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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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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
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a problem-solution graphic that presents a problem and a solution
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a chronology that shows a sequence of several events
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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.

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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.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."

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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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Review the information in the graphic organizer based on Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change.

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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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Use this t-chart to help answer the question below.

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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.
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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.
D
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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Which excerpts from Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change provide insight into changing social values of the time? Check all that apply."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.”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.Politicians, soldiers, business leaders, and even the leading athletes in the new sports of baseball and football were all men.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.Bicycle manufacturers retooled their factories to build them [automobiles] and bicycle repair shops installed gasoline tanks to service them.

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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.
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Bicycle manufacturers retooled their factories to build them [automobiles] and bicycle repair shops installed gasoline tanks to service them.
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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.
D
lists of technological advancements.
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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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Women earn the right to vote in the four newest states.
B
Bloomers and divided skirts replace traditional dresses.
C
The automobile era begins at the turn of the twentieth century.
D
Cambridge University offers full admission to women.
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Read the excerpt from Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change.Poets and writers also explored the impact of the wheel and the changing dynamics between the sexes that it helped bring about. 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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a development in world events
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a development in technology
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a shift in national politics
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a shift in society and its values

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