US History Chapter 17
What percentage of Americans lived in cities by 1900?
40%
By 1900, women made up what percentage of college graduates?
Almost 20%
The attire of the guests at the Vanderbilt ball in 1883 reflected their ____________ ?
Belief that they formed a new American aristocracy
Which of the following groups was banned from entering the United States?
Chinese immigrants
Political machines became most closely associated with what political party?
Democratic
What was the primary focus of the Immigration Restriction League?
Establishing a literacy test for all new immigrants
Urban neighborhoods dominated by one immigrant group were known as
Ethnic enclaves
Who launched a national campaign against lynching?
Ida B. Wells
Which of the following is a late 1800s photojournalist known for images of slums life in New York
Jacob Riis
What was the reason for the surge in public school enrollment from 6.9 million in 1870 to almost 18 million in 1910?
New compulsory education laws, requiring that children attend school until a certain age
Which of the following best characterizes the term "conspicuous consumption"?
Opulent displays of wealth of wealth among the upper classes
What was the major emphasis of the programs offered at Hull House
Providing social services
After 1880, the sources of immigration to the United States shifted to
Southern and Eastern Europe
The first baseball cards were created by corporations, especially the ________________ industry.
Tobacco
Immigration increased crime in American cities during the Gilded Age because it resulted in a disproportionalety high population of
Young single men
