Question 1

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) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 2

When the first tenements were built in 1850, they were viewed as a great improvement in housing for the poor.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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

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Question 4

What attitudes and beliefs found in America resulted in little being done to improve urban poverty during the late nineteenth century?

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Question 5

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) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 6

In the late nineteenth century, the assimilation of immigrants was encouraged by

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A)   the sale of American products.
B)   public education.
C)   church leaders.
D)   religious reform.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 7

Prior to the late nineteenth century, few Americans placed much value in leisure.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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

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The answer of The artist ________, part of the Ashcan...

Question 9

The assimilation process of the late nineteenth century was aided by the public schools.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Into the power vacuum in America's cities swept the ________, one of America's most distinctive political institutions.

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The answer of Into the power vacuum in America's cities...

Question 11

In the late nineteenth century, urban political bosses did all of the following EXCEPT

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A)   reward followers with patronage.
B)   win votes for their political organization.
C)   provide material assistance to the poor.
D)   enrich themselves through graft and corruption.
E)   reduce the costs of city services.F) A) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 12

In 1882, the first group of immigrants to be excluded from the United States on the basis of nationality were

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A)   Chinese.
B)   Japanese.
C)   Mexicans.
D)   Slavs.
E)   Irish.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 13

The principle force behind the creation of great public buildings in the late nineteenth century was

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A)   wealthy residents.
B)   community service organizations.
C)   state governments.
D)   the federal government.
E)   ethnic political machines.F) A) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 14

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) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 15

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) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 16

Describe the key features one would find in a large urban American city at the end of the nineteenth century.

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Question 17

In the late nineteenth century, most city parks were simply lands between houses and other buildings that had yet to be developed.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Charles Darwin's theories of evolution met initial resistance from

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A)   theologians.
B)   scientists.
C)   educators.
D)   both theologians and educators.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 19

Discuss the efforts to restrict immigration in the late nineteenth century.

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In the late nineteenth century, there we...

Question 20

At the turn of the twentieth century, motion pictures

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A)   had been invented by D. W. Griffith.
B)   were the first true mass entertainment medium.
C)   operated under strict morality codes.
D)   both were the first true mass entertainment medium, and operated under strict morality codes.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Exam 18: The Age of the City

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Prior to the late nineteenth century, few Americans placed much value in leisure.

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

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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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The assimilation process of the late nineteenth century was aided by the public schools.

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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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In the late nineteenth century, urban political bosses did all of the following EXCEPT

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