Chapter 25 Multiple Choice Questions

d

A "bird of passage" was an immigrant who: a. came to the United States to live permanently b. only passed through American on his or her way to Canada c. was unmarried d. came to American to work for a short time and then returned to Europe e. flew from job to job

e

According to the social gospel: a. workers should be content with their station in life b. the church should not concern itself in the social affairs of the world c. clergy should try to reach the socially prominent d. Christianity would replace socialism e. the lessons of Christianity should be applied to solve the problems manifest in slums and factories -Meaning...

d

American novel-writing turned from romanticism and transcendentalism to rugged realism as a result of the: a. influence of Latin American literature b. impact of race relations c. higher educational level of the authors d. materialism of industrial society e. prominence of women writers

c

Americans offered growing support for a free public education system: a. to combat the growing strength of Catholic parochial schools b. when the Chautauqua movement began to decline c. because they accepted the idea that a free government cannot function without educated citizens d. when private schools began to fold e. as a way of identifying an intellectual elite

d

As a leader of the African-American community, Booker T. Washington: a. helped to found the NAACP b. advocated social equality c. discovered hundreds of uses for the peanut d. grudgingly acquiesced to segregation e. promoted black political activism -Meaning...

a

Black leader Dr W.E.B. Du Bois: a. demanded complete equality for African-Americans b. established an industrial school at Tuskegee, Alabama c. supported the goals of Booker T. Washington d. was an ex-slave who rose to fame e. none of he above -When?

e

Booker T. Washington believed that the key to political and civil rights for African-Americans was: a. the vote b. rigorous academic training c. the rejection of accommodationist attitudes d. to directly challenge white supremacy e. economic independence -Meaning...

b,c

By 1900, congressional legislation barred______ from immigrating to America: a. illiterates b. the Chinese c. contract laborers d. Jews e. socialists

d

During industrialization, American increasingly: a. had less free time b. became more inefficient c. became less optimistic d. fell into ways of lockstep living e. fragmented into diverse consumer markets -Meaning...

d

During the industrial revolution, life expectancy: a. decreased b. changed very little c. was much higher in Europe than in the United States d. measurably increased e. rose for women more than men -Why

e

In a country hungry for news, American newspapers: a. printed hard-hitting editorials b. crusaded for social reform c. repudiated the tactics of Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst d. came to rely less on syndicated material e. became sensationalist -Meaning...

e

In the 1890s, positions for women as secretaries, department store clerks, and telephone operators were largely reserved for: a. Jews b. Irish c. African-Americans d. the college-educated e. the native born -Why?

c

In the course of the late nineteenth century: a. the birthrate increased b. the divorce rate fell c. family size gradually declined d. people tended to marry at an early age e. children lived longer at home -Why?

c

In the decades after the Civil War, changes in sexual attitudes and practices were reflected in all of the following except: a. soaring divorce rates b. the spreading practice of birth control c. the fact that Americans were marrying at an earlier age d. increasingly frank discussion of sexual topics e. critiques of women's roles as mothers -Same as what era?

c

In the decades after the Civil War, college education for women: a. became more difficult to obtain b. was confined to women's colleges c. became much more common d. resulted in the passage of the Hatch Act e. blossomed especially in the South -Why?

a

Labor unions favored immigration restriction because most immigrants were all of the following except: a. opposed to factory labor b. used as strikebreakers c. willing to work for lower wages d. difficult to unionize e. non-English speaking

a,b,c,d

Many native-born Americans tended to blame New Immigrants for: a. the corruption of city government b. low industrial wages c. the degradation of life in American cities d. importing alien social and economic doctrines e. the rising American rising rate

b

Most New Immigrants: a. eventually returned to their country of origin b. tried to preserve their Old Country culture in America c. were subjected to stringent immigration restrictions d. were quickly assimilated into the mainstream of American life e. were converted to mainstream Protestantism -How so?...

a,b,e

Multiple Answer By 1900, American cities were becoming: a. heavily populated b. segregated by race and ethnic group c. segregated by occupation d. geographically compact e. more homogeneous

e

The Comstock Law was intended to advance the cause of: a. race equality b. public health c. temperance d. woman suffrage e. sexual purity -Puts "what" on women:

e

The Morrill Act of 1862: a. established women's colleges like Vassar b. required compulsory school attendance through high school c. established the modern American research university d. mandated racial integration in public schools e. granted public lands to states to support higher education

c,d,e

The New Immigrants to American after 1880: a. paid exorbitant transatlantic passage fares b. were usually literate c. came from southern and eastern Europe d. tended to settle in northeastern cities e. were largely Roman Catholic or Jewish

c

The New Immigrants who came to the United States after 1880: a. had experience with democratic governments b. were numerous but never constituted a majority of the immigrants in any given year c. were culturally different from previous immigrants d. received a warm welcome from the Old Immigrants e. represented nonwhite racial groups -How so?....

b

The major factor in drawing country people off the farms and into the big cities was: a. the development of the skyscraper b. the availability of industrial jobs c. the compact nature of those large communities d. the advent of new housing structures known as dumbbell tenements e. the lure of cultural excitement

b

The philosophy of pragmatism maintains that________ is important. a. the logically correct formulation of a theory b. the practical consequences of an idea c. forgoing materialism in favor of high ideals d. how you think, not what you do e. knowledge is innate in the human mind -opposite of what era?

a

The place that offered the greatest opportunities for American women in the period 1865-1900 was: a. the big city b. the West c. suburban communities d. rural America e. New England -State examples...

a

The religious denomination that responded most favorably to the New Immigration was: a. Roman Catholics b. Baptists c. Episcopalians d. Christian Scientists e. Mormons -Why?

d

The tremendously rapid growth of American cities in the post-Civil War decades was: a. uniquely American b. fueled by an agricultural system suffering from poor production levels c. attributable to the closing of the frontier d. a trend that affected Europe as well e. a result of natural reproduction

e

The various racial and ethnic groups in large cities, though living in different neighborhoods, shared which of the following activities? a. shopping b. reading c. popular show business d. sports e. all of the above

c

Which one of the following has the least in common with the other four? a. slums b. dumbbell tenements c. bedroom communities d. flophouses e. the "Lung Block"