Question 1

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

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A) the ancient Bible should be replaced by more modern scientific sociology and social theory. 
B) the Christian Gospel required that churches address poverty and other burning social issues of the day. 
C) the federal government should address poverty and other economic and social issues affecting immigrants and poor people. 
D) it was up to women to lead the church in an age of industrial democracy. 
E) the clergy should become the advance guard of a militant working class revolution. 
A) the ancient Bible should be replaced by more modern scientific sociology and social theory. 
B) the Christian Gospel required that churches address poverty and other burning social issues of the day. 
C) the federal government should address poverty and other economic and social issues affecting immigrants and poor people. 
D) it was up to women to lead the church in an age of industrial democracy. 
E) the clergy should become the advance guard of a militant working class revolution.

Question 2

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 3

In the course of the late nineteenth century

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A) the birthrate increased. 
B) the divorce rate fell. 
C) family size gradually declined. 
D) people tended to marry at an earlier age. 
E) children were seen as a greater economic asset. 
A) the birthrate increased. 
B) the divorce rate fell. 
C) family size gradually declined. 
D) people tended to marry at an earlier age. 
E) children were seen as a greater economic asset.

Question 4

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

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William James (January 11, 1842 – August

Question 5

The text's authors assert that "women were growing more independent in the urban environment of the cities" in the late nineteenth century. What did the city environment have to do with women's liberation, and what forms did their new independence take? What were the limitations of this new economic and social independence for women of certain ethnic and racial backgrounds?

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The city environment played a significan

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-W. E. B. Du Bois

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W. E. B. Du Bois, or William Edward Burg

Question 7

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

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A) the large numbers of students graduating from them. 
B) the decline of the popularity of parochial and religiously affiliated schools among the New Immigrants. 
C) the falling illiteracy rate to just over 10 percent by 1900. 
D) the large numbers of average Americans going on to attend college. 
E) the movement of men into the teaching profession. 
A) the large numbers of students graduating from them. 
B) the decline of the popularity of parochial and religiously affiliated schools among the New Immigrants. 
C) the falling illiteracy rate to just over 10 percent by 1900. 
D) the large numbers of average Americans going on to attend college. 
E) the movement of men into the teaching profession.

Question 8

In the decades after the Civil War, college education for women

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A) became more difficult to obtain. 
B) was confined to women's colleges. 
C) became much more common. 
D) resulted in the passage of the Hatch Act. 
E) blossomed especially in the South. 
A) became more difficult to obtain. 
B) was confined to women's colleges. 
C) became much more common. 
D) resulted in the passage of the Hatch Act. 
E) blossomed especially in the South.

Question 9

The religious denomination that was most positively engaged and associated with the New Immigration was

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A) Roman Catholics. 
B) Baptists. 
C) Episcopalians. 
D) Christian Scientists. 
E) Presbyterians. 
A) Roman Catholics. 
B) Baptists. 
C) Episcopalians. 
D) Christian Scientists. 
E) Presbyterians.

Question 10

Do you think that the United States needed laws restricting immigration in the nineteenth 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 nineteenth century, the United St

Question 11

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 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-City Beautiful movement

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The City Beautiful movement was an urban

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-literary realism

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Literary realism is a movement in litera

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-George Washington Carver

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George Washington Carver was an African

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-World's Columbian Exposition

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The World's Columbian Exposition, also k

Question 16

Edward Bellamy's novel, Looking Backward, inspired numerous late-nineteenth-century social reformers by

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A) demonstrating that women's work in the home was seriously undervalued. 
B) showing how a single tax on land speculation would end poverty. 
C) portraying the sufferings of an immigrant worker in Chicago's stockyard meat industry. 
D) portraying a utopian America in the year 2000, where nationalized industry had solved all social problems. 
E) None of these choices are correct. 
A) demonstrating that women's work in the home was seriously undervalued. 
B) showing how a single tax on land speculation would end poverty. 
C) portraying the sufferings of an immigrant worker in Chicago's stockyard meat industry. 
D) portraying a utopian America in the year 2000, where nationalized industry had solved all social problems. 
E) None of these choices are correct.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Joseph Pulitzer

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Joseph Pulitzer was a Hungarian-American

Question 18

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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Technology and industry played a signifi

Question 19

Most Italian immigrants to the United States between 1880 and 1920 came to escape

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A) political oppression. 
B) famine. 
C) the political disintegration of their country. 
D) the military draft. 
E) the poverty and backwardness of southern Italy. 
A) political oppression. 
B) famine. 
C) the political disintegration of their country. 
D) the military draft. 
E) the poverty and backwardness of southern Italy.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Ida B. Wells

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Ida B. Wells was an African American jou

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

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

General Lewis Wallace's book, Ben Hur

In the course of the late nineteenth century

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -W. E. B. Du Bois

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

In the decades after the Civil War, college education for women

The religious denomination that was most positively engaged and associated with the New Immigration was

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -City Beautiful movement

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -literary realism

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -George Washington Carver

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -World's Columbian Exposition

Edward Bellamy's novel, Looking Backward, inspired numerous late-nineteenth-century social reformers by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Joseph Pulitzer

Most Italian immigrants to the United States between 1880 and 1920 came to escape

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ida B. Wells

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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