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4.6 Organization and Historical Context in Wheels of Change, Part 6 Answers

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Read the excerpt from Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change.When Cambridge University in England decided to offer female students full admission in 1897, the male students protested by hanging a figure of a woman on a bicycle in effigy.

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development in technology.
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development in politics.
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significant world event.
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significant viewpoint.
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In Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change, Sue Macy provides historical context primarily through

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explanations of political changes.
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descriptions of worldwide events.
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examples of shifts in social values.
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lists of technological advancements.
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Read the excerpt from Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change.Would the bicycle help bring about a new kind of equality between men and women? Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her colleagues certainly hoped so. At any rate, the image of a female cyclist quickly became associated with efforts to win more rights for women. When Cambridge University in England decided to offer female students full admission in 1897, the male students protested by hanging a figure of a woman on a bicycle in effigy.

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The bicycle was successful in achieving equality between the sexes.
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England was ahead in its fight for equal opportunities for women.
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Many people strongly opposed the increasing rights of women.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton fought for a woman’s right to attend college.
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What accurately describes this synthesis of the text? Check all that apply.

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It provides a reflection of the changes that occurred as a result of women “leaving their homes to cycle and socialize."
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It draws a conclusion by stating that bicycle manufacturers “showed female models in their advertisements.”
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It presents new information by stating that the “politicians, soldiers, business leaders, and even the leading athletes” were all men.
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It gives a basic overview of the text by stating that “Louise Armaindo and Frankie Nelson had their exploits splashed all over the papers.”
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It reveals a new understanding about the topic by stating that “the bicycle changed that.”
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Review the information in the graphic organizer based on Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change.

Question illustration
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to list effects of the first high-wheeled bicycle produced in the United States
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to show the progression of inventions that took place in the bicycling industry
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to explain how the bicycle gained such intense popularity among women
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to compare the inventions of different people from the same time period
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Which detail from Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change reflects a development in technology that was occurring at the time?

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Women earn the right to vote in the four newest states.
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The automobile era begins at the turn of the century.
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Cambridge University offers full admission to women.
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Bloomers and divided skirts replace traditional dresses.
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Read the excerpt from Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change.In 1895, Stanton contributed an article to the American Wheelman celebrating this "wonderful new style of locomotion." In the article, titled "The Era of the Bicycle," she pointed out that cycling was increasing people's mobility, eliminating the cost of feeding and housing horses, and encouraging the building of good roads. However, she saved her greatest praise for the bicycle's effects on women. "The bicycle," she wrote, "will inspire women with more courage, self-respect and self-reliance and make the next generation more vigorous of mind and of body; for feeble mothers do not produce great statesmen, scientists and scholars."

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a chronology that shows a sequence of several events
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a problem-solution graphic that presents a problem and a solution
C
a t-chart that separates ideas into two different categories
D
a cause-and-effect graphic that shows how one idea led to another
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Use the graphic organizer to help answer the question below.

Question illustration
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In 1895, Stanton contributed an article to the American Wheelman celebrating this "wonderful new style of locomotion." In the article . . . she pointed out that cycling was increasing people's mobility, eliminating the cost of feeding and housing horses, and encouraging the building of good roads.
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Willard saw parallels between learning to ride and learning to live. "I began to feel that myself plus the bicycle equaled myself plus the world, upon whose spinning wheel we must all learn to ride," she wrote.
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Magazines and some newspapers regularly published poetry and short stories at that time, and cycling was a popular theme. In 1893, poet Madeline S. Bridges celebrated the female cyclist's new freedom by contrasting her with the maidens of the past who used wheels to spin thread.
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As the 1890s drew to a close, the cyclists who had cast off their corsets and taken to the open road were leading the way for American women to start embracing new freedoms and a larger place in public life. Ironically, the vehicle that had delivered them to the future had almost reached the end of the road.
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Read the excerpt from Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change.These traits led commentators to worry that the differences between the sexes were being blurred, a fear that was reinforced as the four newest states—Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho—granted women the right to vote in the 1890s. Would the bicycle help bring about a new kind of equality between men and women? Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her colleagues certainly hoped so. At any rate, the image of a female cyclist quickly became associated with efforts to win more rights for women.

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Women were granted the right to vote in four states as a direct result of the bicycle’s invention.
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Female cyclists were quickly becoming associated with efforts to win more rights for women.
C
Stanton and her colleagues hoped women cyclists would join their fight for women’s rights.
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Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho were home to the highest percentage of women cyclists.
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Read the two ideas from Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change.Idea 1: Many people worried that the traits between the sexes were being “blurred” and that the bicycle would create “a new kind of equality between men and women.”Idea 2: To address the concern of the blossoming equality of women, authors began writing short stories aimed to “reassure men that women's love of the wheel made them even better companions.”

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a t-chart that separates ideas into two different categories
B
a problem-solution graphic that presents a problem and a solution
C
a chronology that shows a sequence of several events
D
a cause-and-effect graphic that shows how one idea led to another

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