Question 1

During the late nineteenth century, college education for American women

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A)   did not exist.
B)   had expanded significantly.
C)   offered no coeducational opportunities.
D)   allowed women to be schooled only by male faculty.
E)   had no real effect on the marrying age of nineteenth-century women.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

Colleges and universities of the late nineteenth century benefited particularly from the ________ Act.

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Question 3

In the late nineteenth century, American universities

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A)   significantly grew in number due to the Morrill Land Grant Act.
B)   were sometimes started by philanthropists that wanted to perpetuate their family names.
C)   began to form relationships with the private sector and the government.
D)   significantly grew in number due to the Morrill Land Grant Act, and began to form relationships with the private sector and government.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 4

Although the plight of poor children in cities often drew the most attention of late-nineteenth-century reformers, little was done to improve the children's situations.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In the late nineteenth century, many immigrants to the United States

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A)   were already experienced as urban-dwelling, industrial workers.
B)   found the transition to their new country to be fairly easy.
C)   formed close-knit ethnic communities within cities.
D)   totally cut their links to their native countries.
E)   read English-language newspapers and frequented chain stores.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 6

In the late nineteenth century, crime in large American urban centers

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A)   led many city governments to create professional public police departments.
B)   swelled in the twenty years between 1880 and 1900.
C)   was often blamed on the violent proclivities of immigrant groups.
D)   was often blamed on the violent proclivities of immigrant groups, and led many city governments to create professional public police departments.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 7

The new consumer economy appealed to women as consumers and hired women as sales clerks.

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A) True 
 B)False

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Colleges and universities of the late nineteenth century benefited particularly from the ________ Act.

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