Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​John Dewey

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The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Question 2

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.

Question 3

The arrival of immigrants on American shores in the late nineteenth century involved both push and pull factors. Describe the major motives that caused emigrants to leave Europe and come to the United States during this period.

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The late nineteenth century saw a signif

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Booker T. Washington

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Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was one

Question 5

Which post-Civil War writers best reflected the social concerns of the new urban age? Which writers reflected a nostalgic interest in the American or European past? Which tendency do you admire most, and why?

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The post-Civil War writers who best refl

Question 6

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Late-nineteenth-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 7

Why did sensational journalism and scandal-mongering expand, even as Americans' levels of education and cultural achievement increased?

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Sensational journalism and scandal-monge

Question 8

The major factor in drawing country people off the farms and into the big cities was the

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A) consecutive years of drought in the Midwest and West in the post-Civil War era. 
B) availability of industrial jobs. 
C) compact nature of those large communities. 
D) advent of new housing structures known as dumbbell tenements. 
E) lure of cultural excitement. 
A) consecutive years of drought in the Midwest and West in the post-Civil War era. 
B) availability of industrial jobs. 
C) compact nature of those large communities. 
D) advent of new housing structures known as dumbbell tenements. 
E) lure of cultural excitement.

Question 9

How were the growing social class divisions in large American cities reflected in the provision of different forms of art, music, and recreation for the elite and the masses?

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The growing social class divisions in la

Question 10

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?

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After the Civil War, the new urban forms

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Louis Sullivan

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Louis Sullivan, often referred to as the

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Carrie Chapman Catt

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Carrie Chapman Catt (January 9, 1859 – M

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William Dean Howells

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William Dean Howells (1837–1920) was an

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Christian Science

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Christian Science is a religious movemen

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Horatio Alger

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Horatio Alger was a 19th-century America

Question 16

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 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-evolutionary process

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The evolutionary process refers to the g

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Mary Baker Eddy

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Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910) was an influ

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William F. Cody

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William F. Cody, also known as Buffalo B

Question 20

Following the conclusion of the Civil War,

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A) Americans had less free time. 
B) America developed a universal disapproval and dislike of cruel and violent sports like boxing. 
C) Americans became less involved in physical sports and games. 
D) Americans increasingly shared a common and standardized popular culture. 
E) minstrel shows lost their popularity in the South. 
A) Americans had less free time. 
B) America developed a universal disapproval and dislike of cruel and violent sports like boxing. 
C) Americans became less involved in physical sports and games. 
D) Americans increasingly shared a common and standardized popular culture. 
E) minstrel shows lost their popularity in the South.

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​John Dewey

The National American Woman Suffrage Association

The arrival of immigrants on American shores in the late nineteenth century involved both push and pull factors. Describe the major motives that caused emigrants to leave Europe and come to the United States during this period.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Booker T. Washington

Which post-Civil War writers best reflected the social concerns of the new urban age? Which writers reflected a nostalgic interest in the American or European past? Which tendency do you admire most, and why?

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Late-nineteenth-century novels often pursued themes of

Why did sensational journalism and scandal-mongering expand, even as Americans' levels of education and cultural achievement increased?

The major factor in drawing country people off the farms and into the big cities was the

How were the growing social class divisions in large American cities reflected in the provision of different forms of art, music, and recreation for the elite and the masses?

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?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Louis Sullivan

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Carrie Chapman Catt

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Dean Howells

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Christian Science

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Horatio Alger

The growing prohibition movement especially reflected the concerns of

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -evolutionary process

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Mary Baker Eddy

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William F. Cody

Following the conclusion of the Civil War,

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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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John Dewey

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Late-nineteenth-century novels often pursued themes of