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

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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.
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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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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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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.
B
The automobile era begins at the turn of the century.
C
Cambridge University offers full admission to women.
D
Bloomers and divided skirts replace traditional dresses.
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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.
E
Bicycle manufacturers retooled their factories to build them [automobiles] and bicycle repair shops installed gasoline tanks to service them.
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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
C
a shift in national politics
D
a shift in society and its values
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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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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.
B
development in politics.
C
significant world event.
D
significant viewpoint.
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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.
B
England was ahead in its fight for equal opportunities for women.
C
Many people strongly opposed the increasing rights of women.
D
Elizabeth Cady Stanton fought for a woman’s right to attend college.
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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?

A
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.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
B
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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