Question 1

Answer the following  questions :
-Jim Crow

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 2

Which of the following statements describes Charles Darwin's theories as presented in his book On the Origin of Species?

Accepted Answer

A)  Animals and plants adapt to better suit their environment through natural selection. 
B)  Animals and plants can acquire transmissible traits within a single lifetime. 
C)  Plants' and animals' adaptations were inevitably beneficial to the species. 
D)  Human society should function on the basis of competition and survival of the fittest. 
A)  Animals and plants adapt to better suit their environment through natural selection. 
B)  Animals and plants can acquire transmissible traits within a single lifetime. 
C)  Plants' and animals' adaptations were inevitably beneficial to the species. 
D)  Human society should function on the basis of competition and survival of the fittest.

Question 3

Which sport was the most controversial in the late 1800s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Professional baseball 
B)  College football 
C)  Women's field hockey 
D)  Basketball 
A)  Professional baseball 
B)  College football 
C)  Women's field hockey 
D)  Basketball

Question 4

Why did athletics become popular in the late-nineteenth-century United States? In what ways was the rise of sports representative of broader changes in American society and culture?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Emergenc

Question 5

The Gibson Girl of the 1890s personified which of the following female images?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prostitutes in urban brothels who were patronized by middle-class men 
B)  Young working-class women who worked as servants for the middle-class 
C)  College-educated career women who preferred to remain single 
D)  The middle-class "new woman"--public spirited and athletic 
A)  Prostitutes in urban brothels who were patronized by middle-class men 
B)  Young working-class women who worked as servants for the middle-class 
C)  College-educated career women who preferred to remain single 
D)  The middle-class "new woman"--public spirited and athletic

Question 6

In what ways did realism in the arts break with older traditions?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Realism:

Question 7

Which of the following authors is correctly matched with one of his works?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stephen Crane-"To Build a Fire" 
B)  Theodore Dreiser-Letters from the Earth 
C)  Jack London-Maggie: A Girl of the Streets 
D)  Mark Twain-A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 
A)  Stephen Crane-"To Build a Fire" 
B)  Theodore Dreiser-Letters from the Earth 
C)  Jack London-Maggie: A Girl of the Streets 
D)  Mark Twain-A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Question 8

Between 1880 and 1920,higher education for women was

Accepted Answer

A)  banned in most of the South. 
B)  unheard of in most parts of the country. 
C)  almost universal among the middle class. 
D)  mostly at single-sex institutions,at least in the Northeast and South. 
A)  banned in most of the South. 
B)  unheard of in most parts of the country. 
C)  almost universal among the middle class. 
D)  mostly at single-sex institutions,at least in the Northeast and South.

Question 9

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)was the first national movement to

Accepted Answer

A)  identify and fight against domestic violence. 
B)  demand a constitutional amendment to ban alcohol. 
C)  be led by a woman. 
D)  call for woman suffrage. 
A)  identify and fight against domestic violence. 
B)  demand a constitutional amendment to ban alcohol. 
C)  be led by a woman. 
D)  call for woman suffrage.

Question 10

Which of the following was true for middle-class families in the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Legal abortion and birth control aided in the move toward smaller families. 
B)  Remaining unmarried by age twenty was very infrequent and widely stigmatized. 
C)  Smaller family sizes allowed parents to focus their resources and increase their social mobility. 
D)  Husbands and wives both worked in the home,thereby strengthening family ties. 
A)  Legal abortion and birth control aided in the move toward smaller families. 
B)  Remaining unmarried by age twenty was very infrequent and widely stigmatized. 
C)  Smaller family sizes allowed parents to focus their resources and increase their social mobility. 
D)  Husbands and wives both worked in the home,thereby strengthening family ties.

Question 11

Answer the following  questions :
-American Protective Association

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

Answer the following  questions :
-eugenics

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 13

By 1916,which of the following religious groups had increased immensely in the United States because of immigration?

Accepted Answer

A)  Catholics 
B)  Methodists 
C)  Baptists 
D)  Protestants 
A)  Catholics 
B)  Methodists 
C)  Baptists 
D)  Protestants

Question 14

Which of the following groups would have been unlikely to support prohibition in the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Urban,elite women 
B)  German immigrants 
C)  Rural farmers 
D)  Baptists and Methodists 
A)  Urban,elite women 
B)  German immigrants 
C)  Rural farmers 
D)  Baptists and Methodists

Question 15

Which of the following is correctly matched?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lacey Act-celebrated the austere beauty of the California desert 
B)  Audubon Society-oversaw many of the nation's national parks 
C)  Sierra Club-founded by John Muir to preserve the environment 
D)  U.S.Forest Service-advocated broader protection for wild birds 
A)  Lacey Act-celebrated the austere beauty of the California desert 
B)  Audubon Society-oversaw many of the nation's national parks 
C)  Sierra Club-founded by John Muir to preserve the environment 
D)  U.S.Forest Service-advocated broader protection for wild birds

Question 16

Which of the following authors rejected romanticism and Victorian sentimentality in their works?

Accepted Answer

A)  Andrew Carnegie 
B)  Stephen Crane 
C)  George Bellows 
D)  Harriet Beecher Stowe 
A)  Andrew Carnegie 
B)  Stephen Crane 
C)  George Bellows 
D)  Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 17

Answer the following  questions :
-National American Woman Suffrage Association

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 18

Which of the following is true of religion in the city at the turn of the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Protestantism was easily accepted by city dwellers. 
B)  The Catholic Church incorporated ethnic differences in urban areas. 
C)  Immigrant Catholics abandoned ethnic customs for the sake of religious unity. 
D)  Protestant churches eschewed evangelism. 
A)  Protestantism was easily accepted by city dwellers. 
B)  The Catholic Church incorporated ethnic differences in urban areas. 
C)  Immigrant Catholics abandoned ethnic customs for the sake of religious unity. 
D)  Protestant churches eschewed evangelism.

Question 19

How did Protestant missionaries define their goals abroad? What were some of the consequences of their work?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Missiona

Question 20

The National Association of Colored Women was effective in its efforts to improve the life of African Americans because it

Accepted Answer

A)  gave lectures throughout the country. 
B)  focused its attention on community issues such as public health. 
C)  rejected the traditional role of women in domesticity. 
D)  enabled African Americans to be educated in white schools. 
A)  gave lectures throughout the country. 
B)  focused its attention on community issues such as public health. 
C)  rejected the traditional role of women in domesticity. 
D)  enabled African Americans to be educated in white schools.

Exam 17: Making Modern American Culture, 1880-1917

Answer the following questions : -Jim Crow

Which of the following statements describes Charles Darwin's theories as presented in his book On the Origin of Species?

Which sport was the most controversial in the late 1800s?

Why did athletics become popular in the late-nineteenth-century United States? In what ways was the rise of sports representative of broader changes in American society and culture?

The Gibson Girl of the 1890s personified which of the following female images?

In what ways did realism in the arts break with older traditions?

Which of the following authors is correctly matched with one of his works?

Between 1880 and 1920,higher education for women was

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)was the first national movement to

Which of the following was true for middle-class families in the late nineteenth century?

Answer the following questions : -American Protective Association

Answer the following questions : -eugenics

By 1916,which of the following religious groups had increased immensely in the United States because of immigration?

Which of the following groups would have been unlikely to support prohibition in the late nineteenth century?

Which of the following is correctly matched?

Which of the following authors rejected romanticism and Victorian sentimentality in their works?

Answer the following questions : -National American Woman Suffrage Association

Which of the following is true of religion in the city at the turn of the twentieth century?

How did Protestant missionaries define their goals abroad? What were some of the consequences of their work?

The National Association of Colored Women was effective in its efforts to improve the life of African Americans because it

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