Chapter 18 Quiz

Settlement Houses

Jane Adams

During the late 19th century, which of the following groups most benefited from the poverty described by Riis?

Political machines

Which phrase best summarized what Riis considers the cause of the problems he sees?

"In the tenements all the influences make for evil"

Anthony targeted the states as the parts of government discriminating against women primarily for which of the following reasons?

Except for the 14th and 15th amendments, the United States Constitution left the power to the states to determine who could vote

Which of the following most likely explains the significant reduction of immigration during the 1870s and 1890s to the United States?

Financial panics and depressions

Political Cartoon (man with money bag for face)

Represents political machines, Thomas Nast mocking them

Which group would be supporting immigration restrictions?

Social Darwinists; Nativists; labor unions; western states

Which group would be most likely to oppose government intervention to improve tenements?

Social scientists who used the scientific method to research poverty and urban problems

In the chart above, "the new immigrants" include those who arrived in the United States from

Southern and eastern Europe

Movement against alcohol

Temperence movement

Susan B. Anthony's argument for women's suffrage can best be understood in the context of

The Reconstruction Amendments

Susan B. Anthony was arrested and fined $100 for casting an illegal vote in the presidential election of 1872. She refused to pay the fine. Her protest was most similar to which of the following?

The jailing of Henry David Thoreau for not paying taxes for what he considered an immoral war

Americanization

assimilation into american culture; melting pot