apush chapter 18

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The primary goal of the American Protective Association was to

stop immigrants from entering the United States.

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

the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

The national network of grocery stores that opened in the 1870s was

the A&P.

By 1900, the transportation systems of American cities included

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Charles Darwin's theories of evolution met initial resistance from

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In the late nineteenth century, American universities

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

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

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

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

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

formed close-knit ethnic communities within the cities.

In the late nineteenth century, immigrants in the United States

generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.

During the late nineteenth century, college education for American women

had expanded significantly.

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.

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.

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

large public parks.

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

mostly came from Europe.

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

80 percent.

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

Chinese

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

Henry James

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

Funding for public education was highest in rural areas.

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

In its first years, telephone operators were all men.

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.

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

disease

The 1920 census of the United States revealed that

a majority of Americans lived in "urban" areas.

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

basketball

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

break from their traditional culture.

in the nineteenth century, vaudeville theater

consisted of a variety of stage acts.

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

far greater than the most crowded European cities.

In 1894, the Immigration Restriction League

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

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.

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

rose for almost all Americans.

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, the Tammany Hall political machine

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

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

saw newspaper circulation increase much more rapidly than the general population.

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

scientific inquiry.

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.

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

the formation of credit card companies.

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

the moderately well-to-do people.

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.

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

wealthy residents.

At the turn of the twentieth century, motion pictures

were the first true mass entertainment medium.


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