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QUESTION 1
1.
According to your reading and/or class discussion the second major wave of immigrants to the United States during the 1880s faced more discrimination than previous immigrants. This is attributed to the negative perception Americans had of newcomers from which region?
a
.
Central and South America.
b
.
Northern and Western Europe (England, France, Germany).
c
.
Southern and Eastern Europe (Italy, Poland, the Balkans).
d
.
Russia.
5 points QUESTION 2
1.
The rise in _______________ and the growth of _______________ changed American consumers buying/shopping habits beginning in the late 19
th
century.
a
.
labor unions;holding companies
b
.
disposable income;department stores
c
.
service industries;rural communities
d
.
unemployment benefits;railroad companies.
5 points QUESTION 3
1.
Frances Willard was notable for leading the campaign against
a
.
child abuse.
b
.
porography.
c
.
alcohol.
d
.
child labor.
5 points QUESTION 4
1.
Which of the following activities became a craze during the Victorian era, representing a mixed activity that could be enjoyed together by men and women?
a
.
Billiards.
b
.
River boating.
c
.
Bicycling.
d
.
Driving cars.
5 points QUESTION 5
1.
The development of mass transit systems, such as streetcars, in American cities contributed to the growth of their outlying suburbs.
True
False
5 points QUESTION 6
1.
The Red Stockings from Cincinnati became, in 1869, the first
a
.
Indian rights organization.
b
.
professional baseball team.
c
.
department store chain.
d
.
traveling religious revival show.
5 points QUESTION 7
1.
In the urban household, evidence of technological progress would include which of the following?
a
.
The fact that few had live-in maids any longer.
b
.
B
rand-name prepared foods.
c
.
T
he large noonday dinner.
d
.
E
lectric refrigerators.
5 points QUESTION 8
1.
Particular source regions of immigrants dominated at particular times over the course of the successive waves of immigration to the United States; from the 1880s to 1915 most immigrants came from southern and eastern Africa.
True
False
5 points QUESTION 9
1.
In late nineteenth-century American cities,
a
.
residential patterns reflected the mingling of economic classes.
b
.
the wealthy lived at the core.
c
the poor were thrust to the outer fringes.
.
d
.
the middle and upper classes lived in the newer outer suburbs.
5 points QUESTION 10
1.
Which group among the poor was generally more responsive to “settlement houses” than to church-run efforts to help the downtrodden of the cities?
a
.
alcoholics
b
.
the audiences of Dwight L. Moody
c
.
those actually living in slum housing
d
.
immigrants
5 points QUESTION 11
1.
In hopes of finding a “support network” in the rapidly expanding cities of the late 19
th
century, newly arrived immigrants tended to cluster in ________________ neighborhoods.
a
.
Financially/economically similar.
b
.
Culturally/ethnically similar.
c
.
Financially/economically diverse.
d
.
Ethnically diverse.
5 points QUESTION 12
1.
Major religious responses to the plight of the urban poor included all the following
EXCEPT
a
.
efforts to restrict immigration.
b
.
missions to the city providing food and shelter to the needy.
c
.
revival meetings that called individuals to repentance and conversion from sin.
d
.
calls for Protestant Christians to tolerate other religions in a pluralistic society.
5 points QUESTION 13
1.
Which is an accurate statement of demographic trends in the late nineteenth century?
a
.
Immigration from western and northern Europe rose.
b
.
Death rates rose.
c
.
The proportion of Americans living in cities rose.
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d
.
Birth rates rose.
5 points QUESTION 14
1.
Which of the following WAS NOT a new form of entertainment in the United States at the dawn of the 20th century?
a
.
Croquet.
b
.
Baseball.
c
.
Football.
d
.
Gymnastics.
5 points QUESTION 15
1.
Establishment of “normal schools” and the rise of new nursing and law schools reflected a trend toward
a
.
public-supported education replacing private colleges.
b
.
the impact of the new field of psychology.
c
.
practical and professional training.
d
.
the narrowing of educational opportunities for women.
5 points QUESTION 16
1.
A term often used regarding the development and growth of the urban middle class was
a
.
Edwardian.
b
.
Georgian.
c
.
Victorian .
d
.
None of these is correct.
5 points QUESTION 17
1.
The figure often associated with the settlement house movement was _______________, who orzanized _______________ in Chicago, IL in 1889.
a
.
Jane Addams/Hull House
b
.
Lucy Stone/Forest Acres
c
.
Lucretia Mott/Ellis Island
d
.
Susan B. Anthony/Five Points
5 points QUESTION 18
1.
Particular source regions of immigrants dominated at particular times over the course of the successive waves of immigration to the United States; from the 1880s to 1915 most immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe.
True
False
5 points QUESTION 19
1.
Ready-made consumer products for the urban middle class were available at the new _____________, palaces of consumption conveniently located on streetcar lines for the lady who wanted to “go downtown” in an afternoon.
a
.
super markets
b
.
boutiques
c
.
convenience stores
d
.
department stores
5 points QUESTION 20
1.
Which of the following groups appeared to be resistant to the factors that led immigrants to return to their home countries?
a
.
Scots.
b
.
Jews.
c
.
Gypsies.
d
.
Slavs.