After the Civil War, Americans looked for renewal as they rebuilt the country. What united the sources of renewal?

a drive for material prosperity

What was the principal difference between Gilded Age literature and antebellum literature?

Gilded Age literature was more pragmatic and less romantic.

Why did many writers of this era choose to employ dialect when writing dialogue for their characters?

Dialect showed social distances among characters or characters & audience.

How did the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 affect the Native American population in the United States? It...

dissolved tribal land holdings & gave smaller land parcels to individuals.

Even though the Gilded Age ended over a century ago, why are new literary scholars revisiting it? Scholars have...

prior academic analysis narrowly defined 19th century literary movements.

All of the following were changes undergone by the literary marketplace during the late 19th century EXCEPT...

there were fewer literary celebrities.

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Spanish-American War of 1898?

Immigration in the US was reduced as migrants were sent to colonize Cuba.

Why did the late 19th century earn the name “the Gilded Age” in the United States? The name developed from...

Mark Twain’s novel; his characters sacrifice their principles for wealth.

What criticism did some detractors make against the realist movement espoused by literary critic William Dean Howells?

Critics complained that realism was dull & lacked dramatic storytelling.

Why did women’s social clubs become popular in the late nineteenth century?

They allowed women to discuss important cultural & political issues.

Why were regional writers able to flourish at the end of the 19th century?

Urban audiences were interested in learning about other areas & cultures.

How was Darwin’s scientific theory of evolution used to justify the unfettered capitalistic system in the US?

Economic progress was a product of ruthless competition between businesses.

Which of the following best describes differences between literary naturalist writing of the period and realist writing?

Naturalist writing stressed plot and engaged more with romance and myth.

Why were American-born citizens concerned about the large influx of migrants from southern and eastern Europe?

White citizens thought America's racial & religious character would change.

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Period Introduction: 1865 to 1914

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1
After the Civil War, Americans looked for renewal as they rebuilt the country. What united the sources of renewal?
expanded democracy
a drive for material prosperity
a return to what it meant to be an American previously.
increasing religiosity
2
What was the principal difference between Gilded Age literature and antebellum literature?
Gilded Age literature focused more on poetry and fanciful imagery.
Gilded Age literature had more dialogue and fewer descriptive passages.
Gilded Age literature was more pragmatic and less romantic.
Gilded Age literature contained more upper-class characters.
3
Why did many writers of this era choose to employ dialect when writing dialogue for their characters?
Dialect was used to mock America as a melting pot of culture & language.
Dialect in literature always amounted to a form of racism.
Dialect developed out of a desire to push traditional literary boundaries.
Dialect showed social distances among characters or characters & audience.
4
How did the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 affect the Native American population in the United States? It...
offered an apology for the displacement of tribes to reservations.
dissolved tribal land holdings & gave smaller land parcels to individuals.
offered employment to Native Americans in factories of Midwestern cities.
provided educational grants for Native American children to attend school.
5
Even though the Gilded Age ended over a century ago, why are new literary scholars revisiting it? Scholars have...
prior academic analysis narrowly defined 19th century literary movements.
shown that the variety of perspectives previously studied was too broad.
uncovered a concerted effort to marginalize most 19th-century writers.
determined that it should be read through feminist & psychoanalytic lenses.
6
All of the following were changes undergone by the literary marketplace during the late 19th century EXCEPT...
there were fewer literary celebrities.
several classes of readers developed and increased across the nation.
book reviewing became standardized and more widespread.
the publishing industry relocated to New York City from New England.
7
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Spanish-American War of 1898?
The US gained access to new markets to sell industrially manufactured goods
The war gave US men a chance to prove themselves mentally & physically.
Immigration in the US was reduced as migrants were sent to colonize Cuba.
The US established itself as a legitimate rival to European imperial powers
8
Why did the late 19th century earn the name “the Gilded Age” in the United States? The name developed from...
European immigrants who believed that U.S. streets were “paved with gold.”
new trends in fashion, art, & literature.
Mark Twain’s novel; his characters sacrifice their principles for wealth.
the Populist political movement that advocated for economic regulations.
9
What criticism did some detractors make against the realist movement espoused by literary critic William Dean Howells?
Critics condemned realist writers for being too focused on their craft.
Critics complained that realism was dull & lacked dramatic storytelling.
Critics noted that realist writing contained too much plot.
Critics derided realism for making literature too inaccessible to readers.
10
Why did women’s social clubs become popular in the late nineteenth century?
They were created for the care of children & the elderly.
They gave small business loans to women to become financially independent.
They provided women with home-based employment and newly earned wages.
They allowed women to discuss important cultural & political issues.
11
Why were regional writers able to flourish at the end of the 19th century?
Urban audiences were interested in learning about other areas & cultures.
Readers demanded novelty in literature, which regional writers provided.
Newspapers were nonexistent, so regional fiction taught about other areas.
Regional writers stopped using dialect, which had been all the rage earlier
12
How was Darwin’s scientific theory of evolution used to justify the unfettered capitalistic system in the US?
People evolved to be more concerned about personal economic conditions.
People had to show an ability to generate wealth in an open economic system
People needed to be given aid by others in their environment to thrive.
Economic progress was a product of ruthless competition between businesses.
13
Which of the following best describes differences between literary naturalist writing of the period and realist writing?
Naturalist writing was only set in the acquired territories of the US.
Naturalist writing gave less attention to heredity and environment.
Realist writing focused on characters from the fringes of society.
Naturalist writing stressed plot and engaged more with romance and myth.
14
Why were American-born citizens concerned about the large influx of migrants from southern and eastern Europe?
Citizens thought immigrants would foment political unrest.
Citizens had read propaganda that immigrants were carriers of disease.
Citizens worried that English would be displaced as the national language.
White citizens thought America's racial & religious character would change.
15
What is the period following the Civil War, during which federal troops occupied former states of the Confederacy?
Reconstruction
Occupation
Unification
Reconciliation

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