HISTORY EXAM 1 : CH 18

In the nineteenth century, vaudeville theater

consisted of a variety of stage acts

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

football

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

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

reduce the costs of city services

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

saw circulation increase much more rapidly than the general population

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

scientific inquiry

By the 1890s, the largest number of immigrants to the United States came from

southern and eastern Europe

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

Charles Darwin's theories of evolution met initial resistance from A) All these answers are correct. B) scientists. C) theologians. D) educators. E) both theologians and educators.

A) all

In the late nineteenth century, American universities A) All these answers are correct. B) began to form relationships with the private sector and the government. C) significantly grew in number due to the Morrill Land Grant Act. D) were sometimes started by philanthropists that wanted to perpetuate their family names. E) significantly grew in number due to the Morrill Land Grant Act, and began to form relationships with the private sector and government.

A) all

T/F : In late-nineteenth-century cities, it was not uncommon for the very wealthy to live in the heart of the city

True

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

break from their traditional culture

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

Chinese

In the late nineteenth century, the assimilation of immigrants was encouraged by A) public education. B) religious reform. C) church leaders. D) All these answers are correct. E) the sale of American products.

D) all

T/F : The Chrysler Building in New York City is considered the first modern American skyscraper

False

T/F : When the first tenements were built in 1850, they were viewed as a great improvement in housing for the poor

False

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

T/F : Efforts to restrict the numbers of immigrants coming into the United States had met with little success by the end of the nineteenth century

True