APUSH Chapter 18

The "city beautiful" movement in the United States was inspired, in part, by

the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

The principle force behind the creation of great public buildings in the late nineteenth century was

wealthy residents.

In the early twentieth century, efforts to improve environmental problems in American cities

included a new federal environmental regulatory agency.

During the early decades of the twentieth century, most Americans began to view leisure time as

increasingly desirable.

In the late nineteenth century, the Tammany Hall political machine

saw its most famous boss, William M. Tweed, sent to prison.

According to the philosophy of pragmatism, society should be guided by

scientific inquiry.

Theodore Dreiser's 1893 novel, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, dealt with

social dislocations and injustices of the present.

By the 1890s, the largest number of immigrants to the United States came from

southern and eastern Europe.

In the late nineteenth century, political "machines" in cities owed their existence to

the rapid growth of urban America and the influx of millions of immigrants.

At the turn of the twentieth century, motion pictures

were the first true mass entertainment medium.

The nineteenth-century game of "rounders" became the modern sport of

baseball.

The Equitable Building in New York City, completed in 1870, was the first in the United States to

be built with an elevator.

Compared with the first generation, second-generation immigrants were more likely to

break from their traditional culture.

In 1869, Princeton and Rutgers played the first intercollegiate game in America of

football.

In the 1890s, Florence Kelley and the National Consumers League sought to

force retailers and manufacturers to improve wages and working conditions for women workers.

The American artistic movement known as the "Ashcan school"

included the painter Edward Hopper.

Between 1890 and 1910, incomes in the United States

rose for almost all Americans.

In the late nineteenth century, efforts to reduce poverty in America

saw charitable organizations try to limit aid to only those deemed "deserving poor."

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the growth of newspapers

saw circulation increase much more rapidly than the general population.

The primary goal of the American Protective Association was to

stop immigrants from entering the United States.

The 1920 census of the United States revealed that

a majority of Americans lived in "urban" areas.

Which American writer is LEAST associated with the trend toward social realism in literature in the late nineteenth century?

Mark Twain

Which of the following statements regarding Coney Island is FALSE?

The park developed a reputation for wholesome family attractions.

In the late nineteenth century, immigrants in the United States

generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.

In 1894, the population density of Manhattan in New York was

greater than the most crowded European cities.

During the late nineteenth century, college education for American women

had expanded significantly.

Roughly what percentage of the populations of Chicago, New York, and Detroit was made up of immigrants by 1890?

80-90 percent

The national network of grocery stores that started in the 1850s was

A & P.

During the late nineteenth century, all of the following innovations occurred in consumer goods EXCEPT the

formation of credit card companies.

In the late nineteenth century, many immigrants to the United States

formed close-knit ethnic communities within cities.

By 1900, the transportation systems of American cities included

All these answers are correct.

Charles Darwin's theories of evolution met initial resistance from

All these answers are correct.

Compared to most other immigrant ethnic groups in the late nineteenth century, Jewish immigrants

All these answers are correct.

In the late nineteenth century, American universities

All these answers are correct.

In the late nineteenth century, crime in large American urban centers

All these answers are correct.

In the late nineteenth century, leisure activities tended to be divided by

All these answers are correct.

In the late nineteenth century, the assimilation of immigrants was encouraged by

All these answers are correct.

In 1882, the first group of immigrants to be excluded from the United States on the basis of nationality were

Chinese.

Which statement about education in the late nineteenth century is FALSE?

Funding for public education was highest in rural areas.

Which American thinker is LEAST associated with study using scientific methods?

Henry James

By 1890, populations in the biggest urban areas

consisted mostly of foreign-born immigrants and their children.

In the nineteenth century, vaudeville theater

consisted of a variety of stage acts.

The designers of New York City's Central Park

deliberately created a public space that would look as little like the city as possible.

Tenement buildings in urban America were

initially praised as an improvement in housing for the poor.

In the late nineteenth century, suburbs on the edges of American cities were largely populated by

moderately well-to-do people.

In 1894, the Immigration Restriction League

proposed screening immigrants to allow only the "desirable" ones to enter.

In the late nineteenth century, urban political bosses did all of the following EXCEPT

reduce the costs of city services.

In the 1890s, Jacob Riis

reported on the living conditions of the urban poor to encourage improvements.