Chp 18 HW

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The 1920 census of the United States revealed that
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a majority of Americans lived in "urban" areas.
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By 1890, populations in the biggest urban areas
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consisted mostly of foreign-born immigrants and their children.
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By the 1890s, the largest number of immigrants to the United States came from
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southern and eastern Europe.
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In the late nineteenth century, immigrants in the United States
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generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.
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Roughly what percentage of the populations of Chicago, New York, and Detroit was made up of immigrants by 1890?
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80-90 percent
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In the late nineteenth century, many immigrants to the United States
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formed close-knit ethnic communities within cities.
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Compared to most other immigrant ethnic groups in the late nineteenth century, Jewish immigrants
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Compared with the first generation, second-generation immigrants were more likely to
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break from their traditional culture.
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In the late nineteenth century, the assimilation of immigrants was encouraged by
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The primary goal of the American Protective Association was to
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stop immigrants from entering the United States.
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In 1894, the Immigration Restriction League
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proposed screening immigrants to allow only the "desirable" ones to enter.
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In 1882, the first group of immigrants to be excluded from the United States on the basis of nationality were
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Chinese.
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The designers of New York City's Central Park
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deliberately created a public space that would look as little like the city as possible.
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The principle force behind the creation of great public buildings in the late nineteenth century was
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wealthy residents.
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The "city beautiful" movement in the United States was inspired, in part, by
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the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
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In the late nineteenth century, suburbs on the edges of American cities were largely populated by
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moderately well-to-do people.
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In 1894, the population density of Manhattan in New York was
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greater than the most crowded European cities.
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Tenement buildings in urban America were
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initially praised as an improvement in housing for the poor.
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In the 1890s, Jacob Riis
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reported on the living conditions of the urban poor to encourage improvements.
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By 1900, the transportation systems of American cities included
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The Equitable Building in New York City, completed in 1870, was the first in the United States to
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be built with an elevator.
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In the early twentieth century, efforts to improve environmental problems in American cities
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included a new federal environmental regulatory agency.
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In the late nineteenth century, efforts to reduce poverty in America
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saw charitable organizations try to limit aid to only those deemed "deserving poor."
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In the late nineteenth century, crime in large American urban centers
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Theodore Dreiser's 1893 novel, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, dealt with
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social dislocations and injustices of the present.
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In the late nineteenth century, political "machines" in cities owed their existence to
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the rapid growth of urban America and the influx of millions of immigrants.
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In the late nineteenth century, urban political bosses did all of the following EXCEPT
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reduce the costs of city services.
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In the late nineteenth century, the Tammany Hall political machine
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saw its most famous boss, William M. Tweed, sent to prison.
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Between 1890 and 1910, incomes in the United States
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rose for almost all Americans.
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During the late nineteenth century, all of the following innovations occurred in consumer goods EXCEPT the
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formation of credit card companies.
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The national network of grocery stores that started in the 1850s was
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A & P.
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In the 1890s, Florence Kelley and the National Consumers League sought to
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force retailers and manufacturers to improve wages and working conditions for women workers.
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During the early decades of the twentieth century, most Americans began to view leisure time as
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increasingly desirable.
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In the late nineteenth century, leisure activities tended to be divided by
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The nineteenth-century game of "rounders" became the modern sport of
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baseball.
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In 1869, Princeton and Rutgers played the first intercollegiate game in America of
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football.
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In the nineteenth century, vaudeville theater
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consisted of a variety of stage acts.
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At the turn of the twentieth century, motion pictures
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were the first true mass entertainment medium.
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Which of the following statements regarding Coney Island is FALSE?
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The park developed a reputation for wholesome family attractions.
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During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the growth of newspapers
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saw circulation increase much more rapidly than the general population.
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Which American writer is LEAST associated with the trend toward social realism in literature in the late nineteenth century?
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Mark Twain
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The American artistic movement known as the "Ashcan school"
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included the painter Edward Hopper.
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Charles Darwin's theories of evolution met initial resistance from
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According to the philosophy of pragmatism, society should be guided by
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scientific inquiry.
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Which American thinker is LEAST associated with study using scientific methods?
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Henry James
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Which statement about education in the late nineteenth century is FALSE?
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Funding for public education was highest in rural areas.
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In the late nineteenth century, American universities
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During the late nineteenth century, college education for American women
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had expanded significantly.