Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Women and Economics

Accepted Answer

Women and Economics is a book written by

Question 2

By 1900,congressional legislation barred ____ from immigrating to America.

Accepted Answer

A)  illiterates 
B)  the Chinese 
C)  contract laborers 
D)  Jews 
E)  socialists 
A)  illiterates 
B)  the Chinese 
C)  contract laborers 
D)  Jews 
E)  socialists

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Anti-Saloon League

Accepted Answer

The Anti-Saloon League was a prominent o

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Accepted Answer

The National Association for the Advance

Question 5

By the late nineteenth century,most of the Old Immigrant groups from northern and Western Europe

Accepted Answer

A)  actively promoted the idea of a multicultural America. 
B)  were still regarded with suspicion and hostility by the majority of native Americans. 
C)  had largely abandoned their ethnically based churches, clubs, and neighborhoods. 
D)  were largely accepted as American, even though they often lived in separate ethnic neighborhoods. 
E)  still maintained a primary loyalty to their country of origin, especially Ireland or Germany. 
A)  actively promoted the idea of a multicultural America. 
B)  were still regarded with suspicion and hostility by the majority of native Americans. 
C)  had largely abandoned their ethnically based churches, clubs, and neighborhoods. 
D)  were largely accepted as American, even though they often lived in separate ethnic neighborhoods. 
E)  still maintained a primary loyalty to their country of origin, especially Ireland or Germany.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Emma Lazarus

Accepted Answer

Emma Lazarus (July 22, 1849 – November 1

Question 7

The arrival of immigrants on American shores in the late nineteenth century involved both push and pull factors.Describe the major motives that caused emigrants to leave Europe and come to the United States during this period.

Accepted Answer

The late nineteenth century saw a signif

Question 8

Why did sensational journalism and scandal-mongering expand,even as Americans' levels of education and cultural achievement increased?

Accepted Answer

Sensational journalism and scandal-monge

Question 9

The place that offered the greatest opportunities for American women in the period 1865-1900 was

Accepted Answer

A)  the big city. 
B)  the West. 
C)  suburban communities. 
D)  rural America. 
E)  New England. 
A)  the big city. 
B)  the West. 
C)  suburban communities. 
D)  rural America. 
E)  New England.

Question 10

All of these were factors that increasingly made cities more attractive than farms for young adults except

Accepted Answer

A)  electricity, indoor plumbing and telephones. 
B)  the advent of skyscrapers and suspension bridges. 
C)  urban nightlife. 
D)  industrial jobs. 
E)  the lower cost of living. 
A)  electricity, indoor plumbing and telephones. 
B)  the advent of skyscrapers and suspension bridges. 
C)  urban nightlife. 
D)  industrial jobs. 
E)  the lower cost of living.

Question 11

The development of electric trolleys in the late nineteenth century transformed the American city by

Accepted Answer

A)  ending horse-drawn transportation in the city. 
B)  enabling cities to build upward as well as outward. 
C)  separating the mass transportation of the working class from the private vehicles of the wealthy. 
D)  enabling cities to plan streets along regular grid lines. 
E)  creating distinct districts devoted to residential neighborhoods, commerce, and industry. 
A)  ending horse-drawn transportation in the city. 
B)  enabling cities to build upward as well as outward. 
C)  separating the mass transportation of the working class from the private vehicles of the wealthy. 
D)  enabling cities to plan streets along regular grid lines. 
E)  creating distinct districts devoted to residential neighborhoods, commerce, and industry.

Question 12

Some historians have called pragmatism "America's only distinctive contribution to philosophy." In what way might it be true to say that pragmatism reflected unique qualities of American society and culture? How would pragmatists respond to the charge that theirs was an anti-intellectual philosophy?

Accepted Answer

Pragmatism can be seen as reflecting uni

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Accepted Answer

Augustus Saint-Gaudens was a prominent A

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition

Question 15

As a leader of the African American community,Booker T.Washington

Accepted Answer

A)  helped to found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 
B)  advocated social equality. 
C)  discovered hundreds of uses for the peanut. 
D)  promoted black self-help but did not challenge segregation. 
E)  promoted black political activism. 
A)  helped to found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 
B)  advocated social equality. 
C)  discovered hundreds of uses for the peanut. 
D)  promoted black self-help but did not challenge segregation. 
E)  promoted black political activism.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Florence Kelley

Accepted Answer

Florence Kelley (1859–1932) was a social

Question 17

Which of the following prominent post-Civil War writers did not reflect the increased attention to social problems by those from less affluent backgrounds?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mark Twain 
B)  William Dean Howells 
C)  Stephen Crane 
D)  Kate Chopin 
E)  Henry Adams 
A)  Mark Twain 
B)  William Dean Howells 
C)  Stephen Crane 
D)  Kate Chopin 
E)  Henry Adams

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Daniel Burnham

Accepted Answer

Daniel Burnham, whose full name is Danie

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Hull House

Accepted Answer

Hull House was a settlement house founde

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Women's Christian Temperance Union

Accepted Answer

The Women's Christian Temperance Union (

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Women and Economics

By 1900,congressional legislation barred ____ from immigrating to America.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Anti-Saloon League

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

By the late nineteenth century,most of the Old Immigrant groups from northern and Western Europe

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Emma Lazarus

The arrival of immigrants on American shores in the late nineteenth century involved both push and pull factors.Describe the major motives that caused emigrants to leave Europe and come to the United States during this period.

Why did sensational journalism and scandal-mongering expand,even as Americans' levels of education and cultural achievement increased?

The place that offered the greatest opportunities for American women in the period 1865-1900 was

All of these were factors that increasingly made cities more attractive than farms for young adults except

The development of electric trolleys in the late nineteenth century transformed the American city by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Augustus Saint-Gaudens

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

As a leader of the African American community,Booker T.Washington

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Florence Kelley

Which of the following prominent post-Civil War writers did not reflect the increased attention to social problems by those from less affluent backgrounds?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Daniel Burnham

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Hull House

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Women's Christian Temperance Union

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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