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Which of the following four elements was not essential for creating massive urban growth in late nineteenth-century America?
A. electric lighting
B. communication improvements
C. skyscrapers
D. settlement houses |
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Which of the following did the settlement
house movement offer as a means of relief for working-class women?
A. childcare
B. to avoid slavery
C. to find wage-earning work
D. to further their education |
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What technological and economic factors
combined to lead to the explosive growth of
American cities at this time? |
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| Electric lighting, the steam engine, telephones, electric trolleys, subways, elevators, and skyscrapers. |
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Why did African Americans consider moving
from the rural South to the urban North following the Civil War?
A. to be able to buy land
B. to avoid slavery
C. to find wage-earning work
D. to further their education |
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| C. to find wage-earning work |
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Which of the following is true of late
nineteenth-century southern and eastern
European immigrants, as opposed to their western and northern European predecessors?
A. Southern and eastern European immigrants tended to be wealthier.
B. Southern and eastern European immigrants were, on the whole, more skilled and able
to find better paying employment.
C. Many southern and eastern European
immigrants acquired land in the West,
while western and northern European
immigrants tended to remain in urban
centers.
D. Ellis Island was the first destination for most southern and eastern Europeans. |
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| D. Ellis Island was the first destination for most southern and eastern Europeans. |
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What made recent European immigrants the
ready targets of more established city dwellers? What was the result of this discrimination? |
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| New immigrants often had different languages, religions, customs, appearances, and cultural practices than earlier Americans. Because they were visibly different, they became easy targets for blame when cities experienced problems such as overcrowding, housing shortages, unemployment, and crime. The result was widespread discrimination, anti-immigrant sentiment, and efforts to restrict immigration through laws such as literacy requirements and quota systems. |
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Which of the following was a popular pastime for working-class urban dwellers?
A. football games
B. opera
C. museums
D. amusement parks |
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Which of the following was a disadvantage of machine politics?
A. Immigrants did not have a voice.
B. Taxpayers ultimately paid higher city taxes due to graft.
C. Only wealthy parts of the city received
timely responses.
D. Citizens who voiced complaints were at
risk for their safety. |
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| B. Taxpayers ultimately paid higher city taxes due to graft. |
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In what way did education play a crucial role
in the emergence of the middle class? |
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| Education provided children of middle-class families with opportunities for professional careers. |
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Which of the following statements accurately represents Thorstein Veblen’s argument in The Theory of the Leisure Class?
A. All citizens of an industrial society would rise or fall based on their own innate merits.
B. The tenets of naturalism were the only laws through which society should be governed.
C. The middle class was overly focused on its own comfort and consumption.
D. Land and natural resources should belong equally to all citizens. |
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| C. The middle class was overly focused on its own comfort and consumption. |
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Which of the following was not an element of
realism?
A. social Darwinism
B. instrumentalism
C. naturalism
D. pragmatism |
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| In what ways did writers, photographers, and visual artists begin to embrace more realistic subjects in their work? How were these responses to the advent of the industrial age and the rise of cities? |
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| Artists and writers shifted away from romanticized depictions and instead portrayed the realities of modern life. Their work helped Americans understand the effects of industrialization and urban growth. |
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