Answers191 CR ELA 9Organization and Historical Context in Wheels of Change, Part 6

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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.” Which type of graphic organizer would best represent the connection between these two ideas?

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a problem-solution graphic that presents a problem and a solution
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a cause-and-effect graphic that shows how one idea led to another
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a chronology that shows a sequence of several events
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a t-chart that separates ideas into two different categories
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Read the excerpt from Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change . For decades, Willard, along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and many others, had been working toward increased political and economic rights for women. Now the bicycle brought a taste of independence to women on a very personal level, and some of them took the opportunity to express their discontent with old traditions and expectations. In August 1895, a cyclist named Ann Strong caused a stir when she compared the value of a bicycle to that of a husband in the Minneapolis Tribune. "I can't see but that a wheel is just as good company as most husbands," she declared. "I would as lief [sic] talk to one inanimate object as another; and I'd a great deal rather talk to one that can't answer than one that won't." What two ideas does Macy synthesize to create a new understanding in this excerpt?

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women’s fight for political rights and their increased satisfaction with traditions
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women’s fight for political rights and their decreased contentment in marriages
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the invention of the bicycle and increased personal independence for women
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the invention of the bicycle and decreased interest in women’s economic rights
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Use this t-chart to help answer the question. For Women Cyclists Against Women Cyclists Which excerpt from Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change would best be placed in the above graphic organizer?

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With the rise of industry and the move from a rural to an urban economy in the 19th century, American women had become increasingly confined to their homes.
B
Except in a few instances, the public image of America was male. Politicians, soldiers, business leaders, and even the leading athletes in the new sports of baseball and football were all men.
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Bicycle manufacturers, intent on mining an untapped market, showed female models in their advertisements. Thanks to the wheel, women were starting to be seen and heard in public life.
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By the turn of the century, the bicycle's heyday was over and a new mechanical wonder promised to transport men and women faster and farther than ever before.
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This question has two parts. First, answer Part 1. Then, answer Part 2. Part 1 In Chapter 5: New Freedoms, the author’s use of the story “A Century Ride” reminds readers of what important historical context?

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Society generally believed a woman’s main duty was to be a good wife.
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Society generally looked down upon ambition in women.
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Society generally expected women to take on the role of breadwinner.
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Society generally gave women more educational opportunities than men.
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Review the information in the graphic organizer based on Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change . Expand Image What is the author’s main purpose for presenting these events chronologically at the end of the chapter?

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to list effects of the first high-wheeled bicycle produced in the United States
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to compare the inventions of different people from the same time period
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to explain how the bicycle gained such intense popularity among women
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to show the progression of inventions that took place in the bicycling industry
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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. What conclusion does Macy draw in this synthesis of ideas?

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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
Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho were home to the highest percentage of women cyclists.
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Stanton and her colleagues hoped women cyclists would join their fight for women’s rights.
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Which detail from Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change reflects a shift in political views that was occurring at the time?

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The automobile era begins at the turn of the twentieth century.
B
Women earn the right to vote in the four newest states.
C
Cambridge University offers full admission to women.
D
Bloomers and divided skirts replace traditional dresses.
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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. What conclusion can best be drawn from this synthesis of new information with previously covered information?

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England was ahead in its fight for equal opportunities for women.
B
Elizabeth Cady Stanton fought for a woman’s right to attend college.
C
The bicycle was successful in achieving equality between the sexes.
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Many people strongly opposed the increasing rights of women.
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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." Which type of graphic organizer would best represent the connection between the ideas in this excerpt?

A
a cause-and-effect graphic that shows how one idea led to another
B
a problem-solution graphic that presents a problem and a solution
C
a chronology that shows a sequence of several events
D
a t-chart that separates ideas into two different categories
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Use the graphic organizer to help answer the question. Expand Image Which set of excerpts from Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change would best be placed in the graphic organizer?

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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.
B
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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Which excerpts from Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change provide insight into changing social values of the time? Choose three correct answers.

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"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.”
B
In August 1895, a cyclist named Ann Strong caused a stir when she compared the value of a bicycle to that of a husband in the Minneapolis Tribune .
C
Politicians, soldiers, business leaders, and even the leading athletes in the new sports of baseball and football were all men.
D
Now the bicycle brought a taste of independence to women on a very personal level, and some of them took the opportunity to express their discontent with old traditions and expectations.
E
Bicycle manufacturers retooled their factories to build them [automobiles] and bicycle repair shops installed gasoline tanks to service them.

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