Question 1

Which of the following was not among the major new research universities founded in the post-Civil War era?

Accepted Answer

A)  Harvard University 
B)  The University of California 
C)  Johns Hopkins University 
D)  The University of Chicago 
E)  Stanford University 
A)  Harvard University 
B)  The University of California 
C)  Johns Hopkins University 
D)  The University of Chicago 
E)  Stanford University

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Accepted Answer

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a prominent

Question 3

The success of the public schools in the post-Civil War era is best evidenced by

Accepted Answer

A)  the large numbers of students graduating from them. 
B)  the decline of the popularity of parochial and religiously affiliated schools among the New Immigrants. 
C)  the falling illiteracy rate to just over 10 percent by 1900. 
D)  the large numbers of average Americans going on to attend college. 
E)  the movement of men into the teaching profession. 
A)  the large numbers of students graduating from them. 
B)  the decline of the popularity of parochial and religiously affiliated schools among the New Immigrants. 
C)  the falling illiteracy rate to just over 10 percent by 1900. 
D)  the large numbers of average Americans going on to attend college. 
E)  the movement of men into the teaching profession.

Question 4

The new, research-oriented modern American university tended to

Accepted Answer

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 5

American newspapers in the post-Civil War era expanded their circulation and public attention by

Accepted Answer

A)  printing hard-hitting editorials. 
B)  crusading for social reform. 
C)  investigative reporting that uncovered public corruption in local and state government. 
D)  focusing on coverage of the local community and avoiding syndicalized material. 
E)  printing sensationalist stories of sex and scandal. 
A)  printing hard-hitting editorials. 
B)  crusading for social reform. 
C)  investigative reporting that uncovered public corruption in local and state government. 
D)  focusing on coverage of the local community and avoiding syndicalized material. 
E)  printing sensationalist stories of sex and scandal.

Question 6

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 7

The Morrill Act of 1862

Accepted Answer

A)  established black colleges like Spelman. 
B)  established women's colleges like Smith. 
C)  established the modern American research university. 
D)  mandated racial integration in public schools. 
E)  granted public lands to states to support higher education. 
A)  established black colleges like Spelman. 
B)  established women's colleges like Smith. 
C)  established the modern American research university. 
D)  mandated racial integration in public schools. 
E)  granted public lands to states to support higher education.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"form follows function"

Accepted Answer

"Form follows function" is a principle a

Question 9

Most New Immigrants

Accepted Answer

A)  eventually returned to their country of origin. 
B)  tried to preserve their Old Country culture in America. 
C)  were immediately subjected to stringent immigration restrictions. 
D)  quickly assimilated into the mainstream of American life. 
E)  converted to mainstream Protestantism. 
A)  eventually returned to their country of origin. 
B)  tried to preserve their Old Country culture in America. 
C)  were immediately subjected to stringent immigration restrictions. 
D)  quickly assimilated into the mainstream of American life. 
E)  converted to mainstream Protestantism.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

The Social Gospel was a movement within

Question 11

The public library movement across America was greatly aided by the generous financial support from

Accepted Answer

A)  J. Pierpont Morgan. 
B)  Andrew Carnegie. 
C)  John D. Rockefeller. 
D)  local "friends of the library." 
E)  women's organizations. 
A)  J. Pierpont Morgan. 
B)  Andrew Carnegie. 
C)  John D. Rockefeller. 
D)  local "friends of the library." 
E)  women's organizations.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

Henry George (1839–1897) was an influent

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

Yellow journalism refers to a style of n

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-American Protective Association

Accepted Answer

The American Protective Association (APA

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A)  illiterates 
B)  the Chinese 
C)  foreign workers under contract labor for substandard wages 
D)  Jews 
E)  socialists 
A)  illiterates 
B)  the Chinese 
C)  foreign workers under contract labor for substandard wages 
D)  Jews 
E)  socialists

Question 16

By 1900, advocates of women's suffrage

Accepted Answer

A)  acknowledged that women were biologically weaker than men but claimed that they deserved the vote anyway. 
B)  had abandoned the effort to persuade western states to grant women the right to vote. 
C)  formed strong alliances with African Americans seeking voting rights. 
D)  argued that the vote would enable women to extend their roles as mothers and homemakers to the public world. 
E)  insisted on the inherent political and moral equality of men and women. 
A)  acknowledged that women were biologically weaker than men but claimed that they deserved the vote anyway. 
B)  had abandoned the effort to persuade western states to grant women the right to vote. 
C)  formed strong alliances with African Americans seeking voting rights. 
D)  argued that the vote would enable women to extend their roles as mothers and homemakers to the public world. 
E)  insisted on the inherent political and moral equality of men and women.

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

The American Red Cross is a humanitarian

Question 18

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 19

Americans offered growing support for a free public education system

Accepted Answer

A)  to combat the growing strength of Catholic parochial schools. 
B)  when the Chautauqua movement began to decline. 
C)  because they accepted the idea that a free government cannot function without educated citizens. 
D)  when private schools began to fold. 
E)  because they were universally horrified by child labor abuses. 
A)  to combat the growing strength of Catholic parochial schools. 
B)  when the Chautauqua movement began to decline. 
C)  because they accepted the idea that a free government cannot function without educated citizens. 
D)  when private schools began to fold. 
E)  because they were universally horrified by child labor abuses.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Spanish and Portuguese. 
B)  Irish and Chinese. 
C)  Germans and Italians. 
D)  Japanese and Filipinos. 
E)  Slavs and Russians. 
A)  Spanish and Portuguese. 
B)  Irish and Chinese. 
C)  Germans and Italians. 
D)  Japanese and Filipinos. 
E)  Slavs and Russians.

Which of the following was not among the major new research universities founded in the post-Civil War era?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The success of the public schools in the post-Civil War era is best evidenced by

The new, research-oriented modern American university tended to

American newspapers in the post-Civil War era expanded their circulation and public attention by

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

The Morrill Act of 1862

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"form follows function"

Most New Immigrants

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

The public library movement across America was greatly aided by the generous financial support from

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -American Protective Association

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

By 1900, advocates of women's suffrage

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

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

Americans offered growing support for a free public education system

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

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 was not among the major new research universities founded in the post-Civil War era?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The success of the public schools in the post-Civil War era is best evidenced by

The new, research-oriented modern American university tended to

American newspapers in the post-Civil War era expanded their circulation and public attention by

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

The Morrill Act of 1862

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"form follows function"

Most New Immigrants

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

The public library movement across America was greatly aided by the generous financial support from

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -American Protective Association

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

By 1900, advocates of women's suffrage

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

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

Americans offered growing support for a free public education system

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

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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