Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 18

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 18

Instructions

This exercise asks you to assess the relationship between conclusions and evidence. Identify which of the following conclusions are supported by the specific piece of evidence. Click “yes” for those pieces of evidence that support the conclusion and “no” for those that do not.

Conclusion A

The rise of commercialized entertainment in industrial cities provided spaces for men and women to socialize with one another, loosened restrictions on women’s behavior in public, and created new norms for courtship.

Question 18.19

Evidence 1: The patrons depicted in Document 18.1: Elephant Ride at Coney Island

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Question 18.20

Evidence 2: The audience depicted in Document 18.2: International Contest for the Heavyweight Championship

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Question 18.21

Evidence 3: “There’s no one to take care of you / And tenderly put you to sleep / And pray to God for your help: / Mama, Mama, where are you now?”Document 18.3: Joseph Rumshinsky, The Living Orphan

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Question 18.22

Evidence 4: “Many a girl, nice girl, too, loves the art so much that she will dance with any man she meets, whatever his character or appearance. Often two girls will go to some dance-hall, which may or may not be entirely respectable, and deliberately look for men to dance with.”Document 18.4: Hutchins Hapgood, Types from City Streets

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Conclusion B

The influx of immigrants into American cities diversified urban populations at the same time that new opportunities for the consumption of goods and entertainment created a mass culture that obscured class and ethnic differences.

Question 18.23

Evidence 1: The depiction of the patrons in Document 18.1: Elephant Ride at Coney Island

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Question 18.24

Evidence 2: The depiction of the audience in Document 18.2: International Contest for the Heavyweight Championship

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B.

Question 18.25

Evidence 3: The song lyrics in Document 18.3: Joseph Rumshinsky, The Living Orphan

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B.

Question 18.26

Evidence 4: “But that does not remain the sole purpose of their consumption. The canon of reputability is at hand and seizes upon such innovations as are, according to its standard, fit to survive. Since the consumption of these more excellent goods is an evidence of wealth, it becomes honorific; and conversely, the failure to consume in due quantity and quality becomes a mark of inferiority and demerit.”Document 18.5: Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class

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Conclusion C

Although some middle-class commentators admired the authenticity and openness of urban working-class culture, wealthy Americans sought to distance themselves from the urban masses through their consumption and leisure practices.

Question 18.27

Evidence 1: The image in document 18.1: Elephant Ride at Coney Island

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Question 18.28

Evidence 2: Song lyrics in document 18.3: Joseph Rumshinsky, The Living Orphan

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Question 18.29

Evidence 3: “It was ‘low,’ to be sure, and exceedingly free, but nobody did anything he was ashamed of. The bride danced with everybody and kissed almost everybody; and almost everything was said. Nothing could exceed the affair for freedom. But the utmost un-selfconsciousness prevailed. The only person who was at all aware of himself was the ex-thief. He was the swellest person in the room, and looked uncomfortable when his shoes wereinundated with beer. He was also the only person who seemed unfortunate or unhappy. Surely, Walt Whitman would have reveled in the scene: for here were human beings as lacking in misery and respectability as even the great poet could desire.”Document 18.4: Hutchins Hapgood, Types from City Streets

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Question 18.30

Evidence 4: “This growth of punctilious discrimination as to qualitative excellence in eating, drinking, etc., presently affects not only the manner of life, but also the training and intellectual activity of the gentleman of leisure. He is no longer simply the successful, aggressive male, the man of strength, resource, and intrepidity. In order to avoid stultification he must also cultivate his tastes, for it now becomes incumbent on him to discriminate with some nicety between the noble and the ignoble in consumable goods.”Document 18.5: Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class

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