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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 what state did the KKK want to "adopt a highway"?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Florida.
(d) Mississippi.

2. What did sociologists Claude Fischer and Robert Jackson call single-stranded interactions that began to take place in America?
(a) Communities of limited liability.
(b) Individual communities.
(c) Communities of one.
(d) Personal communities.

3. How much higher were crime rates in cities than in small towns or rural areas?
(a) 1-2 times.
(b) 3-4 times.
(c) 4-5 times.
(d) 2-3 times.

4. When were Americans born who were the most engaged or tolerant?
(a) 1930-35.
(b) 1960-65.
(c) 1940-45.
(d) 1950-55.

5. When was the PTA founded?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1912.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percent of the decline of engagement might have been caused by electronic entertainment:

2. How many members did the bridge club in Chapter 1 have in 1990?

3. Which state had the least number of murders?

4. How much did the number of nonprofit organizations of national scope listed in "Encylopedia of Associations" change between 1968 and 1997?

5. How many Americans in any given year suffered from major depression?

(see the answer key)

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