AMSCO Chapter 18 Multiple Choice Questions

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

Political machines

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

"In the tenements all the influences make for evil"

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

Except for the 14th and 15th amendments, the United States Constitution left the power to the states to determine who could vote

Which of the following most likely explains the significant reduction of immigration during the 1870s and 1890s to the United States?

Financial panics and depressions

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

Henry David Thoreau

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

Herbert Spencer

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

The Reconstruction amendments

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

southern and eastern Europe