Chp 18 HW
Which of the following statements regarding Coney Island is FALSE?
The park developed a reputation for wholesome family attractions.
The 1920 census of the United States revealed that
a majority of Americans lived in "urban" areas.
Compared with the first generation, second-generation immigrants were more likely to
break from their traditional culture.
In 1894, the population density of Manhattan in New York was
greater than the most crowded European cities.
During the late nineteenth century, college education for American women
had expanded significantly.
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.
During the early decades of the twentieth century, most Americans began to view leisure time as
increasingly desirable.
Tenement buildings in urban America were
initially praised as an improvement in housing for the poor.
In the late nineteenth century, suburbs on the edges of American cities were largely populated by
moderately well-to-do people.
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.
Between 1890 and 1910, 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 only those deemed "deserving poor."
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the growth of newspapers
saw circulation increase much more rapidly than the general population.
In the late nineteenth century, the Tammany Hall political machine
saw its most famous boss, William M. Tweed, sent to prison.
According to the philosophy of pragmatism, society should be guided by
scientific inquiry.
Theodore Dreiser's 1893 novel, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, 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.
The "city beautiful" movement in the United States was inspired, in part, by
the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
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 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.
In the late nineteenth century, American universities
All these answers are correct.
Roughly what percentage of the populations of Chicago, New York, and Detroit was made up of immigrants by 1890?
80-90 percent
The national network of grocery stores that started in the 1850s was
A & P.
By 1900, the transportation systems of American cities included
All these answers are correct.
Charles Darwin's theories of evolution met initial resistance from
All these answers are correct.
Compared to most other immigrant ethnic groups in the late nineteenth century, Jewish immigrants
All these answers are correct.
In the late nineteenth century, crime in large American urban centers
All these answers are correct.
In the late nineteenth century, leisure activities tended to be divided by
All these answers are correct.
In the late nineteenth century, the assimilation of immigrants was encouraged by
All these answers are correct.
In 1882, the first group of immigrants to be excluded from the United States on the basis of nationality were
Chinese.
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 American writer is LEAST associated with the trend toward social realism in literature in the late nineteenth century?
Mark Twain
The nineteenth-century game of "rounders" became the modern sport of
baseball.
The Equitable Building in New York City, completed in 1870, was the first in the United States to
be built with an elevator.
By 1890, populations in the biggest urban areas
consisted mostly of foreign-born immigrants and their children.
In the nineteenth century, vaudeville theater
consisted of a variety of stage acts.
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 late nineteenth century, immigrants in the United States
generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.
In 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.
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, many immigrants to the United States
formed close-knit ethnic communities within cities.
