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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. For which seventeen year period did the SAT scores decline?

2. How many years were there from the Awakening to the End of Crisis in the Revolutionary cycle of American history?

3. What social moment began in the late 1960s and lasted through the 1970s?

4. What lasts about a decade where people perceive current events as changing society?

5. How many years were there from the End of Crisis to the End of Awakening in the Civil War cycle of American history?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a generational constellation?

2. Describe Civics during a crisis era.

3. Describe Idealists in an awakening era.

4. How is Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts significant?

5. Describe Reactives in an inner-driven era.

6. What are the central roles for the four phases of a generation?

7. To whom did Americans turn during all four of its secular crises?

8. Define life-course fallacy.

9. What was the attitude towards children from the mid-1960s through the early 1980s?

10. Define cohort.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the 1961 and 1964 cohort groups from information in the text and the Figure 2-1 table. Consider aptitude tests, substance abuse, violent crimes, and drunk driving.

Essay Topic 2

Explain specifically the behavior and attitudes of the midlife phase of the Awakener lifecycle during the Revolutionary Cycle? Who were its leaders? What were their attitudes towards religion and politics?

Essay Topic 3

List at least six significant facts about the Compromiser Generation of the Revolutionary Cycle. Why was the War of 1812 significant? How did women's roles change? What new vocabulary did they introduce? Where did they settle? What were their feelings about children? Answer these or explain any other six Compromiser facts.

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