Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Anthony Comstock

Accepted Answer

Anthony Comstock was a prominent figure

Question 2

Explain the statement that the late-nineteenth-century cities "grew up, out, and apart." Had you been alive at the time, what might have attracted you to the city? What might have caused you to stay there or to go back "down on the farm"?

Accepted Answer

The statement that late-nineteenth-centu

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

James Gibbons (July 23, 1834 – March 24,

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-liberal Protestantism

Accepted Answer

Liberal Protestantism refers to a theolo

Question 5

Cite at least one figure in each of the following categories and describe the major theme of his or her work:
a.journalism and popular writing,
b.serious novels and poetry, and
c.sculpture and architecture.Then tell why you think your choice reflects the reality of life in the late nineteenth century in each case.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Cite at least one figure in each...

Question 6

Most New Immigrants

Accepted Answer

A) eventually returned to their country of origin. 
B) tried to preserve their Old Country culture in America. 
C) were immediately subjected to stringent immigration restrictions. 
D) quickly assimilated into the mainstream of American life. 
E) converted to mainstream Protestantism. 
A) eventually returned to their country of origin. 
B) tried to preserve their Old Country culture in America. 
C) were immediately subjected to stringent immigration restrictions. 
D) quickly assimilated into the mainstream of American life. 
E) converted to mainstream Protestantism.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-American Red Cross

Accepted Answer

The American Red Cross is a humanitarian

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

In the late nineteenth century, American

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Jack London

Accepted Answer

Jack London (1876-1916) was an American

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-American Protective Association

Accepted Answer

The American Protective Association (APA

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

James Naismith was a Canadian-American p

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Comstock Law

Accepted Answer

The Comstock Law, passed in the United S

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Victoria Woodhull

Accepted Answer

Victoria Woodhull was a notable figure i

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Anthony Comstock

Explain the statement that the late-nineteenth-century cities "grew up, out, and apart." Had you been alive at the time, what might have attracted you to the city? What might have caused you to stay there or to go back "down on the farm"?

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -liberal Protestantism

Most New Immigrants

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -American Red Cross

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Jack London

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -American Protective Association

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Comstock Law

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Victoria Woodhull

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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