What doe the WCTU stand for?

Woman’s Christian Temperance Union

What was the effect of education taking on a more practical nature?

Students were specialized for professions

How did newspapers come to capture public taste?

Allowed Americans to keep up with worldwide news

What changes did the liberal magazine The Nation call for?

Honest government and mild tariffs

What were settlement houses?

Place of social reform and women's activism

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1
What doe the WCTU stand for?
Woman’s Creativity and Tenacity Union
Woman’s Christian Teaching University
None of the above
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
2
The Morrill Act and the Hatch Act funded the establishment of many colleges/universities.
True
False
3
What were the names of the novels that became popular after the Civil War?
Selective novels
Dime novels
Western classics
Amsco novels
4
What was the effect of education taking on a more practical nature?
Students were specialized for professions
Moral instruction became more important in school curriculum
Religious instruction was prioritized
Greater emphasis on languages such as greek and latin
5
What was the main cause of religious reform leading to the new liberal Protestants?
Money and materialism
Arguments about predestination
Divided opinions on evolution/natural selection
Could not decide on the colours of the stained-glass windows
6
How did newspapers come to capture public taste?
Provided entertainment in comic strips and crossword puzzles
Newspapers provided daily local news that was important
People could get popular by being in the newspaper
Allowed Americans to keep up with worldwide news
7
What changes did the liberal magazine The Nation call for?
Further development of the southern economy
Honest government and mild tariffs
Elimination of all religious institutes
Stronger central gov and emphasis on industrialization
8
In the Late 1800s, where did most immigrants to the United States come from?
Europe
Africa
Asia
South America
9
What caused unemployment in America?
Increase in immigration
Imports
A and C
European industrialization
10
What were settlement houses?
Place for immigrants to learn English
Place for new immigrants
Property owned by the "unofficial" government
Place of social reform and women's activism
11
Who published a feminist newspaper and was a radical reformer?
Anthony Comstock
Henry George
Carrie A. Nation
Victoria Woodhull
12
Which one of these people was a famous Realist author?
Mark Twain
Theodore Dreiser
Abraham Cahan
Ellen Glasgow
13
Who was one famous person (that was mentioned) who lectured in the Chataqua Movement?
Mark Twain
Abraham Lincoln
Ernest Hemingway
Elizabeth Blackwell
14
What happened in the cities after the various movements?
Families began to focus on working
People became more drunk
B and C
Divorce rates went up
15
What were the prominent styles of art during the mid 1800s?
Regionalism and Romanticism
Realism and Romanticism
Romanticism and Modernism
Realism and Regionalism
16
Which sport became popular at the end of the 1800s, but lost popularity in the 20th century?
Basketball
Croquet
Tennis
Baseball
17
Who was the scientist that discovered everyday uses for common plants?
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
George Washington carver
Marie Curie
18
What groups were formed as a result of the growing variety in religious denominations?
YMCA
Salvation Army
Church of Christ, Scientist
All of the above
19
In 1882, what was Congress's first restriction on immigration?
Did not allow criminals
Limited immigration by headcount
Only allowed Europeans
Did not allow the illiterate
20
What were some issues associated with the city?
Disease
Fires
Bad Sanitation
All of the above

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