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| REVIEW QUESTIONS | Answer these questions to demonstrate your understanding of the chapter’s main ideas. |
Why did athletics become popular in the late-nineteenth-century United States? In what ways did this trend represent broader changes in American society and culture?
What changes in women’s private and public lives occurred in the decades after the Civil War, and how did these affect women from different backgrounds? Why do you think emphasis on the status of “ladies” became so insistent in this era?
Some historians argue that the changes brought by industrialization caused Americans to become a more secular people. To what extent do you agree or disagree, and why? Use evidence from this chapter to make your case.
What policy changes resulted, in part, from Americans’ new zest for outdoor recreation? (You may also want to review the sections on John Wesley Powell, the creation of Yellowstone, and early wildlife conservation in Chapter 16.)
THEMATIC UNDERSTANDING On the Part 6 thematic timeline, review developments in “Ideas, Beliefs, and Culture” and “Environment and Geography.” How did industrialization change Americans’ relationship to the outdoors — to natural environments? What connections do you see between those changes and other, broader shifts in American society and culture?