Question 1

In the new urban environment, most liberal Protestants

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A) believed that a final Judgment Day was coming soon. 
B) were driven out of mainstream seminaries and colleges. 
C) welcomed ecumenical conversations with Roman Catholics. 
D) sharply criticized American society and American government. 
E) rejected biblical literalism and adapted religious ideas to modern culture. 
A) believed that a final Judgment Day was coming soon. 
B) were driven out of mainstream seminaries and colleges. 
C) welcomed ecumenical conversations with Roman Catholics. 
D) sharply criticized American society and American government. 
E) rejected biblical literalism and adapted religious ideas to modern culture.

Question 2

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

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Henry Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 2

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Progress and Poverty

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"Progress and Poverty" is a book written

Question 4

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Carrie Chapman Catt argued that women should be granted the right to vote because

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A) women were in all respects the equal of men. 
B) in the city, women needed to affect such issues as public health and education. 
C) women should at least have the same rights as African American males. 
D) suffrage was the logical extension of a woman's traditional role in caring for her family. 
E) they were morally superior to men. 
A) women were in all respects the equal of men. 
B) in the city, women needed to affect such issues as public health and education. 
C) women should at least have the same rights as African American males. 
D) suffrage was the logical extension of a woman's traditional role in caring for her family. 
E) they were morally superior to men.

Question 5

In criticizing Booker T. Washington's educational emphasis on manual labor and industrial training, W.E.B. Du Bois emphasized instead that black education should concentrate on

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A) adult education. 
B) education for political action. 
C) developing separate black schools and colleges. 
D) developing black entrepreneurs to create black businesses to serve black communities. 
E) an intellectually gifted talented tenth of the black community that should be given full and immediate access to the mainstream of American life. 
A) adult education. 
B) education for political action. 
C) developing separate black schools and colleges. 
D) developing black entrepreneurs to create black businesses to serve black communities. 
E) an intellectually gifted talented tenth of the black community that should be given full and immediate access to the mainstream of American life.

Question 6

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

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A) stock speculators and financiers who manipulated the price of real goods and services. 
B) labor unions that artificially drove up the prices of wages and therefore goods. 
C) landowners who gained unearned wealth from rising land values. 
D) businesspeople who gained excessive profits by exploiting workers. 
E) patriarchal ideologies that regarded women as inferior domestic beings. 
A) stock speculators and financiers who manipulated the price of real goods and services. 
B) labor unions that artificially drove up the prices of wages and therefore goods. 
C) landowners who gained unearned wealth from rising land values. 
D) businesspeople who gained excessive profits by exploiting workers. 
E) patriarchal ideologies that regarded women as inferior domestic beings.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Florence Kelley

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Florence Kelley (1859–1932) was a social

Question 8

Americans offered growing support for a free public education system

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A) to combat the growing strength of Catholic parochial schools. 
B) when the Chautauqua movement began to decline. 
C) because they accepted the idea that a free government cannot function without educated citizens. 
D) when private schools began to fold. 
E) because they were universally horrified by child labor abuses. 
A) to combat the growing strength of Catholic parochial schools. 
B) when the Chautauqua movement began to decline. 
C) because they accepted the idea that a free government cannot function without educated citizens. 
D) when private schools began to fold. 
E) because they were universally horrified by child labor abuses.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-New Immigration

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The term "New Immigration" refers to the

Question 10

The development of electric trolleys in the late nineteenth century transformed the American city by

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A) transforming the American city into a compact and communal "walking city." 
B) enabling cities to build upward as well as outward. 
C) separating the mass transportation of the working class from the private vehicles of the wealthy. 
D) enabling cities to plan streets along regular grid lines. 
E) creating distinct districts devoted to residential neighborhoods, commerce, and industry. 
A) transforming the American city into a compact and communal "walking city." 
B) enabling cities to build upward as well as outward. 
C) separating the mass transportation of the working class from the private vehicles of the wealthy. 
D) enabling cities to plan streets along regular grid lines. 
E) creating distinct districts devoted to residential neighborhoods, commerce, and industry.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Charles W. Eliot

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Charles William Eliot (1834–1926) was an

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-single tax

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The concept of a "single tax" is most fa

Question 13

The public library movement across America was greatly aided by the generous financial support from

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A) J.Pierpont Morgan. 
B) Andrew Carnegie. 
C) John D.Rockefeller. 
D) local "friends of the library." 
E) women's organizations. 
A) J.Pierpont Morgan. 
B) Andrew Carnegie. 
C) John D.Rockefeller. 
D) local "friends of the library." 
E) women's organizations.

Question 14

The American Protective Association

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A) preached the social gospel that churches were obligated to protect New Immigrants. 
B) was led for many years by Florence Kelley and Jane Addams. 
C) supported immigration restrictions. 
D) established settlement houses in several major cities in order to aid New Immigrants. 
E) opposed immigration restrictions. 
A) preached the social gospel that churches were obligated to protect New Immigrants. 
B) was led for many years by Florence Kelley and Jane Addams. 
C) supported immigration restrictions. 
D) established settlement houses in several major cities in order to aid New Immigrants. 
E) opposed immigration restrictions.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-settlement house

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A settlement house is a community-based

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-dumbbell tenement

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The dumbbell tenement is a type of build

Question 17

The tremendously rapid growth of American cities in the post-Civil War decades was

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A) uniquely American. 
B) fueled by an agricultural system suffering from poor production levels. 
C) attributable to the closing of the frontier. 
D) a trend that affected Europe as well. 
E) None of these choices are correct. 
A) uniquely American. 
B) fueled by an agricultural system suffering from poor production levels. 
C) attributable to the closing of the frontier. 
D) a trend that affected Europe as well. 
E) None of these choices are correct.

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-yellow journalism

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Yellow journalism refers to a style of n

Question 19

The New Immigrants who came to the United States after 1880

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A) had experience with democratic governments. 
B) arrived primarily from Germany, Sweden, and Norway. 
C) were culturally different from previous immigrants. 
D) received a warm welcome from the Old Immigrants. 
E) represented nonwhite racial groups. 
A) had experience with democratic governments. 
B) arrived primarily from Germany, Sweden, and Norway. 
C) were culturally different from previous immigrants. 
D) received a warm welcome from the Old Immigrants. 
E) represented nonwhite racial groups.

Question 20

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

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Louis Agassiz (1807–1873) was a Swiss-bo

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

In the new urban environment, most liberal Protestants

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Progress and Poverty

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Carrie Chapman Catt argued that women should be granted the right to vote because

In criticizing Booker T. Washington's educational emphasis on manual labor and industrial training, W.E.B. Du Bois emphasized instead that black education should concentrate on

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Florence Kelley

Americans offered growing support for a free public education system

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -New Immigration

The development of electric trolleys in the late nineteenth century transformed the American city by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Charles W. Eliot

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -single tax

The public library movement across America was greatly aided by the generous financial support from

The American Protective Association

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -settlement house

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -dumbbell tenement

The tremendously rapid growth of American cities in the post-Civil War decades was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -yellow journalism

The New Immigrants who came to the United States after 1880

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

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. -Carrie Chapman Catt argued that women should be granted the right to vote because