Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Edwin L.Godkin

Accepted Answer

Edwin L. Godkin was a prominent 19th-cen

Question 2

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?

Accepted Answer

In the nineteenth century, the United St

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-social gospel

Accepted Answer

The Social Gospel was a movement within

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sears/Montgomery Ward

Accepted Answer

Sears and Montgomery Ward were both majo

Question 5

Late-nineteenth-century novels often pursued themes of

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A)  romantic sentimentality. 
B)  social problems and conflict. 
C)  the American West. 
D)  the corrupting influences of the city. 
E)  the dilemmas of the new woman. 
A)  romantic sentimentality. 
B)  social problems and conflict. 
C)  the American West. 
D)  the corrupting influences of the city. 
E)  the dilemmas of the new woman.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-The Nation

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The Nation is a weekly magazine that was

Question 7

Was the new morality and rising frankness about matters of sexuality and marriage a reflection of women's rising status,or part of an attempt to keep women in a subordinate place?

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The new morality and rising frankness ab

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

The American Red Cross is a humanitarian

Question 9

Besides serving immigrants and the poor in urban neighborhoods,settlement workers like Jane Addams and Florence Kelley

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A)  actively lobbied for social reforms like anti-sweatshop laws and child labor laws. 
B)  created the new, largely female profession of teaching. 
C)  looked down on the immigrant populations they served. 
D)  saw themselves primarily as feminists who worked to advance women's causes. 
E)  steered clear of controversial international questions like war and peace. 
A)  actively lobbied for social reforms like anti-sweatshop laws and child labor laws. 
B)  created the new, largely female profession of teaching. 
C)  looked down on the immigrant populations they served. 
D)  saw themselves primarily as feminists who worked to advance women's causes. 
E)  steered clear of controversial international questions like war and peace.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

William James (January 11, 1842 – August

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

Yellow journalism refers to a style of n

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

Anthony Comstock was a prominent figure

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Stephen Crane

Accepted Answer

Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Morrill Act

Accepted Answer

The Morrill Act, also known as the Land-

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

Charles William Eliot (1834–1926) was an

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Hebrew schools

Accepted Answer

Hebrew schools, also known as Jewish day

Question 18

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 19

The new,research-oriented modern American university tended to

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A)  focus primarily on theory rather than practical subjects. 
B)  give a new emphasis to the importance of religion and cultural tradition. 
C)  take the lead in movements of social and political reform. 
D)  challenge Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution and natural selection. 
E)  de-emphasize religious and moral instruction in favor of practical subjects and professional specialization. 
A)  focus primarily on theory rather than practical subjects. 
B)  give a new emphasis to the importance of religion and cultural tradition. 
C)  take the lead in movements of social and political reform. 
D)  challenge Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution and natural selection. 
E)  de-emphasize religious and moral instruction in favor of practical subjects and professional specialization.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-National Consumers League

Accepted Answer

The National Consumers League (NCL) is a

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Edwin L.Godkin

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?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -social gospel

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sears/Montgomery Ward

Late-nineteenth-century novels often pursued themes of

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -The Nation

Was the new morality and rising frankness about matters of sexuality and marriage a reflection of women's rising status,or part of an attempt to keep women in a subordinate place?

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

Besides serving immigrants and the poor in urban neighborhoods,settlement workers like Jane Addams and Florence Kelley

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

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

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Stephen Crane

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Morrill Act

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Hebrew schools

In the new urban environment,most liberal Protestants

The new,research-oriented modern American university tended to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -National Consumers League

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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