US History Chapter 17

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What percentage of Americans lived in cities by 1900?

40%

By 1900, women made up what percentage of college graduates?

Almost 20%

The attire of the guests at the Vanderbilt ball in 1883 reflected their ____________ ?

Belief that they formed a new American aristocracy

Which of the following groups was banned from entering the United States?

Chinese immigrants

Political machines became most closely associated with what political party?

Democratic

What was the primary focus of the Immigration Restriction League?

Establishing a literacy test for all new immigrants

Urban neighborhoods dominated by one immigrant group were known as

Ethnic enclaves

Who launched a national campaign against lynching?

Ida B. Wells

Which of the following is a late 1800s photojournalist known for images of slums life in New York

Jacob Riis

What was the reason for the surge in public school enrollment from 6.9 million in 1870 to almost 18 million in 1910?

New compulsory education laws, requiring that children attend school until a certain age

Which of the following best characterizes the term "conspicuous consumption"?

Opulent displays of wealth of wealth among the upper classes

What was the major emphasis of the programs offered at Hull House

Providing social services

After 1880, the sources of immigration to the United States shifted to

Southern and Eastern Europe

The first baseball cards were created by corporations, especially the ________________ industry.

Tobacco

Immigration increased crime in American cities during the Gilded Age because it resulted in a disproportionalety​ high population of

Young single men


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