Question 1

Efforts to restrict the numbers of immigrants coming into the United States had met with little success by the end of the nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Reform organizations of the late nineteenth century proved to be more permanent than the urban political machines.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Immigrant Americans were more likely to commit crimes than were native-born Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The new consumer economy appealed to women as consumers and hired women as sales clerks.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Among the new immigrant arrivals to late nineteenth-century America,no single national group could be said to have dominated the scene.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,the growth of newspapers

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A)   resulted in most large cities being serviced by one dominant paper.
B)   led to a significant decline in the telegraph industry.
C)   was largely due to national population growth.
D)   saw circulation increase much more rapidly than the general population.
E)   did not coincide with a rise in journalists' salaries.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 7

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) B) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 8

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 9

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 B)
G) B) and E)

Question 10

The ________ school of artists was among the first in America to appreciate expressionism and abstraction.

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The answer of The ________ school of artists was among...

Question 11

Theodore Dreiser's 1893 novel,Maggie: A Girl of the Streets,dealt with

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A)   his belief that religious organizations were perverting society.
B)   the qualities of the upper class.
C)   the need to return to a more rural and natural life.
D)   the dehumanization of mass communications.
E)   social dislocations and injustices of the present.F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 12

The first American subway system came into use in Boston in 1897.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The most powerful newspaper chain in the country was owned by ________.

Accepted Answer

William Ra...

Question 14

The Equitable Building in New York City,completed in 1870,was the first in the United States to

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A)   be built with an elevator.
B)   be called a skyscraper.
C)   be constructed with steel girders.
D)   be connected underground to the subway.
E)   reach twenty stories.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 15

By the 1890s,the largest number of immigrants to the United States came from

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A)   southern and eastern Europe.
B)   Mexico and Central America.
C)   Great Britain and Germany.
D)   China and Japan.
E)   Ireland and Italy.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 16

In the late nineteenth century,leisure activities tended to be divided by

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A)   gender.
B)   class.
C)   race.
D)   both race and gender.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) B) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 17

In the nineteenth century,vaudeville theater

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A)   consisted of a variety of stage acts.
B)   only employed white performers.
C)   had been created in the United States.
D)   both consisted of a variety of stage acts, and only employed white performers.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 18

Although the plight of poor children in cities often drew the most attention of late-nineteenth-century reformers,little was done to improve the children's situations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

When the Anti-Saloon League and other temperance organizations attacked the saloon,one of the reasons they cited was that eliminating saloons would weaken political machines.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which American thinker is LEAST associated with study using scientific methods?

Accepted Answer

A)   Henry James
B)   William Graham Sumner
C)   Charles Darwin
D)   John Dewey
E)   Edwar A. RossF) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Exam 18: The Age of the City

When the Anti-Saloon League and other temperance organizations attacked the saloon,one of the reasons they cited was that eliminating saloons would weaken political machines.

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

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Among the new immigrant arrivals to late nineteenth-century America,no single national group could be said to have dominated the scene.

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Efforts to restrict the numbers of immigrants coming into the United States had met with little success by the end of the nineteenth century.

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Immigrant Americans were more likely to commit crimes than were native-born Americans.

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During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,the growth of newspapers

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Theodore Dreiser's 1893 novel,Maggie: A Girl of the Streets,dealt with

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The Equitable Building in New York City,completed in 1870,was the first in the United States to

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The new consumer economy appealed to women as consumers and hired women as sales clerks.

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The first American subway system came into use in Boston in 1897.

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

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The ________ school of artists was among the first in America to appreciate expressionism and abstraction.

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Although the plight of poor children in cities often drew the most attention of late-nineteenth-century reformers,little was done to improve the children's situations.

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The most powerful newspaper chain in the country was owned by ________.

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Reform organizations of the late nineteenth century proved to be more permanent than the urban political machines.

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In the late nineteenth century,leisure activities tended to be divided by

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

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Which American thinker is LEAST associated with study using scientific methods?

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In the nineteenth century,vaudeville theater

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By the 1890s,the largest number of immigrants to the United States came from

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