quiz 18

compared with the first generation, second generation immigrants were more likely to

break from their traditional culture

the 1920 census of the united states revealed that

a majority of Americans lived in "urban" areas

the national network of grocery stores that started in the 1850s was

a&p

charles darwins theories of evolution met initial resistance from

all the above. theologins scientists educators

by 1900 the transportation systems of american cities included

all these answer are correct. elevated railroads subways electric trolleys and cable cars suspension bridges

The designers of New York City's Central Park

deliberately created a public space that would look as little like the city as possible

in the 1869 princeton and rutgers played the first intercollegiate game in america of

football

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

which american thinker is least associated with study using scientific methods

henry james

the american artistic movement known as the "ashcan school"

included the painter edward hopper

Tenement buildings in urban America were

initially praised as an improvement in housing for the poor

which american writer is least associated with the trend toward social realism in literature in the late nineteenth century

mark twain

in the late nineteenth century suburbs on the edges of american cities were largerly populated by

moderately well to do people

in the late nineteenth century the tammany hall political machine

saw its most famous william m tweed sent to prison

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

scientific inquiry

in the late nineteenth century political machines in cities owed their existence to

the rapid growth of urban america and the influx of millions of immigrants

The initiative and referred him where progressive era political reforms primarily designed to weaken the power of

State legislatures

at the turn of the twentieth century motion pictures

were thee first true mass entertainment medium

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

theodore dreisers novel "sister carrie" dealt with

social dislocations and injustices of the present

by the 1890s the largest number of immigrants to the united states came from

southern and eastern europe

the primary goal of the american protective association was to

stop immigrants from entering the united states