Question 1

The literacy rate in preindustrial America was among the highest ever recorded.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Susan Warner

Accepted Answer

nineteenth-century domestic author.Very popular;the themes of her books tended to emphasize the importance of a well-ordered home life as a necessary antidote to the market-oriented society.Wrote the best-selling novel The Wide,Wide World.

Question 3

Cockfighting and dog fighting were referred to as ____________________.

Accepted Answer

blood sports

Question 4

When working class American audiences found theater productions too sophisticated for their tastes,

Accepted Answer

A) they walked out of the theater. 
B) they began producing their own plays. 
C) they resorted to mob violence. 
D) they refused to attend the productions. 
E) the theatres were closed. 
A) they walked out of the theater. 
B) they began producing their own plays. 
C) they resorted to mob violence. 
D) they refused to attend the productions. 
E) the theatres were closed.

Question 5

After 1830,there was a concerted effort by whites towards slaves to

Accepted Answer

A) disregard their spirituality. 
B) argue blacks had no souls. 
C) eliminate black churches. 
D) prevent them from hearing sermons about freedom. 
E) Christianize them. 
A) disregard their spirituality. 
B) argue blacks had no souls. 
C) eliminate black churches. 
D) prevent them from hearing sermons about freedom. 
E) Christianize them.

Question 6

Before 1845,it was rare for a woman to author a book of any significant commercial success.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The first mass-circulation magazine for women was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The first mass-circulation magazine for women was...

Question 8

The American theater in the mid-nineteenth century

Accepted Answer

A) produced plays and musicals written and performed by American citizens,not by Europeans. 
B) was considered a low-class,vulgar form of entertainment. 
C) inspired heated class loyalties and debates that sometimes led to violence. 
D) was so expensive that only the wealthy could afford to buy tickets. 
E) none of these choices 
A) produced plays and musicals written and performed by American citizens,not by Europeans. 
B) was considered a low-class,vulgar form of entertainment. 
C) inspired heated class loyalties and debates that sometimes led to violence. 
D) was so expensive that only the wealthy could afford to buy tickets. 
E) none of these choices

Question 9

Northern plain folk rejected middle-class optimism and reformism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The best selling novel printed in the years before the Civil War was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The best selling novel printed in the...

Question 11

With the rise of middle class culture,child rearing practices changed in that

Accepted Answer

A) servants assumed the primary responsibilities for teaching morals and faith. 
B) children were strictly raised with fear and punishment. 
C) children received more attention from their mothers. 
D) older children were expected to be the primary caregivers of younger children. 
E) fathers played a greater role than previous generations in the raising of children. 
A) servants assumed the primary responsibilities for teaching morals and faith. 
B) children were strictly raised with fear and punishment. 
C) children received more attention from their mothers. 
D) older children were expected to be the primary caregivers of younger children. 
E) fathers played a greater role than previous generations in the raising of children.

Question 12

Minstrel shows included

Accepted Answer

A) political satire. 
B) sexual jokes. 
C) ridicule of the elite. 
D) racial humor. 
E) all of these choices. 
A) political satire. 
B) sexual jokes. 
C) ridicule of the elite. 
D) racial humor. 
E) all of these choices.

Question 13

Compare the cultures of the northern and southern United States in the period from 1820 to 1850.

Accepted Answer

Essay should address several key points:

Question 14

The spread of newspapers was financially assisted by the federal government.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In post-revolutionary America the most important social and political distinction was based on

Accepted Answer

A) heads of households and those who were their dependents. 
B) race. 
C) education. 
D) family heritage. 
E) gender. 
A) heads of households and those who were their dependents. 
B) race. 
C) education. 
D) family heritage. 
E) gender.

Question 16

IDENTIFICATIONS
-William Miller

Accepted Answer

Baptist evangelical preacher from New Yo

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Sunday schools

Accepted Answer

shifted to an emphasis on preparing chil

Question 18

The majority of American's founders were part of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Deists 
B) Baptists 
C) Methodists 
D) Catholics 
E) Congregationalists 
A) Deists 
B) Baptists 
C) Methodists 
D) Catholics 
E) Congregationalists

Question 19

Cheap "story papers," "yellow-back" fiction,and dime novels found their first and largest audience among ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Cheap "story papers," "yellow-back" fiction,and dime novels...

Question 20

The Mormon Church was organized along ____________________ lines.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Mormon Church was organized along ____________________...

Exam 10: Toward an American Culture

The literacy rate in preindustrial America was among the highest ever recorded.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Susan Warner

Cockfighting and dog fighting were referred to as ____________________.

When working class American audiences found theater productions too sophisticated for their tastes,

After 1830,there was a concerted effort by whites towards slaves to

Before 1845,it was rare for a woman to author a book of any significant commercial success.

The first mass-circulation magazine for women was ____________________.

The American theater in the mid-nineteenth century

Northern plain folk rejected middle-class optimism and reformism.

The best selling novel printed in the years before the Civil War was ____________________.

With the rise of middle class culture,child rearing practices changed in that

Minstrel shows included

Compare the cultures of the northern and southern United States in the period from 1820 to 1850.

The spread of newspapers was financially assisted by the federal government.

In post-revolutionary America the most important social and political distinction was based on

IDENTIFICATIONS -William Miller

IDENTIFICATIONS -Sunday schools

The majority of American's founders were part of which of the following?

Cheap "story papers," "yellow-back" fiction,and dime novels found their first and largest audience among ____________________.

The Mormon Church was organized along ____________________ lines.

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, resistance, revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, peoples, cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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