History

During the late nineteenth century, politicians such as Boss Tweed most likely would have opposed which of the following? a. Calls for reforms to local and state governments b. Social services provided to immigrants by local politicians c. Granting American Indians full citizenship and voting rights d. The expansion of the transcontinental railroad system

A

Jane Addams's Hull House was established primarily to a. provide a place for immigrants to hold meetings and receive needed support b. provide a halfway home for recently released criminals c. provide shelter for homeless immigrants d. offer a basic education to African-Americans e. provide legal services to immigrants seeking to fight illegal immigration criminal charges

A

Which of the following activities from the middle of the 19th century most closely resembles the Progressive Era reform movement? a. Participation by women in moral reform efforts b. Efforts by nativists to restrict immigration c. Calls for the annexation of Texas d. Removal of American Indians from the Southeast to the West

A

Which of the following groups were NOT included among the "new immigrants" of the late 19th century? a. Irish peasants b. Polish peasants c. Italian peasants d. Greeks and Slovaks e. Russian Jews escaping religious persecution

A

Which of the following is a correct statement about immigration in the 1890s? a. Most of the immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe b. Workers from Latin America were excluded from immigrating by federal laws c. Most immigrants of this period were readily accepted because of their education and wealth d. The number of immigrants declined because of restrictive quota laws e. Labor unions supported the rights of Chinese immigrants

A

Settlement house work had the most in common with women's activism during which of the following earlier periods? a. The Protestant evangelism of the mid-1700s b. The Second Great Awakening in the first half of the 1800s c. The two decades following the American Revolution d. The decade leading up to the American Revolution

B

Which of the following philosophies was utilized to justify the conditions shown in the photograph above? A Progressivism B Social Darwinism C Populism D The Gospel of Wealth

B

Which of the following was NOT a function of settlement houses? a. Observing the poor to find out their needs and study social conditions in the community b. Serving as a homeless shelter for immigrants c. Providing meeting places for local residents to hold political and community meetings d. Teaching new immigrants how to read and write English e. Providing health care for the poor

B

female progressives often justified their reformist political activities on the basis of a. America's need to catch up with more progressive European nations. b. their being essentially an extension of women's traditional roles as wives and mothers. c. the harsh treatment of working women by employers. d. the need to assert female power against male oppression. e. women's inherent rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

B

A prominent leader in promoting the settlement house movement was a. Carry Nation b. Aimee Semple McPherson c. Jane Addams d. Margaret Sanger e. Alice Paul

C

Which urban housing design, once hailed as a helpful innovation, turned out to be a dangerous blight on the cityscapes? A. The skyscrapers B. The settlement houses C. The tenement building D. The alms houses E. The rambler homes of the suburbs

C

Conditions shown in the image came about most directly as a result of? A The strength of political machines in the cities B The consolidation of large trusts and holding companies C Economic instability D The expansion of the unskilled industrial labor force

D

Settlement houses, such as Hull House, engaged in all of the following activities EXCEPT a. providing free health care. b. child care. c. instruction in English. d. homeless shelters for new immigrants. e. lobbying for social reform.

D

Which of the following is one important continuity in urban life in the United States throughout the nineteenth century? a. Workers and employers consistently maintained amicable relationships. b. Anarchism and similar radical ideologies attracted many workers c. Settlement houses assisted immigrants with adapting to life in the United States. d. Immigrants formed an important part of the manufacturing workforce.

D

All of the following account for nativist sentiment against the "new immigrants" of the late nineteenth century EXCEPT that the immigrants A. were willing to work for lower wages than were native-born workers B. had different languages and cultures C. practiced different religions D. were not familiar with the United States political system E. dominated the professions of law, medicine, and engineering

E

The "New Immigrants" who came to the United States after 1880 a. had experience with democratic governments. b. represented nonwhite racial groups. c. arrived primarily from Germany, Sweden, and Norway. d. received a warm welcome from the Old Immigrants. e. arrived primarily from Southern and Eastern Europe.

E

Although corrupt, New York's Tammany Hall appealed to a. reformers seeking to improve the social landscape b. big businesses looking to boost profits. c. Republicans looking to extend Reconstruction efforts d. recent immigrants and job seekers

D

Conditions like those shown in the image (children sleeping on steps being dirty) contributed most directly to which of the following? A A decrease in support for labor union activity B An increase in the standard of living for most Americans C Renewed interest in laissez-faire economic policies D The development of settlement houses

D