was based on bourgeois ideas that oppressed the working class. 
C)  that the traditional Greek ideals of Plato and Aristotle should be revived. 
D)  that scientific experimentation provided a new and absolutely certain basis for knowledge. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  the provisional and fallible nature of knowledge and the value of ideas that solved problems. 
B)  that most academic knowledge was based on bourgeois ideas that oppressed the working class. 
C)  that the traditional Greek ideals of Plato and Aristotle should be revived. 
D)  that scientific experimentation provided a new and absolutely certain basis for knowledge. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of William James.

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Harvard professor who helped e

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of Charles W. Eliot.

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Chemist who became p

Question 4

By 1900, American cities were becoming

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A)  heavily populated. 
B)  segregated by race and ethnic group. 
C)  segregated by occupation. 
D)  geographically compact. 
E)  more homogeneous. 
A)  heavily populated. 
B)  segregated by race and ethnic group. 
C)  segregated by occupation. 
D)  geographically compact. 
E)  more homogeneous.

Question 5

The growing prohibition movement especially reflected the concerns of

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A)  the new immigrants. 
B)  big business. 
C)  the poor and working classes. 
D)  middle class women. 
E)  industrial labor unions. 
A)  the new immigrants. 
B)  big business. 
C)  the poor and working classes. 
D)  middle class women. 
E)  industrial labor unions.

Question 6

Reflecting women's increasing independence in the late 1890s, author and feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman supported all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  women abandoning their dependent status. 
B)  women seeking power via their roles as wives and mothers. 
C)  notions that biology made women fundamentally different from men. 
D)  centralized nurseries and cooperative kitchens. 
E)  women becoming productive members of the economy as workers. 
A)  women abandoning their dependent status. 
B)  women seeking power via their roles as wives and mothers. 
C)  notions that biology made women fundamentally different from men. 
D)  centralized nurseries and cooperative kitchens. 
E)  women becoming productive members of the economy as workers.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of Victoria Woodhull.

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Divorcée, stockbroke

Question 8

Late 19th-century novels often pursued themes of

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A)  romantic sentimentality. 
B)  social problems, moral corruption, and social conflict in the urban, industrial city. 
C)  striking it rich in the American West. 
D)  upper-crust social strife and conflict. 
E)  the dilemmas and strains of the new, professionally ambitious woman. 
A)  romantic sentimentality. 
B)  social problems, moral corruption, and social conflict in the urban, industrial city. 
C)  striking it rich in the American West. 
D)  upper-crust social strife and conflict. 
E)  the dilemmas and strains of the new, professionally ambitious woman.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of Jane Addams.

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Among the first college-educat

Question 10

Black leader Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois

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A)  demanded complete equality for African Americans. 
B)  established an industrial school at Tuskegee, Alabama. 
C)  supported the goals of Booker T. Washington. 
D)  maintained his American citizenship and residence in the United States throughout his life, despite his profound anger and disappointment with the absence of black economic and social equality in the country. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  demanded complete equality for African Americans. 
B)  established an industrial school at Tuskegee, Alabama. 
C)  supported the goals of Booker T. Washington. 
D)  maintained his American citizenship and residence in the United States throughout his life, despite his profound anger and disappointment with the absence of black economic and social equality in the country. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 11

Which of the following prominent post-Civil War writers did NOT reflect the increased attention to social problems by those from less affluent backgrounds?

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A)  Mark Twain 
B)  William Dean Howells 
C)  Stephen Crane 
D)  Kate Chopin 
E)  Henry Adams 
A)  Mark Twain 
B)  William Dean Howells 
C)  Stephen Crane 
D)  Kate Chopin 
E)  Henry Adams

Question 12

American cities increasingly abandoned wooden construction for brick and steel in their downtown districts after

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A)  the great Chicago fire of 1871. 
B)  the development of the electric elevator and the skyscraper. 
C)  brickmaking became cheaper and iron was superseded by more durable steel for construction purposes. 
D)  the cost of brick and steel dropped markedly in the 1870s. 
E)  wooden tenements collapsed in the New York inner city in the 1880s. 
A)  the great Chicago fire of 1871. 
B)  the development of the electric elevator and the skyscraper. 
C)  brickmaking became cheaper and iron was superseded by more durable steel for construction purposes. 
D)  the cost of brick and steel dropped markedly in the 1870s. 
E)  wooden tenements collapsed in the New York inner city in the 1880s.

Question 13

In what ways was the city a "frontier of opportunity for women"? Name at least two women who seized this opportunity and elaborate on their experiences.

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The city was a "frontier of opportunity

Question 14

Many native-born Americans tended to blame New Immigrants for

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A)  the corruption of city government. 
B)  low industrial wages. 
C)  the degradation of life in American cities. 
D)  importing alien social and economic doctrines such as socialism and anarchism. 
E)  the rising cost of American manual labor. 
A)  the corruption of city government. 
B)  low industrial wages. 
C)  the degradation of life in American cities. 
D)  importing alien social and economic doctrines such as socialism and anarchism. 
E)  the rising cost of American manual labor.

Question 15

Booker T. Washington believed that the key to political and civil rights for African Americans was

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A)  the adoption of Socialism in the United States. 
B)  rigorous academic training. 
C)  the rejection of accommodationist attitudes. 
D)  to directly challenge white supremacy. 
E)  economic independence and education in agriculture and the trades. 
A)  the adoption of Socialism in the United States. 
B)  rigorous academic training. 
C)  the rejection of accommodationist attitudes. 
D)  to directly challenge white supremacy. 
E)  economic independence and education in agriculture and the trades.

Question 16

Leading pastimes of late 19th-century Americans included

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A)  bicycling. 
B)  watching football. 
C)  watching baseball. 
D)  the circus. 
E)  vaudeville. 
A)  bicycling. 
B)  watching football. 
C)  watching baseball. 
D)  the circus. 
E)  vaudeville.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of Louis Agassiz.

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Harvard zoologist wh

Question 18

Which of the following was NOT among the major new research universities founded in the post-Civil War era?

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A)  Harvard University 
B)  The University of California 
C)  Johns Hopkins University 
D)  The University of Chicago 
E)  Stanford University 
A)  Harvard University 
B)  The University of California 
C)  Johns Hopkins University 
D)  The University of Chicago 
E)  Stanford University

Question 19

Do you think that the United States needed laws restricting immigration in the 19th century? List the kinds of restrictions actually imposed and state whether you agree with each restriction. Why or why not?

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In the 19th and early 20th centuries, th

Question 20

What were the primary changes in American education in the late 19th century? What did the developments in basic public education have in common with the changes in American colleges and universities?

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In the late 19th century, American educa

Exam 24: America Moves to the City

The pragmatists were a school of American philosophers who emphasized

Identify and state the historical significance of William James.

Identify and state the historical significance of Charles W. Eliot.

By 1900, American cities were becoming

The growing prohibition movement especially reflected the concerns of

Reflecting women's increasing independence in the late 1890s, author and feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman supported all of the following EXCEPT

Identify and state the historical significance of Victoria Woodhull.

Late 19th-century novels often pursued themes of

Identify and state the historical significance of Jane Addams.

Black leader Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois

Which of the following prominent post-Civil War writers did NOT reflect the increased attention to social problems by those from less affluent backgrounds?

American cities increasingly abandoned wooden construction for brick and steel in their downtown districts after

In what ways was the city a "frontier of opportunity for women"? Name at least two women who seized this opportunity and elaborate on their experiences.

Many native-born Americans tended to blame New Immigrants for

Booker T. Washington believed that the key to political and civil rights for African Americans was

Leading pastimes of late 19th-century Americans included

Identify and state the historical significance of Louis Agassiz.

Which of the following was NOT among the major new research universities founded in the post-Civil War era?

Do you think that the United States needed laws restricting immigration in the 19th century? List the kinds of restrictions actually imposed and state whether you agree with each restriction. Why or why not?

What were the primary changes in American education in the late 19th century? What did the developments in basic public education have in common with the changes in American colleges and universities?

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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Late 19^th-century novels often pursued themes of

Leading pastimes of late 19^th-century Americans included

Do you think that the United States needed laws restricting immigration in the 19^th century? List the kinds of restrictions actually imposed and state whether you agree with each restriction. Why or why not?

What were the primary changes in American education in the late 19^th century? What did the developments in basic public education have in common with the changes in American colleges and universities?