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Organization and Historical Context in Wheels of Change, Part 6 — Quiz

Question 11 • 191 CR ELA 9

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

Answer
A
"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.

Explanation

A shows that people saw bicycles as a way for women to gain courage, self-respect, and independence. B reflects changing expectations about marriage by describing a woman comparing a bicycle’s value to a husband’s. D directly says that women used cycling to express discontent with traditional roles and expectations. C describes men’s prominence, and E describes changes in manufacturing, rather than changing social values.

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