How did the roles and expectations for middle-class women change in the Gilded Age? What social and economic developments made this possible?
What will be an ideal response?
They became more independent, more educated, and more involved in their communities through charities to help the poor.
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Consider the excerpt from The Souls of Black Folk that appears in Chapter 16. What is the relationship between race and African-American people, according to Du Bois?
A) Race is a minor part of the identity of black people. B) Race allows whites to see blacks accurately. C) Race plays no part in the identity of black people. D) Race provides a double identity for blacks.
What was the most powerful argument advanced for President Washington seeking a second term as president?
A) to serve as a political buffer between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson and their opposing policies B) there was no significant disagreement in the country with any of Washington's policies C) maintaining American neutrality as revolutionary France and Britain prepared to resume warfare in Europe would require adept and strategic political leadership that Washington believed he could provide D) Washington needed a second term of political accomplishments to guarantee his historical legacy as a great political leader
The religious beliefs and practices of the Quilombos included
a. a mixture of African and Amerindian beliefs. b. a mixture of African and Catholic traditions. c. Catholic beliefs. d. worshipping the Ganga Zumba. e. sacrifice of humans as Amerindian shrines.
In the centuries following the fall of the Han Empire, Chinese women
a. found themselves restricted to a greater degree than ever before because of the cultural influence of the nomadic peoples who conquered much of northern China. b. were removed from positions as priests, nuns, and reclusive mediators in Daoist movements. c. benefited from the growing influence of Buddhism, which provided some women with an alternative to family life in Buddhist monasteries. d. were encouraged by the writings of Ban Zhou to be more assertive in their relationships to men.