Chapter 18 Reveiw

Which Statement about education in the late nineteenth century is False

Funding for public education in Rural areas was highest

The "City Beautiful" movement in the United states was inspired by

the 1893 Colombian exposition in Chicago

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 political "machines" in cities owed their existence to

the rapid growth of Urban America and the influx of millions of immigrants

Compared with first generation , second generation immigrants were more likely

to break from their original or traditional culture

In 1884 the first modern Skyscraper built in the United States

was construed with Steel Grinders

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

included a few federal environmental regulatory agency

Tenement buildings in Urban America were

initially praised as an improvement in housing for the poor

In the late nineteenth century, the population in urban areas of the united states

mostly came from Europe

During the late 19th and early 20th century, the growth of Newspapers

saw newspaper circulation increase more rapidly then the general population

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

the moderately well-to-do people

At the turn of the twentieth century Motion Pictures

were the first true mass entertainment media

the priciple force behind the creation of great public building in the nineteenth century was

Wealthy residents

The 1920 census of the United States revealed that

a majority of Americans lived in Urban areas

One significant innovation of the nineteenth century was

Large public parks

In the late nineteenth century crime in large american urban areas

All of the above

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

All of the above

by 1900, the transportation systems of American cities

All of the above

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

Baseball

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 of

Football

In the late nineteenth century, the immigrants in the united states

Generally lacked the capital to buy farmland

In the 1890s Florence Kelly and the national Consumers league sought to

Improve wages and working conditions of manufacturers and retailers

The american artistic movement known as "Ashcan School"

Included the Painter Edward Hopper

in 1894, The immigration restriction league

Proposed screening immigrants to allow only the desirable ones to enter

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 Iquiry

Theodore Dreiser's 1900 novel Sister Carrie dealt with

Social dislocations and injustices of the present

Which of the following statements about Coney Island is false

The park developed a reputation for wholesome family attractions

The largest number of immigrants to the united states In the late 19th century came from

Southern and Eastern Europe

The primary goal of the American Protective Association was to

Stop immigrants from entering America

In the late nineteenth century leisure activities tended to be

all of the above