Chapters 18-19
Politics in the late nineteenth century was dominated by a series of strong presidents.
False
Tenement housing gave city dwellers substantially healthier and more comfortable living conditions.
False
The Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged the development of thriving western farms.
False
The frontier Indian wars began with the closing of the frontier in 1890.
False
The main goal in passing the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 was to swindle the Indians out of their remaining lands.
False
The peak decade of immigration was the 1890's.
False
Women in the western territories and states were the last to get he right to vote.
False
Because of high cotton prices, many sharecroppers were able to save money and buy farms.
False
Ellis Island was built by New York City primarily to handle an influx of Asian immigration.
False
By 1900, lumber in the South had surpassed textiles in value.
True
By 1920, more than half the U.S population was urban.
True
Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" put forward the theory of evolution.
True
In major cities, politics was often a form of public entertainment.
True
In the 1880s, southern politics remained surprisingly open and democratic.
True
In the crop-linen system, farmers could grow little besides cotton, tobacco, or some other staple crop.
True
One major task in big cities was disposing of horse waste.
True
Saloons were the poor man's social clubs during the late nineteenth century.
True
The Indian wars effectively ended with the capture of Geronimo, a chief of the Chiricahua Apaches.
True
The number of cotton mills in the South more than doubled between 1880 and 1900.
True
The spread of mass transit was a major factor in the growth of the suburbs.
True
