Question 1

By 1900,the transportation systems of American cities included

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A)   elevated railroads.
B)   subways.
C)   electric trolleys and cable cars.
D)   suspension bridges.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

Kate Chopin's shocking novel,________,described a young wife and mother who abandoned her family in search of personal fulfillment.

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Question 3

The national network of grocery stores that started in the 1850s was

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A)   A & P.
B)   Food Lion.
C)   Seven-Eleven.
D)   Piggly Wiggly.
E)   Harris Teeter.F) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

In the late nineteenth century,immigrants in the United States

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A)   were generally better educated than immigrants who arrived a generation before.
B)   took up semi-skilled craft jobs.
C)   avoided ports like Ellis Island for fear they would be denied entry.
D)   generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.
E)   settled overwhelmingly in the relatively empty Northwest.F) A) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 5

The artist ________,part of the Ashcan school,portrayed the dreariness of American urban slums.

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Question 6

In the late nineteenth century,crime in large American urban centers

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A)   led many city governments to create professional public police departments.
B)   swelled in the twenty years between 1880 and 1900.
C)   was often blamed on the violent proclivities of immigrant groups.
D)   was often blamed on the violent proclivities of immigrant groups, and led many city governments to create professional public police departments.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D) E

Question 7

The primary goal of the American Protective Association was to

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A)   require immigrants to sign loyalty oaths to the United States government.
B)   limit immigration to those who already had relatives living in the United States.
C)   give "native" Americans preference over immigrants in employment opportunities.
D)   stop immigrants from entering the United States.
E)   make English the official language of the United States.F) B) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 8

Roughly what percentage of the populations of Chicago,New York,and Detroit was made up of immigrants by 1890?

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A)   20-30 percent
B)   40-50 percent
C)   50-60 percent
D)   60-70 percent
E)   80-90 percentF) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 9

By the turn of the century,primary and secondary education were nearly universal in the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In the 1890s,Florence Kelley and the National Consumers League sought to

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A)   encourage immigrants to become greater consumers.
B)   improve the safety and quality of consumer products.
C)   protect family businesses from the competition of corporate retailers.
D)   force retailers and manufacturers to improve wages and working conditions for women workers.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 11

By the end of the nineteenth century,most public high schools readily accepted women.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The designers of New York City's Central Park

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A)   tried to make it a meeting place for immigrant leaders.
B)   deliberately created a public space that would look as little like the city as possible.
C)   thought of the park as a place where city government could meet in the open air.
D)   were hoping that the park could be a source of local agriculture and food production.
E)   initially wanted it to be exclusively accessible to the wealthy of the city.F) All of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 13

Both baseball and football appealed primarily to working-class males.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 14

In the late nineteenth century,suburbs on the edges of American cities were largely populated by

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A)   very poor people.
B)   the working class.
C)   moderately well-to-do people.
D)   people from all income backgrounds.
E)   very wealthy people.F) A) and D)
G) None of the above C

Question 15

The Fourth of July celebrations were typically used by working-class Americans to publically demonstrate how well they had assimilated into American society.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which American writer is LEAST associated with the trend toward social realism in literature in the late nineteenth century?

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A)   Mark Twain
B)   Upton Sinclair
C)   Frank Norris
D)   Stephen Crane
E)   Theodore DreiserF) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 17

The nineteenth-century game of "rounders" became the modern sport of

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A)   basketball.
B)   baseball.
C)   golf.
D)   football.
E)   soccer.F) None of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 18

Frederick Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed New York City's ________.

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The answer of Frederick Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed New...

Question 19

Of the mass entertainment available at the turn of the century,the ________ was/were the most important.

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The answer of Of the mass entertainment available at the...

Question 20

How had the demographics of immigrants and the patterns of immigration shifted between the 1860s and the 1890s?

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In the 1860s, the majority of immigrants...

Exam 18: The Age of the City

By 1900,the transportation systems of American cities included

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Kate Chopin's shocking novel,________,described a young wife and mother who abandoned her family in search of personal fulfillment.

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The national network of grocery stores that started in the 1850s was

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In the late nineteenth century,immigrants in the United States

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The artist ________,part of the Ashcan school,portrayed the dreariness of American urban slums.

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In the late nineteenth century,crime in large American urban centers

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The primary goal of the American Protective Association was to

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Roughly what percentage of the populations of Chicago,New York,and Detroit was made up of immigrants by 1890?

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By the turn of the century,primary and secondary education were nearly universal in the United States.

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In the 1890s,Florence Kelley and the National Consumers League sought to

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By the end of the nineteenth century,most public high schools readily accepted women.

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The designers of New York City's Central Park

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Both baseball and football appealed primarily to working-class males.

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In the late nineteenth century,suburbs on the edges of American cities were largely populated by

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The Fourth of July celebrations were typically used by working-class Americans to publically demonstrate how well they had assimilated into American society.

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Which American writer is LEAST associated with the trend toward social realism in literature in the late nineteenth century?

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The nineteenth-century game of "rounders" became the modern sport of

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Frederick Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed New York City's ________.

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Of the mass entertainment available at the turn of the century,the ________ was/were the most important.

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How had the demographics of immigrants and the patterns of immigration shifted between the 1860s and the 1890s?

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