Question 1

The two late-nineteenth-century newspaper publishers whose competition for circulation fueled the rise of sensationalistic yellow journalism were

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A)  Horatio Alger and Harlan E. Halsey. 
B)  Henry Adams and Henry James. 
C)  Henry George and Edward Bellamy. 
D)  William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. 
E)  Edwin L. Godkin and Stephen Crane. 
A)  Horatio Alger and Harlan E. Halsey. 
B)  Henry Adams and Henry James. 
C)  Henry George and Edward Bellamy. 
D)  William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. 
E)  Edwin L. Godkin and Stephen Crane.

Question 2

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

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William Dean Howells (1837–1920) was an

Question 3

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 4

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

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Liberal Protestantism refers to a theolo

Question 5

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)  as a way of identifying an intellectual elite. 
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)  as a way of identifying an intellectual elite.

Question 6

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

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The Education of Henry Adams is an autob

Question 7

Most New Immigrants

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

Question 8

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 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Theodore Dreiser

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Theodore Dreiser was an American novelis

Question 10

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

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Ida B. Wells was an African American jou

Question 11

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

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George Washington Carver was an African

Question 12

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 13

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

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Henry Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 2

Question 14

Leading pastimes of late-nineteenth-century Americans included

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A)  bicycling. 
B)  watching football. 
C)  watching baseball. 
D)  the circus. 
E)  vaudeville. 
A)  bicycling. 
B)  watching football. 
C)  watching baseball. 
D)  the circus. 
E)  vaudeville.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Henry H.Richardson

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Henry Hobson Richardson (September 29, 1

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Mark Twain

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Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel L

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Paul Laurence Dunbar was an African Amer

Question 18

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

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

Question 19

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 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sister Carrie

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"Sister Carrie" is a novel by Theodore D

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

The two late-nineteenth-century newspaper publishers whose competition for circulation fueled the rise of sensationalistic yellow journalism were

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

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

Americans offered growing support for a free public education system

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

Most New Immigrants

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: -Theodore Dreiser

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

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

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

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

Leading pastimes of late-nineteenth-century Americans included

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Henry H.Richardson

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Mark Twain

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Paul Laurence Dunbar

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

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?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sister Carrie

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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 at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

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

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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