CH 18 The Age of the City

During the late nineteenth century, college education for American women ______. Multiple choice question. was a stifling experience that they typically did not enjoy produced a spirit of collective identity and access to communities outside the family taught women only classes in domestic work, and steered them away from intellectual pursuits was mostly irrelevant for those who took part

produced a spirit of collective identity and access to communities outside the family

What was most crucial to the development of national press services? Multiple choice question. photography radio telegraph phonograph

telegraph

Before the Civil War, most Americans thought leisure was ______. Multiple choice question. an enviable aspect of being rich a way to make hard times easier a way to reconnect with the Old World the equivalent of laziness or sloth

the equivalent of laziness or sloth

What was the main objective of political bosses? Multiple choice question. to unseat politicians who did not fairly represent immigrants to find jobs for people from their ethnic group to help immigrants learn to speak English to win votes for their organization by any means necessary

to win votes for their organization by any means necessary

How did cultural activities change between the early nineteenth and late nineteenth century? Multiple choice question. Cultural activities were not considered of value unless they were "highbrow." The masses began to develop their own cultural activities because they weren't interested in the pursuits of the elite. Cultural activities started to become more egalitarian. Elites began developing a cultural life apart from the masses.

Elites began developing a cultural life apart from the masses.

The rise of consumerism had little impact on the lives of American women. True false question True or False

False

Which statement about education in the late nineteenth century is false? Multiple choice question. By 1900, most states required compulsory school attendance. Free public primary and secondary education was universal. It was a period of rapid expansion for public schools. Black Southerners had far less access to education than white Southerners.

Free public primary and secondary education was universal.

Baseball first became very popular at the end of the ______. Multiple choice question. Revolutionary War Civil War Korean War Great Awakening Great Depression

Civil War

Luna Park and Dreamland were extravagant attractions of _________ ___________ in Brooklyn.

Coney island

Which statement describes an advance in medical practice in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century? Multiple choice question. Doctors began to understand that infection and disease were separate and distinct. Doctors began to accept the assumption that a symptom was not itself a disease. Doctors started to understand that exposure to germs in and of itself caused disease. Doctors began to reject the germ theory of disease.

Doctors began to accept the assumption that a symptom was not itself a disease.

What were most important to advancing women's education in the post-Civil War era? Multiple choice question. women's colleges public schools coeducational universities coeducational high schools

women's colleges

In the twentieth century, urban areas were defined as communities of more than ______. Multiple choice question. 2,500 10,000 25,000 100,000

2,500

Who first demonstrated the telephone in 1876? Multiple choice question. William Randolph Hearst John D. Rockefeller Thomas Alva Edison Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell

Which famous work is an example of urban literary realism? Multiple choice question. The Red Badge of Courage Portrait of a Lady Maggie: A Girl of the Streets Tom Sawyer

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

Which statement best identifies why the wealthy contributed to building public spaces in urban centers? Multiple choice question. They wanted to reduce criminal activity. They wished to advance their own social status. They wanted to keep the masses out of their private institutions. They hoped to raise the level of education in the city.

They wished to advance their own social status.

Where did American football originate? Multiple choice question. U.S. colleges and universities European immigrants' street games the South amateur associations of players

U.S. colleges and universities

In the early twentieth century, common instruments used to classify and distinguish different types of diseases included the ______. Multiple select question. CAT scan X-ray ultrasound improved microscope

X-ray improved microscope

What spurred the rise of public schooling? Multiple choice question. the need to educate freedmen a lack of qualified students to attend American universities an increasing demand for specialized skills and scientific knowledge the long history of public education in England

an increasing demand for specialized skills and scientific knowledge

What is a land-grant institution of higher education? Multiple choice question. an institution that is located on land donated by the federal government an institution that is located on a federal Native American reservation an institution that is focused on real estate law an institution that focuses primarily on liberal arts studies

an institution that is located on land donated by the federal government

Real estate developers created suburban communities that would ______. Multiple choice question. be suitable for the growing immigrant population appeal to city-dwellers' nostalgia for the countryside be densely populated, to ease the congestion of the city appeal only to the richest urban residents

appeal to city-dwellers' nostalgia for the countryside

Of the 7,400 telephone customers in the New York-New Jersey area in 1891, the majority were ______. Multiple choice question. churches and synagogues theaters businesses and organizations schools

businesses and organizations

Of the 7,400 telephone customers in the New York-New Jersey area in 1891, the majority were ______. Multiple choice question. churches and synagogues theaters schools businesses and organizations

businesses and organizations

In the nineteenth century, vaudeville theater ______. Multiple choice question. only employed white performers in blackface consisted of a variety of stage acts that were inexpensive to produce was a uniquely American form became popular in rural areas but not in the cities

consisted of a variety of stage acts that were inexpensive to produce

American baseball began as a game known as rounders, a game similar to ______. Multiple choice question. rugby tennis cricket basketball

cricket

Select all that apply In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, many working-class New Yorkers spent evenings at which of the following? Multiple select question. dance halls vaudeville houses Prospect Park Central Park concert halls

dance halls vaudeville houses concert halls

It was most common to find urban Black people working which jobs in the late nineteenth century? Multiple select question. domestic servants cooks independent farmers janitors government servants

domestic servants cooks janitors

In the 1800s, Harvard, Yale, and other Ivy League schools often received resources through Blank______. Multiple choice question. donations from philanthropists government land grants aid from foreign governments college work-study programs

donations from philanthropists

choos all that apply By 1900, the transportation systems of American cities included which of the following? Multiple select question. toll roads elevated railroads suspension bridges electric trolleys and cable cars subways

elevated railroads suspension bridges electric trolleys and cable cars subways

Women who attended college, after the Civil War, tended to ______. Multiple choice question. have a lower life expectancy than women who did not attend college have more children than women who did not attend college marry earlier than women who did not attend college marry later than women who did not attend college

marry later than women who did not attend college

In the later part of the nineteenth century, urban growth made ________ a necessity. Multiple choice question. mass transit underground tunnels regular elections a replacement for the telegraph

mass transit

Which statement best describes how late-nineteenth-century immigrants to the United States differed from immigrants to other countries? Multiple choice question. mmigrants to other countries tended to come from only one or two other nations. Immigrants to the United States tended to be from urban areas. Immigrants to other countries tended to be bilingual. Immigrants to the United States were generally poorer.

Immigrants to other countries tended to come from only one or two other nations.

Despite the differences in the various immigrant communities, virtually all groups had certain characteristics in common, including which of the following? select ALL question.'s Ethnic ties had to compete with the desire for assimilation. Most were accepted by native-born Americans. The immigrants settled in cities. Assimilation was frowned upon and rarely practiced. Most of the immigrants were young.

The immigrants settled in cities. Most of the immigrants were young.

Which statement best describes American education in 1900? It had spread little since the Civil War. It was available to all Americans, though many schools were segregated. It was compulsory in all fifty states. It spread quickly throughout urban industrial areas.

It spread quickly throughout urban industrial areas.

Which statement best describes American education in 1900? Multiple choice question. It was available to all Americans, though many schools were segregated. It was compulsory in all fifty states. It spread quickly throughout urban industrial areas. It had spread little since the Civil War.

It spread quickly throughout urban industrial areas.

Which American writer was least associated with the trend toward social realism in literature in the late nineteenth century? Multiple choice question. Frank Norris Upton Sinclair Theodore Dreiser Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott

Which statement best describes a cultural change that accompanied the rise of cities and industry by the late nineteenth century? Multiple choice question. Elites became fascinated by popular "lowbrow" entertainments. The literature and art of the rural experience became more popular in the cities than in the country. Most cultural activities came to be targeted to people of all classes. People began to see a distinction between "highbrow" and "lowbrow" culture.

People began to see a distinction between "highbrow" and "lowbrow" culture.

American Jewish leaders adopted_____________Judaism to make their faith less "foreign" to the dominant culture.

Reform

How did cultural activities change between the early nineteenth and late nineteenth century? Multiple choice question. The masses began to develop their own cultural activities because they weren't interested in the pursuits of the elite. Elites began developing a cultural life apart from the masses. Cultural activities were not considered of value unless they were "highbrow." Cultural activities started to become more egalitarian.

The masses began to develop their own cultural activities because they weren't interested in the pursuits of the elite.

Which statement best describes where the wealthy tended to live in late-nineteenth-century urban areas? Multiple choice question. They built homes in exclusive areas close to downtown. They moved to the center of their ethnic enclaves. They clustered near the businesses they owned. They scattered, buying up prime real estate all over the city.

They built homes in exclusive areas close to downtown.

Why did rural Americans tend to reject Darwinism? Multiple choice question. Rural Americans tended to reject anything that became popular in cities. They tended to be more fundamentalist than urban Americans. Rural scientists disproved many of the tenets of evolutionary theory. They did not believe science should be taught in schools.

They tended to be more fundamentalist than urban Americans.

Which statement is most true of immigrants who settled in cities where their nationalities were predominant, such as the Irish in New York and the Germans in Milwaukee? Multiple choice question. They pretended that they were not a part of the predominant immigrant culture. They were widely accepted by all native-born whites. They assimilated into American culture more quickly. They were able to exert political power.

They were able to exert political power.

Fundamental to Darwinism, the theory of natural section suggests that ______. Multiple choice question. species who change the least have the best chance of survival changes in species occur for random reasons a divine plan determines the development of a species humans evolved from earlier species

humans evolved from earlier species

In the late nineteenth century, Americans ______. Multiple choice question. moved to the suburbs and abandoned the cities left rural areas for growing Eastern and Midwestern cities left booming Eastern agricultural areas for the promise of higher-paying city jobs moved from overcrowded cities back to rural areas in the West

left rural areas for growing Eastern and Midwestern cities

In his books The Theory of Prosperity and The New Basis of Civilization, economist Simon Patten challenged long-standing views of ______. Multiple choice question. leisure socialism medicine education evolution

leisure

Which Christian movement harmonized scientific discoveries with their religious beliefs? Multiple choice question. orthodox Catholicism liberal Protestantism fundamentalist Protestantism fundamentalist Catholicism

liberal Protestantism

The use of blood transfusions in medical treatments allowed for ______. Multiple choice question. longer and more elaborate operations the release of body toxins in patients suffering from a variety of conditions more diverse kinds of medications frequent and shorter operations

longer and more elaborate operations

By 1900, many farmers had more free time due to the ______. Multiple choice question. mechanization of agriculture use of hybrid grains international nature of farming popularity of chemical fertilizer

mechanization of agriculture

Newfound leisure time resulted in ______. Multiple choice question. many people picking up second jobs new forms of recreation and entertainment less consumerism smaller paychecks and economic hardship

new forms of recreation and entertainment

Newfound leisure time resulted in ______. Multiple choice question. new forms of recreation and entertainment less consumerism smaller paychecks and economic hardship many people picking up second jobs

new forms of recreation and entertainment

A striking feature of popular entertainment in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was its ______. Multiple choice question. limitations public character strict social rules individualist nature

public character

Under the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862, the federal government granted ______. Multiple choice question. 100 acres to farmers who would irrigate the land public land to states to establish colleges farmland to people newly freed from bondage land to people who had served in the Civil War

public land to states to establish colleges

By 1914, William Randolph Hearst was a prominent member of what industry? Multiple choice question. automotive oil publishing steel

publishing

By 1900, the transportation systems of American cities included which of the following? Multiple select question. suspension bridges electric trolleys and cable cars toll roads elevated railroads subways

suspension bridges electric trolleys and cable cars elevated railroads subways

Attempts by educational reformers to extend educational opportunities to Native Americans were ______. Multiple choice question. so successful that Native Americans made up a large portion of the student body at elite universities successful in getting most young Native Americans to assimilate into white culture unsuccessful because they did not provide any opportunity for a college education unsuccessful because they were abusive and enforced brutal assimilation

unsuccessful because they were abusive and enforced brutal assimilation

In 1920 it was revealed that for the first time, the majority of Americans lived in ______. Multiple choice question. poverty urban areas wealth rural areas

urban areas

The form of theater adapted from the French that was the most popular urban entertainment in the decades after the turn of the century is known as ______. Multiple choice question. vaudeville minstrel tragedy melodrama

vaudeville

To which men did American football initially appeal? Multiple choice question. working-class immigrant wealthy elite middle-class

wealthy elite