US History ch 18

In the late nineteenth century, crime in large American urban centers

both A and B

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

both A and B

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

break from their traditional culture

In the 1890s, Jacob Riis

improvements

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

scientific inquiry

Which American writer would be LEAST associated with the trend toward social realism in literature in the late nineteenth century?

Mark Twain

Which of the following statements regarding Coney Island is FALSE?

The park developed a reputation for wholesome, family attractions

By 1900, all of the following statements regarding American medicine were true EXCEPT

vaccines for typhoid and dysentery had been introduced.

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

was constructed with steel girders

The American artistic movement known as the "Ashcan School"

was strongly influenced by Old World masters

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

wealthy residents

In 1882, the first group of immigrants to be excluded from the United States on the basis of their nationality were

Chinese

In the late nineteenth century, most immigrants to the United States

formed close-knit ethnic communities within the cities

In 1894, the Immigration Restriction League

proposed screening immigrants to allow only the "desirable" ones to enter

One significant innovation of urban America in the late nineteenth century were

public parks

In the late nineteenth century, urban political bosses did all of the following EXCEPT

reducing the costs of city services

In the late nineteenth century, efforts to reduce poverty in America

saw charitable organizations try to limit aid to those deemed "deserving poor

In the late-nineteenth century, New York's Tammany Hall political machine

saw its most famous boss, William M. Tweed, sent to prison

The "city beautiful" movement in the United States was inspired, in part, by

the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago

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

increased 700 percent in the fifty years after the Civil War

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the growth of newspapers

saw newspaper circulation increase much more rapidly than the general population

Theodore Dreiser's 1900 novel, Sister Carrie dealt with the urban troubles of

single women

The largest number of immigrants to the United States in the late nineteenth century came from

southern and eastern Europe

The primary goal of the American Protective Association was to

stop immigrants from entering the United States

In the late nineteenth century, suburbs on the edges of American cities were largely populated by

the moderately well-to-do people

By 1900, modes of mass transportation in American cities included

all of the above

Charles Darwin's theories of evolution met initial resistance from

all of the above

In the late nineteenth century, leisure activities tended to be divided by

all of the above

In the late nineteenth century, the assimilation of immigrants was encouraged by

all of the above

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

as being desirable

The nineteenth century game of "rounders" became the modern sport of

baseball

In the late nineteenth century, American universities

both A and B

In the late nineteenth century, compared to other immigrant ethnic groups, Jews

both A and B

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

far greater than the most crowded European cities

In 1869, Princeton and Rutgers played the first intercollegiate game in America of

football

The 1920 census of the United States revealed that

a majority of Americans lived in "urban" areas

In the 1870s, the largest mail-order catalog in the United States was offered by

Richard Sears

In the late nineteenth century, immigrants to urban areas in the United States

generally lacked the capital to buy land

During the late nineteenth century, college education for American women

had expanded significantly

By 1890, the percentage of the populations of Chicago, New York, and Detroit that were made up of immigrants was approximately

80 percent

Which statement about education in the late nineteenth century is FALSE?

Funding for public education was highest in rural areas

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

Henry James

Which statement regarding telephone service during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is FALSE?

In its first years, telephone operators were all men

Tenement buildings in urban America were

initially praised as an improvement in housing for the poor

In the last decades of the nineteenth century, incomes in the United States

rose for almost all Americans

At the turn of the twentieth century, motion pictures

all of the above

In the nineteenth century, vaudeville theater

consisted of a variety of stage acts

During the late nineteenth century, all of the following innovations occurred in consumer goods EXCEPT

creation of credit card companies

In the late nineteenth century, the leading cause of death in large American cities resulted from

disease

In the 1890s, Florence Kelley and the National Consumers League sought to

improve wages and working conditions of manufacturers and retailers

In the early twentieth century, efforts to improve environmental problems in American cities

included a new federal environmental regulatory agency