Chapter 20 Review
Give 2 reasons why so many immigrants came to America in the late 19th Century.
1) The prospect of profitable employment in the new factories. 2) Escape political and religious persecution in Europe. 3) America's freedom and respect for individual dignity offered the bright hope of a fulfilling future and better lives for their families.
Give the year of the Great Chicago Fire.
1871
In what year were the first kindergartens opened?
1873
What year was the Statue of Liberty first located in New York Harbor?
1886
In 1900, what percentage of American workers belonged to a labor union?
3%
What was the percentage of eastern Europeans among America's total number of immigrants at the end of the first decade of the 20th Century?
70%
What percentage of Americans were literate by 1900?
90%
Who opened the first mail-order business in 1872?
Aaron Montgomery Ward
What was the great recreational craze of the 1890s?
Bicycling
What Chinese missionary had a great influence on his own country?
Charles Jones Soong
Who wrote In His Steps in 1897 which discussed the question, "What would Jesus do?"
Charles M. Sheldon
What huge adult education movement founded by John H. Vincent and Lewis Miller began as a training session for Sunday school teachers?
Chautauqua Movement
What nationality of people were encouraged by the Central Pacific Railroad to immigrate to the United States?
Chinese
What kind of influence did Christianity have on America in the late 19th Century?
Christianity continued to have a major impact upon American life. Church membership increased greatly. Education was heavily influenced by Biblical principles and Christian organizations. Evangelism and missionary endeavors by Americans exploded during the latter half of the 19th Century.
What was the first professional baseball team?
Cincinnati Red Stockings
Who was the best known urban evangelist?
Dwight L. Moody
What was the most widely used means of urban transportation in the late 19th Century?
Electric Trolley Car
What mass transit system carried passengers above the street beginning with New York in the 1870s?
Elevated steam railways
What reclusive poet wrote nearly 2,000 poems, most of which were not published until after her death?
Emily Dickinson
Who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance?
Francis Bellamy
What wrote Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ which became the most popular novel among Americans of the late 19th Century?
General Lew Wallace
Who established an educational fund in 1867 to promote education in the South?
George Peabody
Who said, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
Henry M. Stanley
Who invented the game of basketball in 1891?
James Naismith
Who was known as the Hoosier Poet?
James Whitcomb Riley
Who founded Hull House in 1889 to help poor Chicago neighborhoods?
Jane Addams
Who wrote the Uncle Remus tales?
Joel Chandler Harris
Who owned the Philadelphia store that was considered the precursor to the department store?
John Wanamaker
Name the first newspaper publisher to reach a large audience who also established annual prizes in various fields of achievement which still bears his name.
Joseph Pulitzer
Who is considered the Father of the Modern Skyscraper?
Louis Sullivan
Explain how America's prosperity affected both work and leisure.
Many backbreaking tasks were eliminated by new machinery, and the working day was becoming shorter. Workers purchasing power had also increased greatly. Even unskilled workers were well fed and enjoyed more physical comforts than workers in any other industrialized country. Americans found themselves with more leisure time as modern inventions made work faster and easier.
Who was the most famous local color writer who wrote stories about fictional characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn and coined the term "Gilded Age"?
Mark Twain
What was the largest denomination in America in 1900?
Methodists
What act passed by Congress in 1862 granted each state land for new colleges and universities?
Morrill Act
Who started a circus in 1871 known as the greatest show on earth and later teamed up with James A. Bailey?
P. T. Barnum
Name the Naturalistic writer who wrote "Red Badge of Courage".
Stephen Crane
What college movement had the motto "to evangelize the world in this generation"?
Student Volunteer Movement
Name a leader of the women's rights movement who image was later placed on an American coin.
Susan B. Anthony
What preacher of the Central Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn spoke to huge audiences and had his sermons published in 3,500 English speaking newspapers?
T. DeWitt Talmadge
What factors led to the rise of cities throughout America?
The rapid expansion of manufacturing during the post-Civil War era was one factor that led to the growth of cities. Many Americans moved from farms to cities to work in the growing industries and factories. Increased immigration also caused the cities to grow.
Name the most important American poet after the Civil War who wrote 2 poems about Abraham Lincoln after his assassination.
Walt Whitman
What woman's organization did much to combat the use of alcohol?
Women's Christian Temperance Union
What was the first state to grant women the privilege of voting?
Wyoming
What transportation system was introduced in Boston in 1897?
subway
Who was one of the most accomplished poets of the South?
Sidney Lanier
What writing style employed picturesque details reflecting the scenery, customs, and dialect of a specific geographical area?
Realism
What organization was founded by General William Booth?
Salvation Army
Who was the founder of the A. F. of L., the first successful national labor union?
Samuel Gompers
Who was one of the best known home missionaries of the late 1800s who founded over 800 churches in the West and first brought reindeer to Alaska?
Sheldon Jackson
What was the first typewritten manuscript to go to the printer?
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
What act was adopted by Congress in 1882 to bar Chinese laborers from entering the country?
The Chinese Exclusion Act
What was the most important strike of the late 19th Century?
The Pullman Strike of 1894
