Question 1
When combined together, what message do the 1886 photograph of the husband and wife cycling and the 1896 Stearns Bicycle Company advertisement poster imply about the status of middle-class American women during this ten-year period?
A) Even in leisure activities, American women still played subservient roles to their husbands.
B) Leisure activities like bicycling still required women to dress conservatively.
C) The bicycling enthusiasm of the 1890s led to growing independence for young women.
D) Bicycling was considered to be an unladylike activity.
Question 2
Mormonism was first established in Palmyra, New York by __________.
A) Mary Cragin
B) Francis Wright
C) Joseph Smith
D) Robert Owen
Question 3
The main reason behind President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb was that __________.
A) he was xenophobic and particularly disliked the Japanese
B) U.S. intelligence knew that Japan was close to developing its own atomic bomb
C) Stalin was urging the United States to use the weapon to conclude the war
D) he hoped to end the war as quickly as possible and thus save American lives
Question 4
Unlike other West African kingdoms and nations, Benin's decision to end its participation in the slave trade allowed it to __________.
A) trade exclusively with the Spanish
B) address humanitarian concerns for enslaved people
C) remain isolated from Europe
D) maintain its political autonomy longer than its neighbors did
Question 5
Who launched a national campaign against lynching in the 1890s that drew many African American women and men into public activism for civil rights?
A) Susan B. Anthony
B) Ida B. Wells
C) Jane Addams
D) Alva Vanderbilt
Question 6
This image of a Shaker religious dance emphasizes their belief in __________.
A) rejection of the values of the marketplace
B) communal ownership of property
C) the adoption of orphans
D) equality among the sexes