Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William F. Cody

Accepted Answer

William F. Cody, also known as Buffalo B

Question 2

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 3

The New Immigrants who came to America after 1880

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A)  were mostly poor European urban workers. 
B)  usually did not speak proper English, unlike their children who learned and spoke fluent English. 
C)  were from southern and eastern Europe.n 
D)  tended to settle in northeastern cities. 
E)  were largely Roman Catholic or Jewish. 
A)  were mostly poor European urban workers. 
B)  usually did not speak proper English, unlike their children who learned and spoke fluent English. 
C)  were from southern and eastern Europe.n 
D)  tended to settle in northeastern cities. 
E)  were largely Roman Catholic or Jewish.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Hull House was a settlement house founde

Question 5

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 6

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)  None of these choices are correct. 
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)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 7

By 1900, American cities were becoming

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A)  heavily populated. 
B)  segregated by race and ethnic group. 
C)  segregated by occupation. 
D)  geographically compact. 
E)  more homogeneous. 
A)  heavily populated. 
B)  segregated by race and ethnic group. 
C)  segregated by occupation. 
D)  geographically compact. 
E)  more homogeneous.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

The dumbbell tenement is a type of build

Question 9

In the course of the late nineteenth century

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A)  the birthrate increased. 
B)  the divorce rate fell. 
C)  family size gradually declined. 
D)  people tended to marry at an earlier age. 
E)  children were seen as a greater economic asset. 
A)  the birthrate increased. 
B)  the divorce rate fell. 
C)  family size gradually declined. 
D)  people tended to marry at an earlier age. 
E)  children were seen as a greater economic asset.

Question 10

In criticizing Booker T. Washington's educational emphasis on manual labor and industrial training, W.E.B. Du Bois emphasized instead that black education should concentrate on

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A)  adult education. 
B)  education for political action. 
C)  developing separate black schools and colleges. 
D)  developing black entrepreneurs to create black businesses to serve black communities. 
E)  an intellectually gifted talented tenth of the black community that should be given full and immediate access to the mainstream of American life. 
A)  adult education. 
B)  education for political action. 
C)  developing separate black schools and colleges. 
D)  developing black entrepreneurs to create black businesses to serve black communities. 
E)  an intellectually gifted talented tenth of the black community that should be given full and immediate access to the mainstream of American life.

Question 11

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 12

Do you think that the United States needed laws restricting immigration in the nineteenth century? List the kinds of restrictions actually imposed and state whether you agree with each restriction. Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

In the nineteenth century, the United St

Question 13

Carrie Chapman Catt argued that women should be granted the right to vote because

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A)  women were in all respects the equal of men. 
B)  in the city, women needed to affect such issues as public health and education. 
C)  women should at least have the same rights as African American males. 
D)  suffrage was the logical extension of a woman's traditional role in caring for her family. 
E)  they were morally superior to men. 
A)  women were in all respects the equal of men. 
B)  in the city, women needed to affect such issues as public health and education. 
C)  women should at least have the same rights as African American males. 
D)  suffrage was the logical extension of a woman's traditional role in caring for her family. 
E)  they were morally superior to men.

Question 14

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?

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The native-born Americans of the late ni

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William F. Cody

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?

The New Immigrants who came to America after 1880

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

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

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

By 1900, American cities were becoming

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

In the course of the late nineteenth century

In criticizing Booker T. Washington's educational emphasis on manual labor and industrial training, W.E.B. Du Bois emphasized instead that black education should concentrate on

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.

Do you think that the United States needed laws restricting immigration in the nineteenth century? List the kinds of restrictions actually imposed and state whether you agree with each restriction. Why or why not?

Carrie Chapman Catt argued that women should be granted the right to vote because

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 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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William F. Cody

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?

The New Immigrants who came to America after 1880

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

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

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

By 1900, American cities were becoming

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

In the course of the late nineteenth century

In criticizing Booker T. Washington's educational emphasis on manual labor and industrial training, W.E.B. Du Bois emphasized instead that black education should concentrate on

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.

Do you think that the United States needed laws restricting immigration in the nineteenth century? List the kinds of restrictions actually imposed and state whether you agree with each restriction. Why or why not?

Carrie Chapman Catt argued that women should be granted the right to vote because

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 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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