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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Generally, how did Americans aged 65-80 vote in the early 1960s?

2. What were the ages of the G.I. Generation on Pearl Harbor Sunday?

3. What decade did Sesame Street first affect?

4. Who was a rising-adult leader during the Glorious Revolution crisis?

5. What is a set of collective behavioral traits expressed throughout a generation's lifecycle?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the Civics of the Glorious Generation in the Colonial Cycle looked on?

2. What kind of childhood did Reactive generations have?

3. How did the young Adaptive generation of those under 18 years respond to the Colonial Cycle?

4. What common milestones of life are explained in the book Passages?

5. What are the four phases of one generation?

6. Describe Adaptives during an outer-driven era.

7. Define life-course fallacy.

8. When this book was written, what were the four great periods of crisis in American history?

9. What are the timespans separating the four pivotal events of American history?

10. How is the authors' approach to defining American generations different from most other scholars?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

List at least six significant facts about the Compromiser Generation of the Revolutionary Cycle. Why was the War of 1812 significant? How did women's roles change? What new vocabulary did they introduce? Where did they settle? What were their feelings about children? Answer these or explain any other six Compromiser facts.

Essay Topic 2

Explain specifically with details Figure 7-1. What is the significance of the age location in history of the Puritans, Cavaliers, Glorious, and Enlighteners?

Essay Topic 3

Summarize the so-called "Second American Revolution." Who were the important people involved? What were the significant events? What was the result of the final outcome?

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