quiz 18
compared with the first generation, second generation immigrants were more likely to
break from their traditional culture
the 1920 census of the united states revealed that
a majority of Americans lived in "urban" areas
the national network of grocery stores that started in the 1850s was
a&p
charles darwins theories of evolution met initial resistance from
all the above. theologins scientists educators
by 1900 the transportation systems of american cities included
all these answer are correct. elevated railroads subways electric trolleys and cable cars suspension bridges
The designers of New York City's Central Park
deliberately created a public space that would look as little like the city as possible
in the 1869 princeton and rutgers played the first intercollegiate game in america of
football
in the 1890s florence kelley and the national consumers league sought to
force retailers and manufacturers to improve wages and working conditions for women workers
which american thinker is least associated with study using scientific methods
henry james
the american artistic movement known as the "ashcan school"
included the painter edward hopper
Tenement buildings in urban America were
initially praised as an improvement in housing for the poor
which american writer is least associated with the trend toward social realism in literature in the late nineteenth century
mark twain
in the late nineteenth century suburbs on the edges of american cities were largerly populated by
moderately well to do people
in the late nineteenth century the tammany hall political machine
saw its most famous william m tweed sent to prison
According to the philosophy of pragmatism, society should be guided by
scientific inquiry
in the late nineteenth century political machines in cities owed their existence to
the rapid growth of urban america and the influx of millions of immigrants
The initiative and referred him where progressive era political reforms primarily designed to weaken the power of
State legislatures
at the turn of the twentieth century motion pictures
were thee first true mass entertainment medium
in the late nineteenth century urban political bosses did all of the following except
reduce the costs of city services
in the 1890s jacob riis
reported on the living conditions of the urban poor to encourage improvements
theodore dreisers novel "sister carrie" dealt with
social dislocations and injustices of the present
by the 1890s the largest number of immigrants to the united states came from
southern and eastern europe
the primary goal of the american protective association was to
stop immigrants from entering the united states