Question 1

Why was the United Daughters of the Confederacy founded in 1894?

Accepted Answer

A)  To fight for the liberties of all people in the United States,regardless of race or gender 
B)  To study the historical factors that led to the Civil War in the South 
C)  To promote the "Lost Cause" of the South in the Civil War 
D)  To change the beliefs and customs of the South 
A)  To fight for the liberties of all people in the United States,regardless of race or gender 
B)  To study the historical factors that led to the Civil War in the South 
C)  To promote the "Lost Cause" of the South in the Civil War 
D)  To change the beliefs and customs of the South

Question 2

Which of the following statements summarizes Booker T.Washington's approach to racial change in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  Washington advocated education for African Americans to end poverty and segregation. 
B)  He promoted industrial education for blacks as a strategy for lessening white prejudice. 
C)  Washington promoted black boarding schools to assimilate students into white culture. 
D)  He advocated political organizing to challenge the structures and attitudes of racism. 
A)  Washington advocated education for African Americans to end poverty and segregation. 
B)  He promoted industrial education for blacks as a strategy for lessening white prejudice. 
C)  Washington promoted black boarding schools to assimilate students into white culture. 
D)  He advocated political organizing to challenge the structures and attitudes of racism.

Question 3

How did America's expanding consumer culture change women's lives?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- New Publ

Question 4

What new educational opportunities arose for young Americans in the late nineteenth century? How did they change the experiences and expectations of young men and women? How did they affect African Americans in particular?

Accepted Answer

Educational opportunities for black stud

Question 5

Which of the following statements characterizes changes in the lives of middle-class American children in the last decades of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  A high school education became more necessary and common. 
B)  Most moved directly from childhood into adult urban life. 
C)  Parents placed increasing emphasis on discipline. 
D)  Children became economic assets on whom the family relied for income. 
A)  A high school education became more necessary and common. 
B)  Most moved directly from childhood into adult urban life. 
C)  Parents placed increasing emphasis on discipline. 
D)  Children became economic assets on whom the family relied for income.

Question 6

How did working-class women gain access to the fine department stores in the United States in the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Working-class domestics accompanied their female employers into the stores. 
B)  They could enter the stores only if they dressed and acted like middle-class women. 
C)  Working-class women gained access as clerks,cashiers,and store messengers. 
D)  Vagrancy laws made it impossible for non-elite people to enter the stores. 
A)  Working-class domestics accompanied their female employers into the stores. 
B)  They could enter the stores only if they dressed and acted like middle-class women. 
C)  Working-class women gained access as clerks,cashiers,and store messengers. 
D)  Vagrancy laws made it impossible for non-elite people to enter the stores.

Question 7

Answer the following  questions :
-National Park Service

Accepted Answer

A) An idea,actually formulated not by Charles Darwin but by British philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer,that human society advanced through ruthless competition and the "survival of the fittest." 
B) An emerging "science" of human breeding in the late nineteenth century that argued that mentally deficient people should be prevented from reproducing. 
C) A powerful political organization of militant Protestants,which for a brief period in the 1890s counted more than two million members.In its virulent anti-Catholicism and calls for restrictions on immigrants,this group prefigured the revived Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s. 
D) A movement to renew religious faith through dedication to public welfare and social justice,reforming both society and the self through Christian service. 
E) A term adopted by Protestants,between the 1890s and the 1910s,who rejected modernism and historical interpretations of scripture and asserted the literal truth of the Bible.These protestants have historically seen secularism and religious relativism as markers of sin that will be punished by God.
F)A movement that called for writers and artists to picture daily life as precisely and truly as possible.
G)A movement that questioned the ideals of progress and order,rejected realism,and emphasized new cultural forms.This movement became the first great literary and artistic movement of the twentieth century and remains influential today.
H)An 1896 Supreme Court case that ruled that racially segregated railroad cars and other public facilities,if they claimed to be "separate but equal," were permissible according to the Fourteenth Amendment.
I)Laws that required separation of the races-especially blacks and whites-in public facilities.
J)Introduced in Boston in 1851,this association promoted muscular Christianity,combining evangelism with athletic facilities where men could make themselves "clean and strong."
K)Professional baseball teams formed for and by black players,after the main national leagues began to exclude all African American players in the 1890s.Enduring until the desegregation of baseball after World War II,this league enabled black men to showcase athletic ability and race pride,but their working conditions and wages were far less than those of players in the white leagues.
L)An organization founded in 1892 that was dedicated to the enjoyment and preservation of America's great mountains (including the Sierra Nevadas)and wilderness environments.Encouraged by such groups,national and state governments began to set aside more public lands for preservation and recreation.
M)A federal agency founded in 1916 that provided comprehensive oversight of the growing system of national parks.
N)A 1906 act that allowed the U.S.president to use executive powers to set aside,as national monuments,sites of great environmental or cultural significance.Theodore Roosevelt,the first president to invoke the act's powers,used them to preserve the Grand Canyon.
O)An 1873 law that prohibited circulation of "obscene literature," defined as including most information on sex,reproduction,and birth control.
P)An 1895 address by Booker T.Washington that urged whites and African Americans to work together for the progress of all.Delivered at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta,the speech was widely interpreted as approving racial segregation.
Q)The belief that women should contribute to civic and political life through their special talents as mothers,Christians,and moral guides.those who practiced this belief put this ideology into action by creating dozens of social reform organizations.
R)An organization advocating the prohibition of liquor that spread rapidly after 1879,when the charismatic Frances Willard became its leader.Advocating suffrage and a host of reform activities,it launched tens of thousands of women into public life and was the first nationwide organization to identify and condemn domestic violence.
S)An organization created in 1896 by African American women to provide community support.Through its local clubs,the organization arranged for the care of orphans,founded homes for the elderly,advocated temperance,and undertook public health campaigns.
T)Women's suffrage organization created in 1890.Up to national ratification of suffrage in 1920,this organization played a central role in campaigning for women's right to vote.
U)The ideology that women should enter the public sphere not only to work on behalf of others,but also for their own equal rights and advancement.People practicing this ideology moved beyond advocacy of women's voting rights to seek greater autonomy in professional careers,property rights,and personal relationships. 
A) An idea,actually formulated not by Charles Darwin but by British philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer,that human society advanced through ruthless competition and the "survival of the fittest." 
B) An emerging "science" of human breeding in the late nineteenth century that argued that mentally deficient people should be prevented from reproducing. 
C) A powerful political organization of militant Protestants,which for a brief period in the 1890s counted more than two million members.In its virulent anti-Catholicism and calls for restrictions on immigrants,this group prefigured the revived Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s. 
D) A movement to renew religious faith through dedication to public welfare and social justice,reforming both society and the self through Christian service. 
E) A term adopted by Protestants,between the 1890s and the 1910s,who rejected modernism and historical interpretations of scripture and asserted the literal truth of the Bible.These protestants have historically seen secularism and religious relativism as markers of sin that will be punished by God.
F)A movement that called for writers and artists to picture daily life as precisely and truly as possible.
G)A movement that questioned the ideals of progress and order,rejected realism,and emphasized new cultural forms.This movement became the first great literary and artistic movement of the twentieth century and remains influential today.
H)An 1896 Supreme Court case that ruled that racially segregated railroad cars and other public facilities,if they claimed to be "separate but equal," were permissible according to the Fourteenth Amendment.
I)Laws that required separation of the races-especially blacks and whites-in public facilities.
J)Introduced in Boston in 1851,this association promoted muscular Christianity,combining evangelism with athletic facilities where men could make themselves "clean and strong."
K)Professional baseball teams formed for and by black players,after the main national leagues began to exclude all African American players in the 1890s.Enduring until the desegregation of baseball after World War II,this league enabled black men to showcase athletic ability and race pride,but their working conditions and wages were far less than those of players in the white leagues.
L)An organization founded in 1892 that was dedicated to the enjoyment and preservation of America's great mountains (including the Sierra Nevadas)and wilderness environments.Encouraged by such groups,national and state governments began to set aside more public lands for preservation and recreation.
M)A federal agency founded in 1916 that provided comprehensive oversight of the growing system of national parks.
N)A 1906 act that allowed the U.S.president to use executive powers to set aside,as national monuments,sites of great environmental or cultural significance.Theodore Roosevelt,the first president to invoke the act's powers,used them to preserve the Grand Canyon.
O)An 1873 law that prohibited circulation of "obscene literature," defined as including most information on sex,reproduction,and birth control.
P)An 1895 address by Booker T.Washington that urged whites and African Americans to work together for the progress of all.Delivered at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta,the speech was widely interpreted as approving racial segregation.
Q)The belief that women should contribute to civic and political life through their special talents as mothers,Christians,and moral guides.those who practiced this belief put this ideology into action by creating dozens of social reform organizations.
R)An organization advocating the prohibition of liquor that spread rapidly after 1879,when the charismatic Frances Willard became its leader.Advocating suffrage and a host of reform activities,it launched tens of thousands of women into public life and was the first nationwide organization to identify and condemn domestic violence.
S)An organization created in 1896 by African American women to provide community support.Through its local clubs,the organization arranged for the care of orphans,founded homes for the elderly,advocated temperance,and undertook public health campaigns.
T)Women's suffrage organization created in 1890.Up to national ratification of suffrage in 1920,this organization played a central role in campaigning for women's right to vote.
U)The ideology that women should enter the public sphere not only to work on behalf of others,but also for their own equal rights and advancement.People practicing this ideology moved beyond advocacy of women's voting rights to seek greater autonomy in professional careers,property rights,and personal relationships.

Question 8

How did middle-class women use domesticity to justify their participation in political reform movements?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Domestic

Question 9

Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the literary movements in the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Romanticism,modernism,realism 
B)  Modernism,realism,romanticism 
C)  Romanticism,realism,modernism 
D)  Realism,romanticism,modernism 
A)  Romanticism,modernism,realism 
B)  Modernism,realism,romanticism 
C)  Romanticism,realism,modernism 
D)  Realism,romanticism,modernism

Question 10

In which of the following athletic activities were elite women in their twenties likely to participate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Football 
B)  Baseball 
C)  Tennis 
D)  Lacrosse 
A)  Football 
B)  Baseball 
C)  Tennis 
D)  Lacrosse

Question 11

Answer the following  questions :
-modernism

Accepted Answer

A) An idea,actually formulated not by Charles Darwin but by British philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer,that human society advanced through ruthless competition and the "survival of the fittest." 
B) An emerging "science" of human breeding in the late nineteenth century that argued that mentally deficient people should be prevented from reproducing. 
C) A powerful political organization of militant Protestants,which for a brief period in the 1890s counted more than two million members.In its virulent anti-Catholicism and calls for restrictions on immigrants,this group prefigured the revived Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s. 
D) A movement to renew religious faith through dedication to public welfare and social justice,reforming both society and the self through Christian service. 
E) A term adopted by Protestants,between the 1890s and the 1910s,who rejected modernism and historical interpretations of scripture and asserted the literal truth of the Bible.These protestants have historically seen secularism and religious relativism as markers of sin that will be punished by God.
F)A movement that called for writers and artists to picture daily life as precisely and truly as possible.
G)A movement that questioned the ideals of progress and order,rejected realism,and emphasized new cultural forms.This movement became the first great literary and artistic movement of the twentieth century and remains influential today.
H)An 1896 Supreme Court case that ruled that racially segregated railroad cars and other public facilities,if they claimed to be "separate but equal," were permissible according to the Fourteenth Amendment.
I)Laws that required separation of the races-especially blacks and whites-in public facilities.
J)Introduced in Boston in 1851,this association promoted muscular Christianity,combining evangelism with athletic facilities where men could make themselves "clean and strong."
K)Professional baseball teams formed for and by black players,after the main national leagues began to exclude all African American players in the 1890s.Enduring until the desegregation of baseball after World War II,this league enabled black men to showcase athletic ability and race pride,but their working conditions and wages were far less than those of players in the white leagues.
L)An organization founded in 1892 that was dedicated to the enjoyment and preservation of America's great mountains (including the Sierra Nevadas)and wilderness environments.Encouraged by such groups,national and state governments began to set aside more public lands for preservation and recreation.
M)A federal agency founded in 1916 that provided comprehensive oversight of the growing system of national parks.
N)A 1906 act that allowed the U.S.president to use executive powers to set aside,as national monuments,sites of great environmental or cultural significance.Theodore Roosevelt,the first president to invoke the act's powers,used them to preserve the Grand Canyon.
O)An 1873 law that prohibited circulation of "obscene literature," defined as including most information on sex,reproduction,and birth control.
P)An 1895 address by Booker T.Washington that urged whites and African Americans to work together for the progress of all.Delivered at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta,the speech was widely interpreted as approving racial segregation.
Q)The belief that women should contribute to civic and political life through their special talents as mothers,Christians,and moral guides.those who practiced this belief put this ideology into action by creating dozens of social reform organizations.
R)An organization advocating the prohibition of liquor that spread rapidly after 1879,when the charismatic Frances Willard became its leader.Advocating suffrage and a host of reform activities,it launched tens of thousands of women into public life and was the first nationwide organization to identify and condemn domestic violence.
S)An organization created in 1896 by African American women to provide community support.Through its local clubs,the organization arranged for the care of orphans,founded homes for the elderly,advocated temperance,and undertook public health campaigns.
T)Women's suffrage organization created in 1890.Up to national ratification of suffrage in 1920,this organization played a central role in campaigning for women's right to vote.
U)The ideology that women should enter the public sphere not only to work on behalf of others,but also for their own equal rights and advancement.People practicing this ideology moved beyond advocacy of women's voting rights to seek greater autonomy in professional careers,property rights,and personal relationships. 
A) An idea,actually formulated not by Charles Darwin but by British philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer,that human society advanced through ruthless competition and the "survival of the fittest." 
B) An emerging "science" of human breeding in the late nineteenth century that argued that mentally deficient people should be prevented from reproducing. 
C) A powerful political organization of militant Protestants,which for a brief period in the 1890s counted more than two million members.In its virulent anti-Catholicism and calls for restrictions on immigrants,this group prefigured the revived Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s. 
D) A movement to renew religious faith through dedication to public welfare and social justice,reforming both society and the self through Christian service. 
E) A term adopted by Protestants,between the 1890s and the 1910s,who rejected modernism and historical interpretations of scripture and asserted the literal truth of the Bible.These protestants have historically seen secularism and religious relativism as markers of sin that will be punished by God.
F)A movement that called for writers and artists to picture daily life as precisely and truly as possible.
G)A movement that questioned the ideals of progress and order,rejected realism,and emphasized new cultural forms.This movement became the first great literary and artistic movement of the twentieth century and remains influential today.
H)An 1896 Supreme Court case that ruled that racially segregated railroad cars and other public facilities,if they claimed to be "separate but equal," were permissible according to the Fourteenth Amendment.
I)Laws that required separation of the races-especially blacks and whites-in public facilities.
J)Introduced in Boston in 1851,this association promoted muscular Christianity,combining evangelism with athletic facilities where men could make themselves "clean and strong."
K)Professional baseball teams formed for and by black players,after the main national leagues began to exclude all African American players in the 1890s.Enduring until the desegregation of baseball after World War II,this league enabled black men to showcase athletic ability and race pride,but their working conditions and wages were far less than those of players in the white leagues.
L)An organization founded in 1892 that was dedicated to the enjoyment and preservation of America's great mountains (including the Sierra Nevadas)and wilderness environments.Encouraged by such groups,national and state governments began to set aside more public lands for preservation and recreation.
M)A federal agency founded in 1916 that provided comprehensive oversight of the growing system of national parks.
N)A 1906 act that allowed the U.S.president to use executive powers to set aside,as national monuments,sites of great environmental or cultural significance.Theodore Roosevelt,the first president to invoke the act's powers,used them to preserve the Grand Canyon.
O)An 1873 law that prohibited circulation of "obscene literature," defined as including most information on sex,reproduction,and birth control.
P)An 1895 address by Booker T.Washington that urged whites and African Americans to work together for the progress of all.Delivered at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta,the speech was widely interpreted as approving racial segregation.
Q)The belief that women should contribute to civic and political life through their special talents as mothers,Christians,and moral guides.those who practiced this belief put this ideology into action by creating dozens of social reform organizations.
R)An organization advocating the prohibition of liquor that spread rapidly after 1879,when the charismatic Frances Willard became its leader.Advocating suffrage and a host of reform activities,it launched tens of thousands of women into public life and was the first nationwide organization to identify and condemn domestic violence.
S)An organization created in 1896 by African American women to provide community support.Through its local clubs,the organization arranged for the care of orphans,founded homes for the elderly,advocated temperance,and undertook public health campaigns.
T)Women's suffrage organization created in 1890.Up to national ratification of suffrage in 1920,this organization played a central role in campaigning for women's right to vote.
U)The ideology that women should enter the public sphere not only to work on behalf of others,but also for their own equal rights and advancement.People practicing this ideology moved beyond advocacy of women's voting rights to seek greater autonomy in professional careers,property rights,and personal relationships.

Question 12

The typical American middle-class household in 1900 consisted of husband,wife,and how many additional family members?

Accepted Answer

A)  Three children 
B)  Five children 
C)  Several children and extended family members 
D)  Two children 
A)  Three children 
B)  Five children 
C)  Several children and extended family members 
D)  Two children

Question 13

As the United States industrialized,the outdoors lost its association with danger and hard work and became newly associated with

Accepted Answer

A)  pollution. 
B)  sexuality. 
C)  renewal. 
D)  religion. 
A)  pollution. 
B)  sexuality. 
C)  renewal. 
D)  religion.

Question 14

Answer the following  questions :
-Atlanta Compromise

Accepted Answer

A) An idea,actually formulated not by Charles Darwin but by British philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer,that human society advanced through ruthless competition and the "survival of the fittest." 
B) An emerging "science" of human breeding in the late nineteenth century that argued that mentally deficient people should be prevented from reproducing. 
C) A powerful political organization of militant Protestants,which for a brief period in the 1890s counted more than two million members.In its virulent anti-Catholicism and calls for restrictions on immigrants,this group prefigured the revived Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s. 
D) A movement to renew religious faith through dedication to public welfare and social justice,reforming both society and the self through Christian service. 
E) A term adopted by Protestants,between the 1890s and the 1910s,who rejected modernism and historical interpretations of scripture and asserted the literal truth of the Bible.These protestants have historically seen secularism and religious relativism as markers of sin that will be punished by God.
F)A movement that called for writers and artists to picture daily life as precisely and truly as possible.
G)A movement that questioned the ideals of progress and order,rejected realism,and emphasized new cultural forms.This movement became the first great literary and artistic movement of the twentieth century and remains influential today.
H)An 1896 Supreme Court case that ruled that racially segregated railroad cars and other public facilities,if they claimed to be "separate but equal," were permissible according to the Fourteenth Amendment.
I)Laws that required separation of the races-especially blacks and whites-in public facilities.
J)Introduced in Boston in 1851,this association promoted muscular Christianity,combining evangelism with athletic facilities where men could make themselves "clean and strong."
K)Professional baseball teams formed for and by black players,after the main national leagues began to exclude all African American players in the 1890s.Enduring until the desegregation of baseball after World War II,this league enabled black men to showcase athletic ability and race pride,but their working conditions and wages were far less than those of players in the white leagues.
L)An organization founded in 1892 that was dedicated to the enjoyment and preservation of America's great mountains (including the Sierra Nevadas)and wilderness environments.Encouraged by such groups,national and state governments began to set aside more public lands for preservation and recreation.
M)A federal agency founded in 1916 that provided comprehensive oversight of the growing system of national parks.
N)A 1906 act that allowed the U.S.president to use executive powers to set aside,as national monuments,sites of great environmental or cultural significance.Theodore Roosevelt,the first president to invoke the act's powers,used them to preserve the Grand Canyon.
O)An 1873 law that prohibited circulation of "obscene literature," defined as including most information on sex,reproduction,and birth control.
P)An 1895 address by Booker T.Washington that urged whites and African Americans to work together for the progress of all.Delivered at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta,the speech was widely interpreted as approving racial segregation.
Q)The belief that women should contribute to civic and political life through their special talents as mothers,Christians,and moral guides.those who practiced this belief put this ideology into action by creating dozens of social reform organizations.
R)An organization advocating the prohibition of liquor that spread rapidly after 1879,when the charismatic Frances Willard became its leader.Advocating suffrage and a host of reform activities,it launched tens of thousands of women into public life and was the first nationwide organization to identify and condemn domestic violence.
S)An organization created in 1896 by African American women to provide community support.Through its local clubs,the organization arranged for the care of orphans,founded homes for the elderly,advocated temperance,and undertook public health campaigns.
T)Women's suffrage organization created in 1890.Up to national ratification of suffrage in 1920,this organization played a central role in campaigning for women's right to vote.
U)The ideology that women should enter the public sphere not only to work on behalf of others,but also for their own equal rights and advancement.People practicing this ideology moved beyond advocacy of women's voting rights to seek greater autonomy in professional careers,property rights,and personal relationships. 
A) An idea,actually formulated not by Charles Darwin but by British philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer,that human society advanced through ruthless competition and the "survival of the fittest." 
B) An emerging "science" of human breeding in the late nineteenth century that argued that mentally deficient people should be prevented from reproducing. 
C) A powerful political organization of militant Protestants,which for a brief period in the 1890s counted more than two million members.In its virulent anti-Catholicism and calls for restrictions on immigrants,this group prefigured the revived Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s. 
D) A movement to renew religious faith through dedication to public welfare and social justice,reforming both society and the self through Christian service. 
E) A term adopted by Protestants,between the 1890s and the 1910s,who rejected modernism and historical interpretations of scripture and asserted the literal truth of the Bible.These protestants have historically seen secularism and religious relativism as markers of sin that will be punished by God.
F)A movement that called for writers and artists to picture daily life as precisely and truly as possible.
G)A movement that questioned the ideals of progress and order,rejected realism,and emphasized new cultural forms.This movement became the first great literary and artistic movement of the twentieth century and remains influential today.
H)An 1896 Supreme Court case that ruled that racially segregated railroad cars and other public facilities,if they claimed to be "separate but equal," were permissible according to the Fourteenth Amendment.
I)Laws that required separation of the races-especially blacks and whites-in public facilities.
J)Introduced in Boston in 1851,this association promoted muscular Christianity,combining evangelism with athletic facilities where men could make themselves "clean and strong."
K)Professional baseball teams formed for and by black players,after the main national leagues began to exclude all African American players in the 1890s.Enduring until the desegregation of baseball after World War II,this league enabled black men to showcase athletic ability and race pride,but their working conditions and wages were far less than those of players in the white leagues.
L)An organization founded in 1892 that was dedicated to the enjoyment and preservation of America's great mountains (including the Sierra Nevadas)and wilderness environments.Encouraged by such groups,national and state governments began to set aside more public lands for preservation and recreation.
M)A federal agency founded in 1916 that provided comprehensive oversight of the growing system of national parks.
N)A 1906 act that allowed the U.S.president to use executive powers to set aside,as national monuments,sites of great environmental or cultural significance.Theodore Roosevelt,the first president to invoke the act's powers,used them to preserve the Grand Canyon.
O)An 1873 law that prohibited circulation of "obscene literature," defined as including most information on sex,reproduction,and birth control.
P)An 1895 address by Booker T.Washington that urged whites and African Americans to work together for the progress of all.Delivered at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta,the speech was widely interpreted as approving racial segregation.
Q)The belief that women should contribute to civic and political life through their special talents as mothers,Christians,and moral guides.those who practiced this belief put this ideology into action by creating dozens of social reform organizations.
R)An organization advocating the prohibition of liquor that spread rapidly after 1879,when the charismatic Frances Willard became its leader.Advocating suffrage and a host of reform activities,it launched tens of thousands of women into public life and was the first nationwide organization to identify and condemn domestic violence.
S)An organization created in 1896 by African American women to provide community support.Through its local clubs,the organization arranged for the care of orphans,founded homes for the elderly,advocated temperance,and undertook public health campaigns.
T)Women's suffrage organization created in 1890.Up to national ratification of suffrage in 1920,this organization played a central role in campaigning for women's right to vote.
U)The ideology that women should enter the public sphere not only to work on behalf of others,but also for their own equal rights and advancement.People practicing this ideology moved beyond advocacy of women's voting rights to seek greater autonomy in professional careers,property rights,and personal relationships.

Question 15

Answer the following  questions :
-Social Darwinism

Accepted Answer

A) An idea,actually formulated not by Charles Darwin but by British philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer,that human society advanced through ruthless competition and the "survival of the fittest." 
B) An emerging "science" of human breeding in the late nineteenth century that argued that mentally deficient people should be prevented from reproducing. 
C) A powerful political organization of militant Protestants,which for a brief period in the 1890s counted more than two million members.In its virulent anti-Catholicism and calls for restrictions on immigrants,this group prefigured the revived Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s. 
D) A movement to renew religious faith through dedication to public welfare and social justice,reforming both society and the self through Christian service. 
E) A term adopted by Protestants,between the 1890s and the 1910s,who rejected modernism and historical interpretations of scripture and asserted the literal truth of the Bible.These protestants have historically seen secularism and religious relativism as markers of sin that will be punished by God.
F)A movement that called for writers and artists to picture daily life as precisely and truly as possible.
G)A movement that questioned the ideals of progress and order,rejected realism,and emphasized new cultural forms.This movement became the first great literary and artistic movement of the twentieth century and remains influential today.
H)An 1896 Supreme Court case that ruled that racially segregated railroad cars and other public facilities,if they claimed to be "separate but equal," were permissible according to the Fourteenth Amendment.
I)Laws that required separation of the races-especially blacks and whites-in public facilities.
J)Introduced in Boston in 1851,this association promoted muscular Christianity,combining evangelism with athletic facilities where men could make themselves "clean and strong."
K)Professional baseball teams formed for and by black players,after the main national leagues began to exclude all African American players in the 1890s.Enduring until the desegregation of baseball after World War II,this league enabled black men to showcase athletic ability and race pride,but their working conditions and wages were far less than those of players in the white leagues.
L)An organization founded in 1892 that was dedicated to the enjoyment and preservation of America's great mountains (including the Sierra Nevadas)and wilderness environments.Encouraged by such groups,national and state governments began to set aside more public lands for preservation and recreation.
M)A federal agency founded in 1916 that provided comprehensive oversight of the growing system of national parks.
N)A 1906 act that allowed the U.S.president to use executive powers to set aside,as national monuments,sites of great environmental or cultural significance.Theodore Roosevelt,the first president to invoke the act's powers,used them to preserve the Grand Canyon.
O)An 1873 law that prohibited circulation of "obscene literature," defined as including most information on sex,reproduction,and birth control.
P)An 1895 address by Booker T.Washington that urged whites and African Americans to work together for the progress of all.Delivered at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta,the speech was widely interpreted as approving racial segregation.
Q)The belief that women should contribute to civic and political life through their special talents as mothers,Christians,and moral guides.those who practiced this belief put this ideology into action by creating dozens of social reform organizations.
R)An organization advocating the prohibition of liquor that spread rapidly after 1879,when the charismatic Frances Willard became its leader.Advocating suffrage and a host of reform activities,it launched tens of thousands of women into public life and was the first nationwide organization to identify and condemn domestic violence.
S)An organization created in 1896 by African American women to provide community support.Through its local clubs,the organization arranged for the care of orphans,founded homes for the elderly,advocated temperance,and undertook public health campaigns.
T)Women's suffrage organization created in 1890.Up to national ratification of suffrage in 1920,this organization played a central role in campaigning for women's right to vote.
U)The ideology that women should enter the public sphere not only to work on behalf of others,but also for their own equal rights and advancement.People practicing this ideology moved beyond advocacy of women's voting rights to seek greater autonomy in professional careers,property rights,and personal relationships. 
A) An idea,actually formulated not by Charles Darwin but by British philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer,that human society advanced through ruthless competition and the "survival of the fittest." 
B) An emerging "science" of human breeding in the late nineteenth century that argued that mentally deficient people should be prevented from reproducing. 
C) A powerful political organization of militant Protestants,which for a brief period in the 1890s counted more than two million members.In its virulent anti-Catholicism and calls for restrictions on immigrants,this group prefigured the revived Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s. 
D) A movement to renew religious faith through dedication to public welfare and social justice,reforming both society and the self through Christian service. 
E) A term adopted by Protestants,between the 1890s and the 1910s,who rejected modernism and historical interpretations of scripture and asserted the literal truth of the Bible.These protestants have historically seen secularism and religious relativism as markers of sin that will be punished by God.
F)A movement that called for writers and artists to picture daily life as precisely and truly as possible.
G)A movement that questioned the ideals of progress and order,rejected realism,and emphasized new cultural forms.This movement became the first great literary and artistic movement of the twentieth century and remains influential today.
H)An 1896 Supreme Court case that ruled that racially segregated railroad cars and other public facilities,if they claimed to be "separate but equal," were permissible according to the Fourteenth Amendment.
I)Laws that required separation of the races-especially blacks and whites-in public facilities.
J)Introduced in Boston in 1851,this association promoted muscular Christianity,combining evangelism with athletic facilities where men could make themselves "clean and strong."
K)Professional baseball teams formed for and by black players,after the main national leagues began to exclude all African American players in the 1890s.Enduring until the desegregation of baseball after World War II,this league enabled black men to showcase athletic ability and race pride,but their working conditions and wages were far less than those of players in the white leagues.
L)An organization founded in 1892 that was dedicated to the enjoyment and preservation of America's great mountains (including the Sierra Nevadas)and wilderness environments.Encouraged by such groups,national and state governments began to set aside more public lands for preservation and recreation.
M)A federal agency founded in 1916 that provided comprehensive oversight of the growing system of national parks.
N)A 1906 act that allowed the U.S.president to use executive powers to set aside,as national monuments,sites of great environmental or cultural significance.Theodore Roosevelt,the first president to invoke the act's powers,used them to preserve the Grand Canyon.
O)An 1873 law that prohibited circulation of "obscene literature," defined as including most information on sex,reproduction,and birth control.
P)An 1895 address by Booker T.Washington that urged whites and African Americans to work together for the progress of all.Delivered at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta,the speech was widely interpreted as approving racial segregation.
Q)The belief that women should contribute to civic and political life through their special talents as mothers,Christians,and moral guides.those who practiced this belief put this ideology into action by creating dozens of social reform organizations.
R)An organization advocating the prohibition of liquor that spread rapidly after 1879,when the charismatic Frances Willard became its leader.Advocating suffrage and a host of reform activities,it launched tens of thousands of women into public life and was the first nationwide organization to identify and condemn domestic violence.
S)An organization created in 1896 by African American women to provide community support.Through its local clubs,the organization arranged for the care of orphans,founded homes for the elderly,advocated temperance,and undertook public health campaigns.
T)Women's suffrage organization created in 1890.Up to national ratification of suffrage in 1920,this organization played a central role in campaigning for women's right to vote.
U)The ideology that women should enter the public sphere not only to work on behalf of others,but also for their own equal rights and advancement.People practicing this ideology moved beyond advocacy of women's voting rights to seek greater autonomy in professional careers,property rights,and personal relationships.

Question 16

Answer the following  questions :
-Plessy v.Ferguson

Accepted Answer

A) An idea,actually formulated not by Charles Darwin but by British philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer,that human society advanced through ruthless competition and the "survival of the fittest." 
B) An emerging "science" of human breeding in the late nineteenth century that argued that mentally deficient people should be prevented from reproducing. 
C) A powerful political organization of militant Protestants,which for a brief period in the 1890s counted more than two million members.In its virulent anti-Catholicism and calls for restrictions on immigrants,this group prefigured the revived Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s. 
D) A movement to renew religious faith through dedication to public welfare and social justice,reforming both society and the self through Christian service. 
E) A term adopted by Protestants,between the 1890s and the 1910s,who rejected modernism and historical interpretations of scripture and asserted the literal truth of the Bible.These protestants have historically seen secularism and religious relativism as markers of sin that will be punished by God.
F)A movement that called for writers and artists to picture daily life as precisely and truly as possible.
G)A movement that questioned the ideals of progress and order,rejected realism,and emphasized new cultural forms.This movement became the first great literary and artistic movement of the twentieth century and remains influential today.
H)An 1896 Supreme Court case that ruled that racially segregated railroad cars and other public facilities,if they claimed to be "separate but equal," were permissible according to the Fourteenth Amendment.
I)Laws that required separation of the races-especially blacks and whites-in public facilities.
J)Introduced in Boston in 1851,this association promoted muscular Christianity,combining evangelism with athletic facilities where men could make themselves "clean and strong."
K)Professional baseball teams formed for and by black players,after the main national leagues began to exclude all African American players in the 1890s.Enduring until the desegregation of baseball after World War II,this league enabled black men to showcase athletic ability and race pride,but their working conditions and wages were far less than those of players in the white leagues.
L)An organization founded in 1892 that was dedicated to the enjoyment and preservation of America's great mountains (including the Sierra Nevadas)and wilderness environments.Encouraged by such groups,national and state governments began to set aside more public lands for preservation and recreation.
M)A federal agency founded in 1916 that provided comprehensive oversight of the growing system of national parks.
N)A 1906 act that allowed the U.S.president to use executive powers to set aside,as national monuments,sites of great environmental or cultural significance.Theodore Roosevelt,the first president to invoke the act's powers,used them to preserve the Grand Canyon.
O)An 1873 law that prohibited circulation of "obscene literature," defined as including most information on sex,reproduction,and birth control.
P)An 1895 address by Booker T.Washington that urged whites and African Americans to work together for the progress of all.Delivered at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta,the speech was widely interpreted as approving racial segregation.
Q)The belief that women should contribute to civic and political life through their special talents as mothers,Christians,and moral guides.those who practiced this belief put this ideology into action by creating dozens of social reform organizations.
R)An organization advocating the prohibition of liquor that spread rapidly after 1879,when the charismatic Frances Willard became its leader.Advocating suffrage and a host of reform activities,it launched tens of thousands of women into public life and was the first nationwide organization to identify and condemn domestic violence.
S)An organization created in 1896 by African American women to provide community support.Through its local clubs,the organization arranged for the care of orphans,founded homes for the elderly,advocated temperance,and undertook public health campaigns.
T)Women's suffrage organization created in 1890.Up to national ratification of suffrage in 1920,this organization played a central role in campaigning for women's right to vote.
U)The ideology that women should enter the public sphere not only to work on behalf of others,but also for their own equal rights and advancement.People practicing this ideology moved beyond advocacy of women's voting rights to seek greater autonomy in professional careers,property rights,and personal relationships. 
A) An idea,actually formulated not by Charles Darwin but by British philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer,that human society advanced through ruthless competition and the "survival of the fittest." 
B) An emerging "science" of human breeding in the late nineteenth century that argued that mentally deficient people should be prevented from reproducing. 
C) A powerful political organization of militant Protestants,which for a brief period in the 1890s counted more than two million members.In its virulent anti-Catholicism and calls for restrictions on immigrants,this group prefigured the revived Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s. 
D) A movement to renew religious faith through dedication to public welfare and social justice,reforming both society and the self through Christian service. 
E) A term adopted by Protestants,between the 1890s and the 1910s,who rejected modernism and historical interpretations of scripture and asserted the literal truth of the Bible.These protestants have historically seen secularism and religious relativism as markers of sin that will be punished by God.
F)A movement that called for writers and artists to picture daily life as precisely and truly as possible.
G)A movement that questioned the ideals of progress and order,rejected realism,and emphasized new cultural forms.This movement became the first great literary and artistic movement of the twentieth century and remains influential today.
H)An 1896 Supreme Court case that ruled that racially segregated railroad cars and other public facilities,if they claimed to be "separate but equal," were permissible according to the Fourteenth Amendment.
I)Laws that required separation of the races-especially blacks and whites-in public facilities.
J)Introduced in Boston in 1851,this association promoted muscular Christianity,combining evangelism with athletic facilities where men could make themselves "clean and strong."
K)Professional baseball teams formed for and by black players,after the main national leagues began to exclude all African American players in the 1890s.Enduring until the desegregation of baseball after World War II,this league enabled black men to showcase athletic ability and race pride,but their working conditions and wages were far less than those of players in the white leagues.
L)An organization founded in 1892 that was dedicated to the enjoyment and preservation of America's great mountains (including the Sierra Nevadas)and wilderness environments.Encouraged by such groups,national and state governments began to set aside more public lands for preservation and recreation.
M)A federal agency founded in 1916 that provided comprehensive oversight of the growing system of national parks.
N)A 1906 act that allowed the U.S.president to use executive powers to set aside,as national monuments,sites of great environmental or cultural significance.Theodore Roosevelt,the first president to invoke the act's powers,used them to preserve the Grand Canyon.
O)An 1873 law that prohibited circulation of "obscene literature," defined as including most information on sex,reproduction,and birth control.
P)An 1895 address by Booker T.Washington that urged whites and African Americans to work together for the progress of all.Delivered at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta,the speech was widely interpreted as approving racial segregation.
Q)The belief that women should contribute to civic and political life through their special talents as mothers,Christians,and moral guides.those who practiced this belief put this ideology into action by creating dozens of social reform organizations.
R)An organization advocating the prohibition of liquor that spread rapidly after 1879,when the charismatic Frances Willard became its leader.Advocating suffrage and a host of reform activities,it launched tens of thousands of women into public life and was the first nationwide organization to identify and condemn domestic violence.
S)An organization created in 1896 by African American women to provide community support.Through its local clubs,the organization arranged for the care of orphans,founded homes for the elderly,advocated temperance,and undertook public health campaigns.
T)Women's suffrage organization created in 1890.Up to national ratification of suffrage in 1920,this organization played a central role in campaigning for women's right to vote.
U)The ideology that women should enter the public sphere not only to work on behalf of others,but also for their own equal rights and advancement.People practicing this ideology moved beyond advocacy of women's voting rights to seek greater autonomy in professional careers,property rights,and personal relationships.

Question 17

Which of the following phenomena spurred changes in Americans' understanding of masculinity in the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Baseball 
B)  Urban life and work 
C)  The "new woman" 
D)  Exclusive male city clubs 
A)  Baseball 
B)  Urban life and work 
C)  The "new woman" 
D)  Exclusive male city clubs

Question 18

Answer the following  questions :
-Negro Leagues

Accepted Answer

A) An idea,actually formulated not by Charles Darwin but by British philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer,that human society advanced through ruthless competition and the "survival of the fittest." 
B) An emerging "science" of human breeding in the late nineteenth century that argued that mentally deficient people should be prevented from reproducing. 
C) A powerful political organization of militant Protestants,which for a brief period in the 1890s counted more than two million members.In its virulent anti-Catholicism and calls for restrictions on immigrants,this group prefigured the revived Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s. 
D) A movement to renew religious faith through dedication to public welfare and social justice,reforming both society and the self through Christian service. 
E) A term adopted by Protestants,between the 1890s and the 1910s,who rejected modernism and historical interpretations of scripture and asserted the literal truth of the Bible.These protestants have historically seen secularism and religious relativism as markers of sin that will be punished by God.
F)A movement that called for writers and artists to picture daily life as precisely and truly as possible.
G)A movement that questioned the ideals of progress and order,rejected realism,and emphasized new cultural forms.This movement became the first great literary and artistic movement of the twentieth century and remains influential today.
H)An 1896 Supreme Court case that ruled that racially segregated railroad cars and other public facilities,if they claimed to be "separate but equal," were permissible according to the Fourteenth Amendment.
I)Laws that required separation of the races-especially blacks and whites-in public facilities.
J)Introduced in Boston in 1851,this association promoted muscular Christianity,combining evangelism with athletic facilities where men could make themselves "clean and strong."
K)Professional baseball teams formed for and by black players,after the main national leagues began to exclude all African American players in the 1890s.Enduring until the desegregation of baseball after World War II,this league enabled black men to showcase athletic ability and race pride,but their working conditions and wages were far less than those of players in the white leagues.
L)An organization founded in 1892 that was dedicated to the enjoyment and preservation of America's great mountains (including the Sierra Nevadas)and wilderness environments.Encouraged by such groups,national and state governments began to set aside more public lands for preservation and recreation.
M)A federal agency founded in 1916 that provided comprehensive oversight of the growing system of national parks.
N)A 1906 act that allowed the U.S.president to use executive powers to set aside,as national monuments,sites of great environmental or cultural significance.Theodore Roosevelt,the first president to invoke the act's powers,used them to preserve the Grand Canyon.
O)An 1873 law that prohibited circulation of "obscene literature," defined as including most information on sex,reproduction,and birth control.
P)An 1895 address by Booker T.Washington that urged whites and African Americans to work together for the progress of all.Delivered at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta,the speech was widely interpreted as approving racial segregation.
Q)The belief that women should contribute to civic and political life through their special talents as mothers,Christians,and moral guides.those who practiced this belief put this ideology into action by creating dozens of social reform organizations.
R)An organization advocating the prohibition of liquor that spread rapidly after 1879,when the charismatic Frances Willard became its leader.Advocating suffrage and a host of reform activities,it launched tens of thousands of women into public life and was the first nationwide organization to identify and condemn domestic violence.
S)An organization created in 1896 by African American women to provide community support.Through its local clubs,the organization arranged for the care of orphans,founded homes for the elderly,advocated temperance,and undertook public health campaigns.
T)Women's suffrage organization created in 1890.Up to national ratification of suffrage in 1920,this organization played a central role in campaigning for women's right to vote.
U)The ideology that women should enter the public sphere not only to work on behalf of others,but also for their own equal rights and advancement.People practicing this ideology moved beyond advocacy of women's voting rights to seek greater autonomy in professional careers,property rights,and personal relationships. 
A) An idea,actually formulated not by Charles Darwin but by British philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer,that human society advanced through ruthless competition and the "survival of the fittest." 
B) An emerging "science" of human breeding in the late nineteenth century that argued that mentally deficient people should be prevented from reproducing. 
C) A powerful political organization of militant Protestants,which for a brief period in the 1890s counted more than two million members.In its virulent anti-Catholicism and calls for restrictions on immigrants,this group prefigured the revived Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s. 
D) A movement to renew religious faith through dedication to public welfare and social justice,reforming both society and the self through Christian service. 
E) A term adopted by Protestants,between the 1890s and the 1910s,who rejected modernism and historical interpretations of scripture and asserted the literal truth of the Bible.These protestants have historically seen secularism and religious relativism as markers of sin that will be punished by God.
F)A movement that called for writers and artists to picture daily life as precisely and truly as possible.
G)A movement that questioned the ideals of progress and order,rejected realism,and emphasized new cultural forms.This movement became the first great literary and artistic movement of the twentieth century and remains influential today.
H)An 1896 Supreme Court case that ruled that racially segregated railroad cars and other public facilities,if they claimed to be "separate but equal," were permissible according to the Fourteenth Amendment.
I)Laws that required separation of the races-especially blacks and whites-in public facilities.
J)Introduced in Boston in 1851,this association promoted muscular Christianity,combining evangelism with athletic facilities where men could make themselves "clean and strong."
K)Professional baseball teams formed for and by black players,after the main national leagues began to exclude all African American players in the 1890s.Enduring until the desegregation of baseball after World War II,this league enabled black men to showcase athletic ability and race pride,but their working conditions and wages were far less than those of players in the white leagues.
L)An organization founded in 1892 that was dedicated to the enjoyment and preservation of America's great mountains (including the Sierra Nevadas)and wilderness environments.Encouraged by such groups,national and state governments began to set aside more public lands for preservation and recreation.
M)A federal agency founded in 1916 that provided comprehensive oversight of the growing system of national parks.
N)A 1906 act that allowed the U.S.president to use executive powers to set aside,as national monuments,sites of great environmental or cultural significance.Theodore Roosevelt,the first president to invoke the act's powers,used them to preserve the Grand Canyon.
O)An 1873 law that prohibited circulation of "obscene literature," defined as including most information on sex,reproduction,and birth control.
P)An 1895 address by Booker T.Washington that urged whites and African Americans to work together for the progress of all.Delivered at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta,the speech was widely interpreted as approving racial segregation.
Q)The belief that women should contribute to civic and political life through their special talents as mothers,Christians,and moral guides.those who practiced this belief put this ideology into action by creating dozens of social reform organizations.
R)An organization advocating the prohibition of liquor that spread rapidly after 1879,when the charismatic Frances Willard became its leader.Advocating suffrage and a host of reform activities,it launched tens of thousands of women into public life and was the first nationwide organization to identify and condemn domestic violence.
S)An organization created in 1896 by African American women to provide community support.Through its local clubs,the organization arranged for the care of orphans,founded homes for the elderly,advocated temperance,and undertook public health campaigns.
T)Women's suffrage organization created in 1890.Up to national ratification of suffrage in 1920,this organization played a central role in campaigning for women's right to vote.
U)The ideology that women should enter the public sphere not only to work on behalf of others,but also for their own equal rights and advancement.People practicing this ideology moved beyond advocacy of women's voting rights to seek greater autonomy in professional careers,property rights,and personal relationships.

Question 19

The growth of the YMCA in late-nineteenth-century American cities resulted from which of the following factors?

Accepted Answer

A)  People newly arrived in cities needed an outlet for entertainment. 
B)  There was a greater need to train athletes for professional sports careers. 
C)  There was an epidemic of obesity across the United States in the nineteenth century. 
D)  The YMCA promoted "muscular Christianity" for white-collar workers. 
A)  People newly arrived in cities needed an outlet for entertainment. 
B)  There was a greater need to train athletes for professional sports careers. 
C)  There was an epidemic of obesity across the United States in the nineteenth century. 
D)  The YMCA promoted "muscular Christianity" for white-collar workers.

Question 20

Answer the following  questions :
-Sierra Club

Accepted Answer

A) An idea,actually formulated not by Charles Darwin but by British philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer,that human society advanced through ruthless competition and the "survival of the fittest." 
B) An emerging "science" of human breeding in the late nineteenth century that argued that mentally deficient people should be prevented from reproducing. 
C) A powerful political organization of militant Protestants,which for a brief period in the 1890s counted more than two million members.In its virulent anti-Catholicism and calls for restrictions on immigrants,this group prefigured the revived Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s. 
D) A movement to renew religious faith through dedication to public welfare and social justice,reforming both society and the self through Christian service. 
E) A term adopted by Protestants,between the 1890s and the 1910s,who rejected modernism and historical interpretations of scripture and asserted the literal truth of the Bible.These protestants have historically seen secularism and religious relativism as markers of sin that will be punished by God.
F)A movement that called for writers and artists to picture daily life as precisely and truly as possible.
G)A movement that questioned the ideals of progress and order,rejected realism,and emphasized new cultural forms.This movement became the first great literary and artistic movement of the twentieth century and remains influential today.
H)An 1896 Supreme Court case that ruled that racially segregated railroad cars and other public facilities,if they claimed to be "separate but equal," were permissible according to the Fourteenth Amendment.
I)Laws that required separation of the races-especially blacks and whites-in public facilities.
J)Introduced in Boston in 1851,this association promoted muscular Christianity,combining evangelism with athletic facilities where men could make themselves "clean and strong."
K)Professional baseball teams formed for and by black players,after the main national leagues began to exclude all African American players in the 1890s.Enduring until the desegregation of baseball after World War II,this league enabled black men to showcase athletic ability and race pride,but their working conditions and wages were far less than those of players in the white leagues.
L)An organization founded in 1892 that was dedicated to the enjoyment and preservation of America's great mountains (including the Sierra Nevadas)and wilderness environments.Encouraged by such groups,national and state governments began to set aside more public lands for preservation and recreation.
M)A federal agency founded in 1916 that provided comprehensive oversight of the growing system of national parks.
N)A 1906 act that allowed the U.S.president to use executive powers to set aside,as national monuments,sites of great environmental or cultural significance.Theodore Roosevelt,the first president to invoke the act's powers,used them to preserve the Grand Canyon.
O)An 1873 law that prohibited circulation of "obscene literature," defined as including most information on sex,reproduction,and birth control.
P)An 1895 address by Booker T.Washington that urged whites and African Americans to work together for the progress of all.Delivered at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta,the speech was widely interpreted as approving racial segregation.
Q)The belief that women should contribute to civic and political life through their special talents as mothers,Christians,and moral guides.those who practiced this belief put this ideology into action by creating dozens of social reform organizations.
R)An organization advocating the prohibition of liquor that spread rapidly after 1879,when the charismatic Frances Willard became its leader.Advocating suffrage and a host of reform activities,it launched tens of thousands of women into public life and was the first nationwide organization to identify and condemn domestic violence.
S)An organization created in 1896 by African American women to provide community support.Through its local clubs,the organization arranged for the care of orphans,founded homes for the elderly,advocated temperance,and undertook public health campaigns.
T)Women's suffrage organization created in 1890.Up to national ratification of suffrage in 1920,this organization played a central role in campaigning for women's right to vote.
U)The ideology that women should enter the public sphere not only to work on behalf of others,but also for their own equal rights and advancement.People practicing this ideology moved beyond advocacy of women's voting rights to seek greater autonomy in professional careers,property rights,and personal relationships. 
A) An idea,actually formulated not by Charles Darwin but by British philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer,that human society advanced through ruthless competition and the "survival of the fittest." 
B) An emerging "science" of human breeding in the late nineteenth century that argued that mentally deficient people should be prevented from reproducing. 
C) A powerful political organization of militant Protestants,which for a brief period in the 1890s counted more than two million members.In its virulent anti-Catholicism and calls for restrictions on immigrants,this group prefigured the revived Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s. 
D) A movement to renew religious faith through dedication to public welfare and social justice,reforming both society and the self through Christian service. 
E) A term adopted by Protestants,between the 1890s and the 1910s,who rejected modernism and historical interpretations of scripture and asserted the literal truth of the Bible.These protestants have historically seen secularism and religious relativism as markers of sin that will be punished by God.
F)A movement that called for writers and artists to picture daily life as precisely and truly as possible.
G)A movement that questioned the ideals of progress and order,rejected realism,and emphasized new cultural forms.This movement became the first great literary and artistic movement of the twentieth century and remains influential today.
H)An 1896 Supreme Court case that ruled that racially segregated railroad cars and other public facilities,if they claimed to be "separate but equal," were permissible according to the Fourteenth Amendment.
I)Laws that required separation of the races-especially blacks and whites-in public facilities.
J)Introduced in Boston in 1851,this association promoted muscular Christianity,combining evangelism with athletic facilities where men could make themselves "clean and strong."
K)Professional baseball teams formed for and by black players,after the main national leagues began to exclude all African American players in the 1890s.Enduring until the desegregation of baseball after World War II,this league enabled black men to showcase athletic ability and race pride,but their working conditions and wages were far less than those of players in the white leagues.
L)An organization founded in 1892 that was dedicated to the enjoyment and preservation of America's great mountains (including the Sierra Nevadas)and wilderness environments.Encouraged by such groups,national and state governments began to set aside more public lands for preservation and recreation.
M)A federal agency founded in 1916 that provided comprehensive oversight of the growing system of national parks.
N)A 1906 act that allowed the U.S.president to use executive powers to set aside,as national monuments,sites of great environmental or cultural significance.Theodore Roosevelt,the first president to invoke the act's powers,used them to preserve the Grand Canyon.
O)An 1873 law that prohibited circulation of "obscene literature," defined as including most information on sex,reproduction,and birth control.
P)An 1895 address by Booker T.Washington that urged whites and African Americans to work together for the progress of all.Delivered at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta,the speech was widely interpreted as approving racial segregation.
Q)The belief that women should contribute to civic and political life through their special talents as mothers,Christians,and moral guides.those who practiced this belief put this ideology into action by creating dozens of social reform organizations.
R)An organization advocating the prohibition of liquor that spread rapidly after 1879,when the charismatic Frances Willard became its leader.Advocating suffrage and a host of reform activities,it launched tens of thousands of women into public life and was the first nationwide organization to identify and condemn domestic violence.
S)An organization created in 1896 by African American women to provide community support.Through its local clubs,the organization arranged for the care of orphans,founded homes for the elderly,advocated temperance,and undertook public health campaigns.
T)Women's suffrage organization created in 1890.Up to national ratification of suffrage in 1920,this organization played a central role in campaigning for women's right to vote.
U)The ideology that women should enter the public sphere not only to work on behalf of others,but also for their own equal rights and advancement.People practicing this ideology moved beyond advocacy of women's voting rights to seek greater autonomy in professional careers,property rights,and personal relationships.

Exam 17: Making Modern American Culture, 1880-1917

Why was the United Daughters of the Confederacy founded in 1894?

Which of the following statements summarizes Booker T.Washington's approach to racial change in the United States?

How did America's expanding consumer culture change women's lives?

What new educational opportunities arose for young Americans in the late nineteenth century? How did they change the experiences and expectations of young men and women? How did they affect African Americans in particular?

Which of the following statements characterizes changes in the lives of middle-class American children in the last decades of the nineteenth century?

How did working-class women gain access to the fine department stores in the United States in the late nineteenth century?

Answer the following questions : -National Park Service

How did middle-class women use domesticity to justify their participation in political reform movements?

Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the literary movements in the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s?

In which of the following athletic activities were elite women in their twenties likely to participate?

Answer the following questions : -modernism

The typical American middle-class household in 1900 consisted of husband,wife,and how many additional family members?

As the United States industrialized,the outdoors lost its association with danger and hard work and became newly associated with

Answer the following questions : -Atlanta Compromise

Answer the following questions : -Social Darwinism

Answer the following questions : -Plessy v.Ferguson

Which of the following phenomena spurred changes in Americans' understanding of masculinity in the late nineteenth century?

Answer the following questions : -Negro Leagues

The growth of the YMCA in late-nineteenth-century American cities resulted from which of the following factors?

Answer the following questions : -Sierra Club

Colliding Worlds, 1491-1600

American Experiments, 1521-1700

The British Atlantic World, 1607-1750

Growth, Diversity, and Conflict, 1720-1763

The Problem of Empire, 1754-1776

Making War and Republican Governments, 1776-1789

Hammering Out a Federal Republic, 1787-1820

Economic Transformations, 1800-1848

A Democratic Revolution, 1800-1848

Religion, Reform, and Culture, 1820-1848

Imperial Ambitions, 1820-1848

Sectional Conflict and Crisis, 1844-1860

Bloody Ground: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Conquering a Continent, 1860-1890

Industrial America: Corporations and Conflicts, 1877-1910

Civilizations Inferno: the Rise and Reform of Industrial Cities, 1880-1917

Whose Government Politics, Populists, and Progressives, 1880-1917

An Emerging World Power, 1890-1918

Unsettled Prosperity: From War to Depression, 1919-1932

Managing the Great Depression, Forging the New Deal, 1929-1938

The World at War, 1937-1945

Cold War America, 1945-1963

Triumph of the Middle Class, 1945-1963

Walking Into Freedom Land: the Civil Rights Movement, 1941-1973

Uncivil Wars:liberal Crisis and Conservative Rebirth, 1961-1972

The Search for Order in an Era of Limits, 1973-1980

Conservative America in the Ascent, 1980-1991

Confronting Global and National Dilemmas, 1989 to the Present

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