AMSCO Chapter 18

Anthony targeted the states as the parts of government discriminating against women primarily for which of the following reasons?

a. Except for the 14th and 15th amendments, the US Constitution left the power of the states to determine who could vote

Which individual would be most likely to argue that the government should not intervene to improve the tenements?

a. Herbert Spencer

Which phrase best summarized what Riis considers the cause of the problems he sees?

b. "in the tenements all the influences make for evil"

Susan B. Anthony was arrested and fined $100 for casting an illegal vote in the presidential election of 1872. She refused to pay the fine. To whom of the following were her action most similar?

b. Henry David Thoreau

During the late 19th century, which of the following groups most benefited from the poverty described by Riis?

b. political machines

In the chart above, the "new immigrants" include those who arrived in the United States from:

b. southern and eastern Europe

Which of the following most likely explains the significant reduction of immigration during the 1870s and 1890s in the US?

c. financial panics and depressions

Susan B. Anthony's arguments for women's suffrage can best be understood in the context of:

c. the Reconstruction amendments