Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Tuskegee Institute

Accepted Answer

The Tuskegee Institute, now known as Tus

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A) Delayed marriages 
B) Fragmented family life 
C) More waste and the need for waste disposal 
D) An emphasis on thrift 
E) The relocation and transformation of the rural general store into a comparable urban general store in the cities. 
A) Delayed marriages 
B) Fragmented family life 
C) More waste and the need for waste disposal 
D) An emphasis on thrift 
E) The relocation and transformation of the rural general store into a comparable urban general store in the cities.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-talented tenth

Accepted Answer

The term "talented tenth" was popularize

Question 5

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-By 1900, American cities were becoming

Accepted Answer

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 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Young Men's Christian Association/Young Women's Christian Association

Accepted Answer

The Young Men's Christian Association (Y

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Accepted Answer

The National Association for the Advance

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 9

The vast majority of employed female workers in the late nineteenth century were

Accepted Answer

A) married with children. 
B) just arrived from the country. 
C) single. 
D) married but without children. 
E) college-educated. 
A) married with children. 
B) just arrived from the country. 
C) single. 
D) married but without children. 
E) college-educated.

Question 10

The pragmatists were a school of American philosophers who emphasized

Accepted Answer

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 11

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-By 1900, congressional legislation barred ____ from immigrating to America.

Accepted Answer

A) illiterates 
B) the Chinese 
C) foreign workers under contract labor for substandard wages 
D) Jews 
E) socialists 
A) illiterates 
B) the Chinese 
C) foreign workers under contract labor for substandard wages 
D) Jews 
E) socialists

Question 12

Fear of newly arriving immigrants has been a constant in American history. With respect to the New Immigrants of the late nineteenth 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 ni

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Stephen Crane

Accepted Answer

Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Henry James

Accepted Answer

Henry James (April 15, 1843 – February 2

Question 15

The new, research-oriented modern American university tended to

Accepted Answer

A) focus primarily on theory rather than practical subjects. 
B) give a new emphasis to the importance of religion and cultural tradition. 
C) take the lead in movements of social and political reform. 
D) challenge Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution and natural selection. 
E) de-emphasize religious and moral instruction in favor of practical subjects and professional specialization. 
A) focus primarily on theory rather than practical subjects. 
B) give a new emphasis to the importance of religion and cultural tradition. 
C) take the lead in movements of social and political reform. 
D) challenge Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution and natural selection. 
E) de-emphasize religious and moral instruction in favor of practical subjects and professional specialization.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-pragmatism

Accepted Answer

Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition

Question 17

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-In the late nineteenth century, orthodox Protestant churches were being challenged by

Accepted Answer

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 18

The place that offered the greatest opportunities for American women in the period 1865-1900 was

Accepted Answer

A) the big city. 
B) the West. 
C) suburban communities. 
D) rural America. 
E) New England. 
A) the big city. 
B) the West. 
C) suburban communities. 
D) rural America. 
E) New England.

Question 19

Describe the impact of the evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin on American religious and cultural life? Why did many people find Darwin's ideas challenging or difficult?

Accepted Answer

The impact of Charles Darwin's evolution

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

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

Exam 25: America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Tuskegee Institute

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -talented tenth

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -By 1900, American cities were becoming

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Young Men's Christian Association/Young Women's Christian Association

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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

The vast majority of employed female workers in the late nineteenth century were

The pragmatists were a school of American philosophers who emphasized

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -By 1900, congressional legislation barred ____ from immigrating to America.

Fear of newly arriving immigrants has been a constant in American history. With respect to the New Immigrants of the late nineteenth 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 the following: -Stephen Crane

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Henry James

The new, research-oriented modern American university tended to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -pragmatism

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -In the late nineteenth century, orthodox Protestant churches were being challenged by

The place that offered the greatest opportunities for American women in the period 1865-1900 was

Describe the impact of the evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin on American religious and cultural life? Why did many people find Darwin's ideas challenging or difficult?

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

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -By 1900, American cities were becoming

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -By 1900, congressional legislation barred ____ from immigrating to America.

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -In the late nineteenth century, orthodox Protestant churches were being challenged by