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Which detail from Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change reflects a development in technology that was occurring at the time?

A
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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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."

A
women’s fight for political rights and their increased satisfaction with traditions
B
women’s fight for political rights and their decreased contentment in marriages
C
the invention of the bicycle and increased personal independence for women
D
the invention of the bicycle and decreased interest in women’s economic rights
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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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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.
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.
C
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.
D
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 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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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
B
to show the progression of inventions that took place in the bicycling industry
C
to explain how the bicycle gained such intense popularity among women
D
to compare the inventions of different people from the same time period
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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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What accurately describes this synthesis of the text? Check all that apply.

A
It provides a reflection of the changes that occurred as a result of women “leaving their homes to cycle and socialize."
B
It draws a conclusion by stating that bicycle manufacturers “showed female models in their advertisements.”
C
It presents new information by stating that the “politicians, soldiers, business leaders, and even the leading athletes” were all men.
D
It gives a basic overview of the text by stating that “Louise Armaindo and Frankie Nelson had their exploits splashed all over the papers.”
E
It reveals a new understanding about the topic by stating that “the bicycle changed that.”
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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.
B
descriptions of worldwide events.
C
examples of shifts in social values.
D
lists of technological advancements.
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synthesize earlier informationintroduce new informationrepeat complicated informationdescribe detailed information

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synthesize earlier information
B
introduce new information
C
repeat complicated information
D
describe detailed information

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