Question 1

The post-Civil War era witnessed

Accepted Answer

A)  an increase in compulsory school-attendance laws. 
B)  the collapse of the Chautauqua movement. 
C)  rejection of the German system of kindergartens. 
D)  a slow rise in the illiteracy rate. 
E)  an emphasis on liberal arts colleges. 
A)  an increase in compulsory school-attendance laws. 
B)  the collapse of the Chautauqua movement. 
C)  rejection of the German system of kindergartens. 
D)  a slow rise in the illiteracy rate. 
E)  an emphasis on liberal arts colleges.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Henry James (April 15, 1843 – February 2

Question 3

Which post-Civil War writers best reflected the social concerns of the new urban age? Which writers reflected a nostalgic interest in the American or European past? Which tendency do you admire most,and why?

Accepted Answer

The post-Civil War writers who best refl

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Carrie Chapman Catt

Accepted Answer

Carrie Chapman Catt (January 9, 1859 – M

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-fundamentalism

Accepted Answer

Fundamentalism is a term that originally

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

The dumbbell tenement is a type of build

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A settlement house is a community-based

Question 8

The two major sources of funding for the powerful new American research universities were

Accepted Answer

A)  tuition paid by undergraduate students and fees charged to those served by the universities. 
B)  state land grants and wealthy, philanthropic industrialists. 
C)  the federal government and local communities. 
D)  income from successful patents and corporate research grants. 
E)  churches and numerous private individual donors. 
A)  tuition paid by undergraduate students and fees charged to those served by the universities. 
B)  state land grants and wealthy, philanthropic industrialists. 
C)  the federal government and local communities. 
D)  income from successful patents and corporate research grants. 
E)  churches and numerous private individual donors.

Question 9

The two immigrant ethnic groups who were most harshly treated in the mid to late nineteenth century were the

Accepted Answer

A)  Spanish and Greeks. 
B)  Irish and Chinese. 
C)  Germans and Swedes. 
D)  Japanese and Filipinos. 
E)  French and Russians. 
A)  Spanish and Greeks. 
B)  Irish and Chinese. 
C)  Germans and Swedes. 
D)  Japanese and Filipinos. 
E)  French and Russians.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Mary Baker Eddy

Accepted Answer

Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910) was an influ

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Johns Hopkins University

Accepted Answer

Johns Hopkins University is a private re

Question 12

Describe the impact of the evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin on American religious and cultural life? Why did many people find Darwin's ideas challenging or difficult?

Accepted Answer

The impact of Charles Darwin's evolution

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

Jack London (1876-1916) was an American

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Little Poland/Little Italy

Accepted Answer

Little Poland and Little Italy are terms

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Booker T.Washington

Accepted Answer

Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was one

Question 17

In the decades after the Civil War,changes in sexual attitudes and practices were reflected in all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  soaring divorce rates. 
B)  the spreading practice of birth control. 
C)  more children being born out of wedlock. 
D)  increasingly frank discussion of sexual topics. 
E)  more women working outside the home. 
A)  soaring divorce rates. 
B)  the spreading practice of birth control. 
C)  more children being born out of wedlock. 
D)  increasingly frank discussion of sexual topics. 
E)  more women working outside the home.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

"Progress and Poverty" is a book written

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-talented tenth

Accepted Answer

The term "talented tenth" was popularize

Question 20

In the 1890s,white collar positions for women as secretaries,department store clerks,and telephone operators were largely reserved for

Accepted Answer

A)  Jews. 
B)  Irish-Americans. 
C)  African Americans. 
D)  the college-educated. 
E)  native-born Americans. 
A)  Jews. 
B)  Irish-Americans. 
C)  African Americans. 
D)  the college-educated. 
E)  native-born Americans.

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

The post-Civil War era witnessed

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

Which post-Civil War writers best reflected the social concerns of the new urban age? Which writers reflected a nostalgic interest in the American or European past? Which tendency do you admire most,and why?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Carrie Chapman Catt

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -fundamentalism

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

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

The two major sources of funding for the powerful new American research universities were

The two immigrant ethnic groups who were most harshly treated in the mid to late nineteenth century were the

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Mary Baker Eddy

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Johns Hopkins University

Describe the impact of the evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin on American religious and cultural life? Why did many people find Darwin's ideas challenging or difficult?

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Little Poland/Little Italy

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Booker T.Washington

In the decades after the Civil War,changes in sexual attitudes and practices were reflected in all of the following except

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -talented tenth

In the 1890s,white collar positions for women as secretaries,department store clerks,and telephone operators were largely reserved for

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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

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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

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