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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapter 23, Lessons of History: The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the novel "Babbit," where did the main character live?
(a) Harlan, Indiana.
(b) Zenith, Ohio.
(c) Brooklyn, Iowa.
(d) Clarksville, Michigan.

2. Until 1870, how many inventions had been recognized by the U.S. Patent Office?
(a) 118,000.
(b) 133,000.
(c) 57,000.
(d) 98,000.

3. When was the first known use of the term social capital?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1896.

4. Where in America has there been the most religious disengagement?
(a) West.
(b) East.
(c) North.
(d) South.

5. What percent of the total decline of engagement might have been due to pressures of time and money?
(a) 15.
(b) 25.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. Out of every dollar spent for leisure in 1929, how many cents went to club and fraternal dues?

2. How many tons of steel were produced in 1900?

3. By 1992, how many work places had "quality circles"?

4. How many men born in the 1920s served in the military?

5. How many more hours did married couples average in a work week in 1998 than they did in 1969?

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