Question 1

Thomas Edison's contribution to the search for cheap and efficient indoor lighting was the

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A)  fluorescent lamp. 
B)  arc light. 
C)  incandescent bulb. 
D)  gaseous-discharge bulb. 
A)  fluorescent lamp. 
B)  arc light. 
C)  incandescent bulb. 
D)  gaseous-discharge bulb.

Question 2

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: occupational mobility?
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

Occupational mobility refers to the abil

Question 3

Which of the following is true of family life and the functions of the family by 1900?

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A)  People's roles in the home were no longer defined by age. 
B)  Kinship was no longer of any importance. 
C)  Age-based peer groups had far more influence over people's values than previously. 
D)  Parents spent a far larger portion of their lives caring for children than previously. 
A)  People's roles in the home were no longer defined by age. 
B)  Kinship was no longer of any importance. 
C)  Age-based peer groups had far more influence over people's values than previously. 
D)  Parents spent a far larger portion of their lives caring for children than previously.

Question 4

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item:urban water supplies and urban waste disposal?
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

Urban water supplies and urban waste dis

Question 5

Which of the following is true of late-nineteenth-century immigrants to the United States?

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A)  Most settled in agricultural areas. 
B)  Family tended to be the focus of their lives. 
C)  They usually flocked together on the edges of major American cities. 
D)  They were predominantly female. 
A)  Most settled in agricultural areas. 
B)  Family tended to be the focus of their lives. 
C)  They usually flocked together on the edges of major American cities. 
D)  They were predominantly female.

Question 6

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst?
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

Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hea

Question 7

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: vaudeville?
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

Vaudeville was a form of variety enterta

Question 8

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Five-Dollar-Day Plan?
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 Five-Dollar-Day Plan was a significa

Question 9

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: Andrew Carnegie?
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

Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American

Question 10

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: Terence V. Powderly?
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

Terence V. Powderly was a prominent figu

Question 11

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: Intercollegiate Athletic Association?
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 Intercollegiate Athletic Association

Question 12

Which of the following is true of law enforcement officials in late-nineteenth-century American cities?

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A)  They often had to answer to various groups that differed on their views of the law and how it should be enforced. 
B)  They were merely volunteers with no professional training or status. 
C)  They were far more consistent in how they applied the law to various social classes and ethnic groups than is the case in today's society. 
D)  They usually showed far more leniency in applying the law to the disadvantaged. 
A)  They often had to answer to various groups that differed on their views of the law and how it should be enforced. 
B)  They were merely volunteers with no professional training or status. 
C)  They were far more consistent in how they applied the law to various social classes and ethnic groups than is the case in today's society. 
D)  They usually showed far more leniency in applying the law to the disadvantaged.

Question 13

President Grover Cleveland responded to the 1894 Pullman strike by

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A)  offering to serve as a mediator. 
B)  remaining uninvolved and doing nothing. 
C)  intervening on the side of labor. 
D)  intervening on the side of management. 
A)  offering to serve as a mediator. 
B)  remaining uninvolved and doing nothing. 
C)  intervening on the side of labor. 
D)  intervening on the side of management.

Question 14

Which of the following statements about urbanization is accurate?

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A)  As bad as American cities were, they were more orderly and beautiful than their European counterparts. 
B)  American cities proved the truth of "America, the melting pot." 
C)  American cities were dull, boring, and lifeless. 
D)  American cities were characterized by a mixture of social classes, ethnic groups, and racial groups that sometimes lived in harmony and sometimes did not. 
A)  As bad as American cities were, they were more orderly and beautiful than their European counterparts. 
B)  American cities proved the truth of "America, the melting pot." 
C)  American cities were dull, boring, and lifeless. 
D)  American cities were characterized by a mixture of social classes, ethnic groups, and racial groups that sometimes lived in harmony and sometimes did not.

Question 15

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: yellow journalism?
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

Yellow journalism was a style of reporti

Question 16

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: political machines and bosses?
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

Political machines and bosses were power

Question 17

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: "new" foreign immigration?
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

"New" foreign immigration refers to the

Question 18

As a result of the introduction of mass transit in cities,

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A)  working-class neighborhoods were broken apart. 
B)  members of the middle class could live in neighborhoods on the urban outskirts and commute to work in the inner city. 
C)  more mixed-use areas consisting of residences, shops, and factories emerged. 
D)  human resources were drawn inward toward the central city. 
A)  working-class neighborhoods were broken apart. 
B)  members of the middle class could live in neighborhoods on the urban outskirts and commute to work in the inner city. 
C)  more mixed-use areas consisting of residences, shops, and factories emerged. 
D)  human resources were drawn inward toward the central city.

Question 19

Explain the variety of ways in which Americans made use of increased leisure time in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. To what segments of the population did the different forms of leisure appeal?

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In the late nineteenth and early twentie

Question 20

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the "Uprising of the 20,000"?
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 "Uprising of the 20,000" refers to a

Thomas Edison's contribution to the search for cheap and efficient indoor lighting was the

Which of the following is true of family life and the functions of the family by 1900?

Which of the following is true of late-nineteenth-century immigrants to the United States?

Which of the following is true of law enforcement officials in late-nineteenth-century American cities?

President Grover Cleveland responded to the 1894 Pullman strike by

Which of the following statements about urbanization is accurate?

As a result of the introduction of mass transit in cities,

Explain the variety of ways in which Americans made use of increased leisure time in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. To what segments of the population did the different forms of leisure appeal?

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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Thomas Edison's contribution to the search for cheap and efficient indoor lighting was the

Which of the following is true of family life and the functions of the family by 1900?

Which of the following is true of late-nineteenth-century immigrants to the United States?

Which of the following is true of law enforcement officials in late-nineteenth-century American cities?

President Grover Cleveland responded to the 1894 Pullman strike by

Which of the following statements about urbanization is accurate?

As a result of the introduction of mass transit in cities,

Explain the variety of ways in which Americans made use of increased leisure time in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. To what segments of the population did the different forms of leisure appeal?

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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