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