Question 1

Which of the following appears to have caused the decline in the birthrate in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

Accepted Answer

A)  the increasing shift from a rural to an urban society 
B)  the decrease in the number of married couples 
C)  the increase in infant mortality rates 
D)  the climbing divorce rate 
A)  the increasing shift from a rural to an urban society 
B)  the decrease in the number of married couples 
C)  the increase in infant mortality rates 
D)  the climbing divorce rate A

Question 2

Under Frederick W. Taylor's theory of scientific management,

Accepted Answer

A)  workers' skills came to be valued more highly. 
B)  workers increasingly controlled the pace and scale of production. 
C)  workers were encouraged to shift frequently from one task to another. 
D)  workers became another kind of interchangeable part. 
A)  workers' skills came to be valued more highly. 
B)  workers increasingly controlled the pace and scale of production. 
C)  workers were encouraged to shift frequently from one task to another. 
D)  workers became another kind of interchangeable part. D

Question 3

Which of the following was especially important in helping African Americans cope with urban life?

Accepted Answer

A)  The urban political machine 
B)  The availability of jobs 
C)  Government relief agencies for the urban poor 
D)  Religious activities associated with black churches 
A)  The urban political machine 
B)  The availability of jobs 
C)  Government relief agencies for the urban poor 
D)  Religious activities associated with black churches D

Question 4

The main problem with pools was that

Accepted Answer

A)  too often members sued each other for violation of the agreement creating the pool. 
B)  they did not increase profits. 
C)  the Interstate Commerce Act made them illegal precisely when they were most important. 
D)  there was no legal way to enforce the private agreement that created the pool. 
A)  too often members sued each other for violation of the agreement creating the pool. 
B)  they did not increase profits. 
C)  the Interstate Commerce Act made them illegal precisely when they were most important. 
D)  there was no legal way to enforce the private agreement that created the pool.

Question 5

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: Samuel Gompers?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Accepted Answer

Samuel Gompers was a prominent labor lea

Question 6

Compare and contrast individual life patterns in the late 1880s with those that existed by 1920.

Accepted Answer

In the late 1880s, individual life patte

Question 7

Discuss the problems of housing and sanitation in American cities in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and explain and evaluate the responses of private citizens and state and local governments to these problems.

Accepted Answer

The late nineteenth and early twentieth

Question 8

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the railroad strike of 1877?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Accepted Answer

The railroad strike of 1877 was a nation

Question 9

The Intercollegiate Athletic Association was founded to

Accepted Answer

A)  police college sports. 
B)  rank college football teams. 
C)  scout high-school prospects for college football teams. 
D)  establish a scholarship fund for college athletes. 
A)  police college sports. 
B)  rank college football teams. 
C)  scout high-school prospects for college football teams. 
D)  establish a scholarship fund for college athletes.

Question 10

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: Social Darwinism?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Accepted Answer

Social Darwinism was a social and politi

Question 11

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Homestead strike?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Accepted Answer

The Homestead strike was a labor dispute

Question 12

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Western Federation of Miners?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Accepted Answer

The Western Federation of Miners was a l

Question 13

One of the inconsistencies of those who believed in Social Darwinism was their

Accepted Answer

A)  opposition to unions and to government attempts to regulate working conditions. 
B)  desire for government assistance to business, which flew in the face of "survival of the fittest." 
C)  belief in government aid and assistance to agriculture. 
D)  unwillingness to apply to society the principles of scientific management that they used in their factories. 
A)  opposition to unions and to government attempts to regulate working conditions. 
B)  desire for government assistance to business, which flew in the face of "survival of the fittest." 
C)  belief in government aid and assistance to agriculture. 
D)  unwillingness to apply to society the principles of scientific management that they used in their factories.

Question 14

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: Chinese Exclusion Act?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Accepted Answer

The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United S

Question 15

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: barrios?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Accepted Answer

Barrios, which are Spanish for neighborh

Question 16

Which of the following is true of people who were part of the gay subculture in late-nineteenth-century American cities?

Accepted Answer

A)  They usually faced little or no discrimination from the larger community. 
B)  There is no evidence that such people ever formed lasting relationships with same-sex partners. 
C)  They were labeled as "homosexuals" and faced laws specifically designed to deny them employment and housing. 
D)  They were usually categorized by their actions rather than by their sexual partners. 
A)  They usually faced little or no discrimination from the larger community. 
B)  There is no evidence that such people ever formed lasting relationships with same-sex partners. 
C)  They were labeled as "homosexuals" and faced laws specifically designed to deny them employment and housing. 
D)  They were usually categorized by their actions rather than by their sexual partners.

Question 17

Discuss the social and economic impact of electric-powered streetcars, elevators, and subways on the American city in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Accepted Answer

The introduction of electric-powered str

Question 18

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: John D. Rockefeller?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Accepted Answer

John D. Rockefeller was a prominent Amer

Question 19

Which of the following statements best expresses the new attitude about poverty accepted by some humanitarians in the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Only the unfit are poor. 
B)  Relief of poverty should be tolerated but never encouraged. 
C)  Anyone can escape poverty through hard work and clean living. 
D)  Environment, rather than personal defects, causes poverty. 
A)  Only the unfit are poor. 
B)  Relief of poverty should be tolerated but never encouraged. 
C)  Anyone can escape poverty through hard work and clean living. 
D)  Environment, rather than personal defects, causes poverty.

Question 20

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: James B. Duke?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Accepted Answer

James B. Duke was a prominent American i

Which of the following appears to have caused the decline in the birthrate in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

Under Frederick W. Taylor's theory of scientific management,

Which of the following was especially important in helping African Americans cope with urban life?

The main problem with pools was that

Compare and contrast individual life patterns in the late 1880s with those that existed by 1920.

Discuss the problems of housing and sanitation in American cities in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and explain and evaluate the responses of private citizens and state and local governments to these problems.

The Intercollegiate Athletic Association was founded to

One of the inconsistencies of those who believed in Social Darwinism was their

Which of the following is true of people who were part of the gay subculture in late-nineteenth-century American cities?

Discuss the social and economic impact of electric-powered streetcars, elevators, and subways on the American city in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Which of the following statements best expresses the new attitude about poverty accepted by some humanitarians in the late nineteenth century?

Reconstruction an Unfinished Revolution

The Ecology of the West and South

Gilded Age Politics

The Progressive ERA

The Quest for Empire

Americans in the Great War

The New ERA

The Great Depression and the New Deal

The Second World War at Home and Abroad

The Cold War and American Globalism

America at Midcentury

The Tumultuous Sixties

A Pivotal ERA

Conservatism Revived

Into the Global Millennium America Since 1992

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Which of the following appears to have caused the decline in the birthrate in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

Under Frederick W. Taylor's theory of scientific management,

Which of the following was especially important in helping African Americans cope with urban life?

The main problem with pools was that

Compare and contrast individual life patterns in the late 1880s with those that existed by 1920.

Discuss the problems of housing and sanitation in American cities in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and explain and evaluate the responses of private citizens and state and local governments to these problems.

The Intercollegiate Athletic Association was founded to

One of the inconsistencies of those who believed in Social Darwinism was their

Which of the following is true of people who were part of the gay subculture in late-nineteenth-century American cities?

Discuss the social and economic impact of electric-powered streetcars, elevators, and subways on the American city in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Which of the following statements best expresses the new attitude about poverty accepted by some humanitarians in the late nineteenth century?

Reconstruction an Unfinished Revolution

The Ecology of the West and South

Gilded Age Politics

The Progressive ERA

The Quest for Empire

Americans in the Great War

The New ERA

The Great Depression and the New Deal

The Second World War at Home and Abroad

The Cold War and American Globalism

America at Midcentury

The Tumultuous Sixties

A Pivotal ERA

Conservatism Revived

Into the Global Millennium America Since 1992

Filters