Amsco Chapter 18

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

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. To whom of the following were her actions most similar?

Henry David Thoreau

Which individual would be most likely to argue that the government should not intervene to improve the tenements?

Herbert Spencer

ESSAY: Briefly explain TWO economic developments during this period that contributed to the social divisions reflected in these excerpts.

In the cities, the low-income citizens lived on the outskirts of the city while the high-income citizens lived in the center of the city. This led to a division among classes and the upper class was able to enjoy free time more actively. In the saloons, the low-income men would spend a great deal of their income on drinks and lost most of their money. This increased the gap of wealth even more.

ESSAY: Briefly explain the significance of leisure time activities during the Gilded Age.

Leisure time activities typically showed which class you fit into. If you went yachting or did polo you were considered very wealthy. Jews, Catholics, and African Americans were discriminated in sports clubs. Women were not seen as fit to join competitive sports.

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

Political machines

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

The Reconstruction amendments

1. In the chart above, the ¨new immigrants¨ included those who arrived in the United States from

southern and eastern Europe

Which phrase best summarizes what Riis considers the cause of the problem he sees?

¨In the tenements all the influences make for evil¨