Question 1

Explain the statement that the late 19^th-century cities "grew up, out, and apart." Had you been alive at the time, what might have attracted you to the city? What might have caused you to stay there or to go back "down on the farm"?

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Question 2

The text observes that even though urban Americans were separated by ethnic, racial, and workplace divisions, they also shared much of the same popular forms of culture. How did technology and industry contribute to this standardization in the cultural sphere? Were there losses as well as gains in the decline of popular or local folk culture?

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Question 3

How were the growing social class divisions in large American cities reflected in the provision of different forms of art, music, and recreation for the elite and the masses?

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Question 4

What were the primary changes in American education in the late 19^th century? What did the developments in basic public education have in common with the changes in American colleges and universities?

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Question 5

In what ways did religion begin to address the issues facing urban American society, and in what ways was it increasingly confined to a private and personal sphere?

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Question 6

The arrival of immigrants on American shores in the late 19^th century involved both push and pull factors. Describe the major motives that caused emigrants to leave Europe and come to the United States during this period.

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Question 7

What was the impact of industrialization and urbanization on late 19^th-century American churches, schools, and family life? Cite at least two changes wrought on each of these institutions during this period.

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Question 8

Cite at least one figure in each of the following categories and describe the major theme of his or her work: a) journalism and popular writing, b) serious novels and poetry, and c) sculpture and architecture. Then tell why you think your choice reflects the reality of life in the late nineteenth century in each case.

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Question 9

Why did sensational journalism and scandal-mongering expand, even as Americans' levels of education and cultural achievement increased?

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Question 10

Some historians have called pragmatism "America's only distinctive contribution to philosophy." In what way might it be true to say that pragmatism reflected unique qualities of American society and culture? How would pragmatists respond to the charge that theirs was an anti-intellectual philosophy?

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Question 11

The text's authors assert that "women were growing more independent in the urban environment of the cities" in the late 19^th century. What did the city environment have to do with women's liberation, and what forms did their new independence take? What were the limitations of this new economic and social independence for women of certain ethnic and racial backgrounds?

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Question 12

Late 19^th-century novels often pursued themes of

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Question 13

Do you think that the United States needed laws restricting immigration in the 19^th century? List the kinds of restrictions actually imposed and state whether you agree with each restriction. Why or why not?

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Question 14

Describe the impact of the evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin on American religious and cultural life? Why did many people find Darwin's ideas challenging or difficult?

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Question 15

How did the new urban forms of sports and recreation reflect the greater opportunities, greater conflicts, and the greater stresses of urban life after the Civil War?

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Question 16

Which post-Civil War writers best reflected the social concerns of the new urban age? Which writers reflected a nostalgic interest in the American or European past? Which tendency do you admire most, and why?

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Question 17

Was the new morality and rising frankness about matters of sexuality and marriage a reflection of women's rising status, or part of an attempt to keep women in a subordinate place?

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Question 18

Carrie Chapman Catt argued that women should be granted the right to vote because

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Question 19

Fear of newly arriving immigrants has been a constant in American history. With respect to the New Immigrants of the late 19^th century, describe what the native-born Americans were concerned about. Do you think their fears were well founded? Why or why not?

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Question 20

In what ways was the city a "frontier of opportunity for women"? Name at least two women who seized this opportunity and elaborate on their experiences.

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Quiz 24: America Moves to the City

Explain the statement that the late 19th-century cities "grew up, out, and apart." Had you been alive at the time, what might have attracted you to the city? What might have caused you to stay there or to go back "down on the farm"?