STUDY QUESTIONS FOR HERLAND

--What are the young men’s expectations concerning women?

--How are the women different physically from the women the young men knew?

--What were their games like?

--What were their cities and villages like?

--What kinds of technology did they have?

--How did they continue to have children without men?

--What kinds of food did they eat?

--What is the raison d’etre of their society?

--What was the history of the country?

--How did they deal with the dead?

--What supposedly feminine characteristics had they eliminated?  What did that say about those qualities?

--What were their ideal qualities?

--How did they live together?

--What was Motherhood in their country?

--Did they have birth control?

--What was it like for children?

--What was their religion like?

--What happened when the men fell in love and married?

--How did two of the young men come to see the women?  What about the third?

--What happens at the end?

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STUDY SHEET FOR SHAME OF THE CITIES

-- What does the title mean?

-- Who is the audience for this book?

-- What are examples of corrupt practices in St. Louis?

-- Who does Steffens blame for this corruption?

-- What happens to lead to reform in St. Louis?

-- What were the problems in Minneapolis?

-- What happened to change Minneapolis?

-- How did Boss Butler of St. Louis carry on politics and fraud in St. Louis?

-- What did Boss Magee do in Pittsburg?

--What kinds of graft went on there?

--Why were the reformers both successful and unsuccessful there?

-- What happened to voting in Philadelphia?

-- Why was Mayor Samual Ashbridge's term an abuse of power?

--What had Chicago been able to fix and how?

-- What does Steffens have to say about Tammany Hall?

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STUDY SHEET FOR LOOKING BACKWARD

-- What does the title refer to?

-- Who were the intended readers of his book?

--How is work handled in the year 2000?

--How are wages handled?

--How is shopping carried out?

--What happened concerning housework?  Women's rights?

--What is the process of government, national and international?

--What is it like to be an author or artist?  How do newspapers work?

--How is industry organized?

--What about sports?

--What happens to criminals?

--What is education like?  Churches?

--What did Bellamy see that came close to reality?

-- What parts of 19th century society did he not even question in his Utopian future?

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STUDY SHEET FOR SOULS OF BLACK FOLK

--Who is the audience for this book?

--With that in mind, what is the meaning of the title?

--Throughout this book you get ideas of how African-Americans were treated in the
North as well as the South. Give some examples of both Northern and Southern treatment.

--What does DuBois have to say about Booker T. Washington?

--What was country education like in the South?

--How does DuBois think African-Americans will gain their fair share of social opportunity?

--What does DuBois think of the Freedman’s Bureau?

--According to DuBois, what was it like internally for an African-American in the South?

--What does DuBois say about African-Americans and religion?

--Who is Alexander Crummell?

--How is John a symbol?

--What does DuBois say about African-American spirituals?