Chapter 18
In 1894, the Immigration Restriction League
proposed screening immigrants to allow only the "desirable" ones to enter
By the 1890s, the largest number of immigrants to the United States came from
southern and eastern Europe
Charles Darwin's theories of evolution met initial resistance from
Theologists,scientists,educators
During the late nineteenth century, college education for American women
had expanded significantly
The American artistic movement known as the "Ashcan school"
included the painter Edward Hopper
In the late nineteenth century, suburbs on the edges of American cities were largely populated by
moderately well-to-do people
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
The primary goal of the American Protective Association was to
stop immigrants from entering the United States
Which of the following statements regarding Coney Island is FALSE?
the park developed a reputation for wholesome, family attractions
In the late nineteenth century, the assimilation of immigrants was encouraged by
the sale of American products,public education,church leaders,religious reform
The principle force behind the creation of great public buildings in the late nineteenth century was
wealthy residents
In the late nineteenth century, many immigrants to the United States
were already experienced as urban-dwelling, industrial workers.
The national network of grocery stores that started in the 1850s was
A & P
Compared to most other immigrant ethnic groups in the late nineteenth century, Jewish immigrants
All these answers are correct
In the late nineteenth century, crime in large American urban centers
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
In the late nineteenth century, many immigrants to the United States
Formed close-knit ethnic communities within cities
Which American writer is LEAST associated with the trend toward social realism in literature in the late nineteenth century?
Mark Twain
The nineteenth-century game of "rounders" became the modern sport of
baseball
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
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.
In the late nineteenth century, immigrants in the United States
generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.
Compared with the first generation, second-generation immigrants were more likely to
break from their traditional culture