Question 1

Which of the following sports was not developed in the decades following the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Basketball 
B)  Bicycling 
C)  Croquet 
D)  College football 
E)  Baseball 
A)  Basketball 
B)  Bicycling 
C)  Croquet 
D)  College football 
E)  Baseball E

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​John Dewey

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. ​​

Question 3

General Lewis Wallace's book, Ben Hur

Accepted Answer

A)  achieved success only after his death. 
B)  was based on a popular early movie. 
C)  emphasized that virtue, honesty, and hard work were rewarded by success. 
D)  detailed Wallace's experiences in the Civil War. 
E)  defended Christianity against Darwinism. 
A)  achieved success only after his death. 
B)  was based on a popular early movie. 
C)  emphasized that virtue, honesty, and hard work were rewarded by success. 
D)  detailed Wallace's experiences in the Civil War. 
E)  defended Christianity against Darwinism. E

Question 4

The National American Woman Suffrage Association

Accepted Answer

A)  believed that the struggle for women's right to vote should be secondary to improving women's economic status in life. 
B)  conducted an integrated campaign for equal rights. 
C)  abandoned the goals of Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 
D)  elected Ida B. Wells as its president. 
E)  limited its membership to whites excluding all blacks from membership. 
A)  believed that the struggle for women's right to vote should be secondary to improving women's economic status in life. 
B)  conducted an integrated campaign for equal rights. 
C)  abandoned the goals of Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 
D)  elected Ida B. Wells as its president. 
E)  limited its membership to whites excluding all blacks from membership.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

The City Beautiful movement was an urban

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Henry Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 2

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Victoria Woodhull

Accepted Answer

Victoria Woodhull was a notable figure i

Question 8

One of the most important factors leading to an increased divorce rate in the late nineteenth century was the

Accepted Answer

A)  women's growing economic independence as a result of the widespread entry into the professional world. 
B)  stresses of urban life. 
C)  emerging feminist movement. 
D)  passage of more liberal divorce laws. 
E)  decline of religious organizations. 
A)  women's growing economic independence as a result of the widespread entry into the professional world. 
B)  stresses of urban life. 
C)  emerging feminist movement. 
D)  passage of more liberal divorce laws. 
E)  decline of religious organizations.

Question 9

American cities increasingly abandoned wooden construction for brick and steel in their downtown districts after

Accepted Answer

A)  the great Chicago fire of 1871. 
B)  the development of the electric elevator and the skyscraper. 
C)  brickmaking became cheaper and iron was superseded by more durable steel for construction purposes. 
D)  the cost of brick and steel dropped markedly in the 1870s. 
E)  wooden tenements collapsed in the New York inner city in the 1880s. 
A)  the great Chicago fire of 1871. 
B)  the development of the electric elevator and the skyscraper. 
C)  brickmaking became cheaper and iron was superseded by more durable steel for construction purposes. 
D)  the cost of brick and steel dropped markedly in the 1870s. 
E)  wooden tenements collapsed in the New York inner city in the 1880s.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

James Gibbons (July 23, 1834 – March 24,

Question 11

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 12

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?

Accepted Answer

Technology and industry played a signifi

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

Daniel Burnham, whose full name is Danie

Question 14

Settlement houses, such as Hull House, engaged in all of the following activities except

Accepted Answer

A)  child care. 
B)  instruction in English. 
C)  cultural activities. 
D)  evangelical religious instruction. 
E)  lobbying for social reform. 
A)  child care. 
B)  instruction in English. 
C)  cultural activities. 
D)  evangelical religious instruction. 
E)  lobbying for social reform.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-New Immigration

Accepted Answer

The term "New Immigration" refers to the

Question 16

Late-nineteenth-century novels often pursued themes of

Accepted Answer

A)  romantic sentimentality. 
B)  social problems, moral corruption, and social conflict in the urban, industrial city. 
C)  striking it rich in the American West. 
D)  upper-crust social strife and conflict. 
E)  the dilemmas and strains of the new, professionally ambitious woman. 
A)  romantic sentimentality. 
B)  social problems, moral corruption, and social conflict in the urban, industrial city. 
C)  striking it rich in the American West. 
D)  upper-crust social strife and conflict. 
E)  the dilemmas and strains of the new, professionally ambitious woman.

Question 17

In the decades after the Civil War, college education for women

Accepted Answer

A)  became more difficult to obtain. 
B)  was confined to women's colleges. 
C)  became much more common. 
D)  resulted in the passage of the Hatch Act. 
E)  blossomed especially in the South. 
A)  became more difficult to obtain. 
B)  was confined to women's colleges. 
C)  became much more common. 
D)  resulted in the passage of the Hatch Act. 
E)  blossomed especially in the South.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

Natural selection is a fundamental mecha

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Thomas Eakins

Accepted Answer

Thomas Eakins (1844–1916) was an influen

Question 20

What was the impact of industrialization and urbanization on late-nineteenth-century American churches, schools, and family life? Cite at least two changes wrought on each of these institutions during this period.

Accepted Answer

The impact of industrialization and urba

Which of the following sports was not developed in the decades following the Civil War?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John Dewey

General Lewis Wallace's book, Ben Hur

The National American Woman Suffrage Association

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Victoria Woodhull

One of the most important factors leading to an increased divorce rate in the late nineteenth century was the

American cities increasingly abandoned wooden construction for brick and steel in their downtown districts after

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

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

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

Settlement houses, such as Hull House, engaged in all of the following activities except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -New Immigration

Late-nineteenth-century novels often pursued themes of

In the decades after the Civil War, college education for women

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Thomas Eakins

What was the impact of industrialization and urbanization on late-nineteenth-century American churches, schools, and family life? Cite at least two changes wrought on each of these institutions during this period.

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 in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the “Roaring Twenties” 1920–1929

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

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Exam 4: America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

Which of the following sports was not developed in the decades following the Civil War?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​John Dewey

General Lewis Wallace's book, Ben Hur

The National American Woman Suffrage Association

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Victoria Woodhull

One of the most important factors leading to an increased divorce rate in the late nineteenth century was the

American cities increasingly abandoned wooden construction for brick and steel in their downtown districts after

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

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

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

Settlement houses, such as Hull House, engaged in all of the following activities except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -New Immigration

Late-nineteenth-century novels often pursued themes of

In the decades after the Civil War, college education for women

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Thomas Eakins

What was the impact of industrialization and urbanization on late-nineteenth-century American churches, schools, and family life? Cite at least two changes wrought on each of these institutions during this period.

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 in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the “Roaring Twenties” 1920–1929

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

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

Filters

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John Dewey