Author Question: Which of the following statements best describes higher education in California during the Gilded ... (Read 54 times)

kshipps · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

Which of the following statements best describes higher education in California during the Gilded Age?

a. The University of California was the first university in the state, funded under the 1862 Morrill Act.
b. In California, more of the early colleges admitted women than in the rest of the nation.
c. While religious organizations played an important role in starting colleges in the rest of the nation, they had very little role in the more secular California.
d. While private, Stanford University trained most of California's teachers in this era.

Question 2

The 1872-1873 Modoc War is significant because it

a. involved the death of the highest-ranking U.S. military officer to that time.
b. signaled the end of California Indians' armed resistance to the state's reservation policy.
c. represented a culmination of years of failed negotiations to resolve the Indians' forced relocation to the Oregon reservation.
d. all of the above.