APUSH Chapter 25

Black leader Dr. W.E.B Du Bois A. demanded complete equality for African Americans B. established an industrial school at Tuskegee, Alabama C. supported the goals of Booker T. Washington D. was an ex-slave who rose to fame E. none of the above

A

Henry George argued that the unearned windfall profits of those who did not work for them should be A. confiscated by government taxation B. distributed to public works through private philanthropy C. saved and invested for the benefit of the community D. looked upon as the inevitable consequence of "survival of the fittest" E. prevented through communal land ownership

A

Religious Modernists A. found ways to reconcile Christianity and Darwinism B. railed against the social philosophy of the social gospel movement C. tended to ignore evidence of social and economic injustice D. denounced the Christian Scientists and Salvation Army as "ungodly" E. sought to do away with the Bible

A

The religious denomination that responded most favorably to the New Immigration was A. Roman Catholics B. Baptists C. Episcopalians D. Christian Scientists E. Mormons

A

Which of the following schools became a prominent scholarly academic institution for African-Americans in the late 1800s? A. Howard University B. Harvard University C. Tuskegee Institute D. the University of Chicago E. Temple University

A

Most New Immigrants A. eventually returned to their country of origin B. tried to preserve their Old Country culture in America C. were subjected to stringent immigration restrictions D. were quickly assimilated into the mainstream of American life E. were converted to mainstream Protestantism

B

One of the most important factors leading to an increased divorce rate in the late nineteenth-century was the A. decline in farm income B. stresses of urban life C. emerging feminist movement D. passage of more liberal divorce laws E. decline of religious organizations

B

The major factor in drawing country people off the farms and into the big cities was A. the development of the skyscraper B. the availability of industrial jobs C. the compact nature of those large communities D. the advent of new housing structures known as dumbbell tenements E. the lure of cultural excitement

B

The philosophy of pragmatism maintains that _______ is/are important A. the logically correct formulation of a theory B. the practical consequences of an idea C. forgoing materialism in favor of high ideals D. how you think, not what you do E. knowledge is innate in the human mind

B

Americans offered growing support for a free public education system A. to combat the growing strength of Catholic parochial schools B. when the Chautauqua movement began to decline C. because they accepted the idea that a free government cannot function without educated citizens D. when private schools began to fold E. as a way of identifying an intellectual elite

C

Match each of these late-nineteenth-century writers with the theme of his work A. Lewis Wallace B. Horatio Alger C. Henry James D. William Dean Howells 1. success and honor as the products of honest and hard work 2. anti-Darwinism support for the Holy Scriptures 3. contemporary social problems like divorce, labor strikes, and socialism 4. psychological realism and the dilemmas of sophisticated women - A. A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1 B. A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4 C. A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3 D. A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2 E. A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1

C

Which one of the following has the least in common with the other four? A. slums B. dumbbell tenements C. bedroom communities D. flophouses E. the "Lung Block"

C

A "bird of passage" was an immigrant who A. came to the US to live permanently B. only passed through America on his or her way to Canada C. was unmarried D. came to America to work for a short time and then returned to Europe E. flew from job to job

D

American novel-writing turned from romanticism and transcendentalism to rugged realism as a result of the A. influence of Latin American literature B. impact of race relations C. higher educational level of the authors D. materialism of industrial society E. prominence of women writers

D

As a leader of the African-American community, Booker T. Washington A. helped to found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People B. advocated social equality C. discovered hundreds of uses for the peanut D. grudgingly acquiesced to segregation E. promoted black political activism

D

By 1900, advocates of women's suffrage A. argued that women's biology gave them a fundamentally different character from men B. temporarily abandoned the movement for the vote C. formed strong alliances with African Americans seeking voting rights D. argued that the vote would enable women to extend their roles as mothers and homemakers to the public world E. insisted on the inherent political and moral equality of men and women

D

Settlement houses such as Hull House engaged in all of the following activities except A. child care B. instruction in English C. cultural activities D. instruction in socialism E. social reform lobbying

D

The a "talented tenth" of American blacks should lead the race to full social and political equality with whites was the view of A. George Washington Carver B. Booker T. Washington C. Ida. B. Wells D. W.E.B Du Bois E. Paul Laurence Dunbar

D

The subject o the Eighteenth Amendment was A. income tax B. direct election of senators C. woman suffrage D. prohibition E. the poll tax

D

The tremendously rapid growth of American cities in the post-Civil War decades was A. uniquely American B. fueled by an agricultural system suffering from poor production levels C. attributable to the closing of the frontier D. a trend that affected Europe as well E. a result of natural reproduction

D

According to the social gospel A. workers should be content with their station in life B. the church should not concern itself in the social affairs of the world C. clergy should try to reach the socially prominent D. Christianity would replace socialism E. the lessons of Christianity should be applied to solve the problems manifest in slums and factories

E

Booker T. Washington believed that the key to political and civil rights for African-Americans was A. the vote B. rigorous academic training C. the rejection of accommodationist attitudes D. to directly challenge white supremacy E. economic independence

E

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution A. was opposed by religious Modernists B. left open the question of human origins C. was attacked most bitterly by orator Colonel Robert Ingersoll D. helped to unite college teachers of biology in support of the theory of "survival of the fittest" E. cast a serious doubt on a literal interpretation of the Bible

E

In the 1890s, positions for women as secretaries, department store clerks, and telephone operators were largely reserved for A. Jews B. Irish C. African-Americans D. the college-educated E. the native born

E

Most Italian immigrants to the US between 1880 and 1920 came to escape A. political oppression B. famine C. the political disintegration of their country D. the military draft E. the poverty and slow modernization of southern Italy

E

One of the early symbols of the dawning era of consumerism in urban America was A. the development of factories B. the Sears catalog C. advertising billboards D. public transportation systems E. the rise of large department stores

E

The Morrill Act of 1862 A. established women's colleges like Vassar B. required compulsory school attendance through high school C. established the modern American research university D. mandated racial integration in public schools E. granted public lands to states to support higher education

E