Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Accepted Answer

"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is

Question 2

The Darwinian theory of organic evolution through natural selection affected American religion by

Accepted Answer

A)  turning most scientists against religion. 
B)  creating a split between religious conservatives who denied evolution and accomodationists who supported it. 
C)  raising awareness of the close spiritual kinship between animals and human beings. 
D)  causing a revival of the doctrine of original sin. 
E)  sparking the rise of new denominations based on modern science. 
A)  turning most scientists against religion. 
B)  creating a split between religious conservatives who denied evolution and accomodationists who supported it. 
C)  raising awareness of the close spiritual kinship between animals and human beings. 
D)  causing a revival of the doctrine of original sin. 
E)  sparking the rise of new denominations based on modern science.

Question 3

Reflecting women's increasing independence in the late 1890s,author and feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman supported all of the following except

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A)  women abandoning their dependent status. 
B)  women seeking power via their roles as wives and mothers. 
C)  notions that biology made women fundamentally different from men. 
D)  centralized nurseries and cooperative kitchens. 
E)  women becoming productive members of the economy as workers. 
A)  women abandoning their dependent status. 
B)  women seeking power via their roles as wives and mothers. 
C)  notions that biology made women fundamentally different from men. 
D)  centralized nurseries and cooperative kitchens. 
E)  women becoming productive members of the economy as workers.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Howard University

Accepted Answer

Howard University is a private, federall

Question 5

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 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-natural selection

Accepted Answer

Natural selection is a fundamental mecha

Question 7

In what ways was the city a "frontier of opportunity for women"? Name at least two women who seized this opportunity and elaborate on their experiences.

Accepted Answer

The city was a "frontier of opportunity

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an Ame

Question 9

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)  a result of natural reproduction. 
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)  a result of natural reproduction.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

James Naismith was a Canadian-American p

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

Louis Sullivan, often referred to as the

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Ben Hur

Accepted Answer

Ben-Hur is a novel written by Lew Wallac

Question 13

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)  sought to organize mutual-aid associations. 
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)  sought to organize mutual-aid associations.

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A megalopolis is a large, sprawling, and

Question 15

Which one of the following has the least in common with the other four?

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A)  Slums 
B)  Dumbbell tenements 
C)  Bedroom communities 
D)  Flophouses 
E)  The "Lung Block" 
A)  Slums 
B)  Dumbbell tenements 
C)  Bedroom communities 
D)  Flophouses 
E)  The "Lung Block"

Question 16

Fear of newly arriving immigrants has been a constant in American history.With respect to the New Immigrants of the late nineteenth century,describe what the native-born Americans were concerned about.Do you think their fears were well founded? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The native-born Americans of the late ni

Question 17

The major factor in drawing country people off the farms and into the big cities was the

Accepted Answer

A)  development of the skyscraper. 
B)  availability of industrial jobs. 
C)  compact nature of those large communities. 
D)  advent of new housing structures known as dumbbell tenements. 
E)  lure of cultural excitement. 
A)  development of the skyscraper. 
B)  availability of industrial jobs. 
C)  compact nature of those large communities. 
D)  advent of new housing structures known as dumbbell tenements. 
E)  lure of cultural excitement.

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Jane Addams

Accepted Answer

Jane Addams (1860–1935) was an American

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-new morality

Accepted Answer

The term "new morality" often refers to

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"Richardsonian"

Accepted Answer

"Richardsonian" refers to a style of Rom

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Darwinian theory of organic evolution through natural selection affected American religion by

Reflecting women's increasing independence in the late 1890s,author and feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman supported all of the following except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Howard University

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: -natural selection

In what ways was the city a "frontier of opportunity for women"? Name at least two women who seized this opportunity and elaborate on their experiences.

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

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

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ben Hur

The American Protective Association

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

Which one of the following has the least in common with the other four?

Fear of newly arriving immigrants has been a constant in American history.With respect to the New Immigrants of the late nineteenth century,describe what the native-born Americans were concerned about.Do you think their fears were well founded? Why or why not?

The major factor in drawing country people off the farms and into the big cities was the

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Jane Addams

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -new morality

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"Richardsonian"

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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