History Chapter 18

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

Henry James

At the end of the nineteenth century, most Americans viewed leisure time as

being desirable.

In the nineteenth century, vaudeville theater

consisted of a variety of stage acts

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

far greater than the most crowded European cities.

In the late nineteenth century, immigrants in the United States

generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.

In the late nineteenth century, the population in urban areas of the United States

mostly came from Europe.

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

scientific inquiry.

In 1884, the first "modern" skyscraper built in the United States

was constructed with steel girders.

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

wealthy residents.

At the turn of the twentieth century, motion pictures

were the first true mass entertainment medium.

Charles Darwin's theories of evolution met initial resistance from

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.

By the turn of the century, primary and secondary education were nearly universal in the United States.

False

By the turn of the century, professional baseball and professional football were both important spectator sports.

False

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.

heodore Dreiser's 1900 novel, Sister Carrie, 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 American writer would be LEAST associated with the trend toward social realism in literature in the late nineteenth century?

Mark Twain