Question 1

Most Italian immigrants to the United States between 1880 and 1920 came to escape

Accepted Answer

A)  political oppression. 
B)  famine. 
C)  the political disintegration of their country. 
D)  the military draft. 
E)  the poverty and backwardness of southern Italy. 
A)  political oppression. 
B)  famine. 
C)  the political disintegration of their country. 
D)  the military draft. 
E)  the poverty and backwardness of southern Italy.

Question 2

The vast majority of employed female workers in the late 19th century were

Accepted Answer

A)  married with children. 
B)  just arrived from the country. 
C)  single. 
D)  married but without children. 
E)  college-educated. 
A)  married with children. 
B)  just arrived from the country. 
C)  single. 
D)  married but without children. 
E)  college-educated.

Question 3

The public library movement across America was greatly aided by the generous financial support from

Accepted Answer

A)  J. Pierpont Morgan. 
B)  Andrew Carnegie. 
C)  John D. Rockefeller. 
D)  local "friends of the library." 
E)  women's organizations. 
A)  J. Pierpont Morgan. 
B)  Andrew Carnegie. 
C)  John D. Rockefeller. 
D)  local "friends of the library." 
E)  women's organizations.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of Mary Baker Eddy.

Accepted Answer

Founder of

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of James Gibbons.

Accepted Answer

Catholic Cardinal and friend t

Question 6

By 1900, advocates of women's suffrage

Accepted Answer

A)  acknowledged that women were biologically weaker than men but claimed that they deserved the vote anyway. 
B)  had abandoned the effort to persuade western states to grant women the right to vote. 
C)  formed strong alliances with African Americans seeking voting rights. 
D)  argued that the vote would enable women to extend their roles as mothers and homemakers to the public world. 
E)  insisted on the inherent political and moral equality of men and women. 
A)  acknowledged that women were biologically weaker than men but claimed that they deserved the vote anyway. 
B)  had abandoned the effort to persuade western states to grant women the right to vote. 
C)  formed strong alliances with African Americans seeking voting rights. 
D)  argued that the vote would enable women to extend their roles as mothers and homemakers to the public world. 
E)  insisted on the inherent political and moral equality of men and women.

Question 7

In the course of the late 19th century

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A)  the birthrate increased. 
B)  the divorce rate fell. 
C)  family size gradually declined. 
D)  people tended to marry at an earlier age. 
E)  children were seen as a greater economic asset. 
A)  the birthrate increased. 
B)  the divorce rate fell. 
C)  family size gradually declined. 
D)  people tended to marry at an earlier age. 
E)  children were seen as a greater economic asset.

Question 8

Americans offered growing support for a free public education system

Accepted Answer

A)  to combat the growing strength of Catholic parochial schools. 
B)  when the Chautauqua movement began to decline. 
C)  because they accepted the idea that a free government cannot function without educated citizens. 
D)  when private schools began to fold. 
E)  because they were universally horrified by child labor abuses. 
A)  to combat the growing strength of Catholic parochial schools. 
B)  when the Chautauqua movement began to decline. 
C)  because they accepted the idea that a free government cannot function without educated citizens. 
D)  when private schools began to fold. 
E)  because they were universally horrified by child labor abuses.

Question 9

By the late 19th century, most of the Old Immigrant groups from northern and Western Europe

Accepted Answer

A)  actively promoted the idea of a multicultural America. 
B)  were still regarded with suspicion and hostility by the majority of native Americans. 
C)  had largely abandoned their ethnically based churches, clubs, and neighborhoods. 
D)  were largely accepted as American, even though they often lived in separate ethnic neighborhoods. 
E)  still maintained a primary loyalty to their country of origin, especially Ireland or Germany. 
A)  actively promoted the idea of a multicultural America. 
B)  were still regarded with suspicion and hostility by the majority of native Americans. 
C)  had largely abandoned their ethnically based churches, clubs, and neighborhoods. 
D)  were largely accepted as American, even though they often lived in separate ethnic neighborhoods. 
E)  still maintained a primary loyalty to their country of origin, especially Ireland or Germany.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of Florence Kelley.

Accepted Answer

Advocate for women,

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of Booker T. Washington.

Accepted Answer

Ex-slave and advocate of trade

Question 12

In the decades after the Civil War, changes in sexual attitudes and practices were reflected in all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  soaring divorce rates. 
B)  the spreading practice of birth control. 
C)  more children being born out of wedlock. 
D)  increasingly frank discussion of sexual topics. 
E)  more women working outside the home. 
A)  soaring divorce rates. 
B)  the spreading practice of birth control. 
C)  more children being born out of wedlock. 
D)  increasingly frank discussion of sexual topics. 
E)  more women working outside the home.

Question 13

In the new urban environment, most liberal Protestants

Accepted Answer

A)  believed that a final Judgment Day was coming soon. 
B)  were driven out of mainstream seminaries and colleges. 
C)  welcomed ecumenical conversations with Roman Catholics. 
D)  sharply criticized American society and American government. 
E)  rejected biblical literalism and adapted religious ideas to modern culture. 
A)  believed that a final Judgment Day was coming soon. 
B)  were driven out of mainstream seminaries and colleges. 
C)  welcomed ecumenical conversations with Roman Catholics. 
D)  sharply criticized American society and American government. 
E)  rejected biblical literalism and adapted religious ideas to modern culture.

Question 14

Which of the following sports was NOT developed in the decades following the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  basketball 
B)  bicycling 
C)  croquet 
D)  college football 
E)  baseball 
A)  basketball 
B)  bicycling 
C)  croquet 
D)  college football 
E)  baseball

Question 15

The American Protective Association

Accepted Answer

A)  preached the social gospel that churches were obligated to protect New Immigrants. 
B)  was led for many years by Florence Kelley and Jane Addams. 
C)  supported immigration restrictions. 
D)  established settlement houses in several major cities in order to aid New Immigrants. 
E)  opposed immigration restrictions. 
A)  preached the social gospel that churches were obligated to protect New Immigrants. 
B)  was led for many years by Florence Kelley and Jane Addams. 
C)  supported immigration restrictions. 
D)  established settlement houses in several major cities in order to aid New Immigrants. 
E)  opposed immigration restrictions.

Question 16

In criticizing Booker T. Washington's educational emphasis on manual labor and industrial training, W.E.B. Du Bois emphasized instead that black education should concentrate on

Accepted Answer

A)  adult education. 
B)  education for political action. 
C)  developing separate black schools and colleges. 
D)  developing black entrepreneurs to create black businesses to serve black communities. 
E)  an intellectually gifted talented tenth of the black community that should be given full and immediate access to the mainstream of American life. 
A)  adult education. 
B)  education for political action. 
C)  developing separate black schools and colleges. 
D)  developing black entrepreneurs to create black businesses to serve black communities. 
E)  an intellectually gifted talented tenth of the black community that should be given full and immediate access to the mainstream of American life.

Question 17

How were the growing social class divisions in large American cities reflected in the provision of different forms of art, music, and recreation for the elite and the masses?

Accepted Answer

The growing social class divisions in la

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of W. E. B. Du Bois.

Accepted Answer

Black leader who argued that Washington'

Question 19

By 1900, congressional legislation barred ____ from immigrating to America.

Accepted Answer

A)  illiterates 
B)  the Chinese 
C)  foreign workers under contract labor for substandard wages 
D)  Jews 
E)  socialists 
A)  illiterates 
B)  the Chinese 
C)  foreign workers under contract labor for substandard wages 
D)  Jews 
E)  socialists

Question 20

The New Immigrants who came to America after 1880

Accepted Answer

A)  were mostly poor European urban workers. 
B)  usually did not speak proper English, unlike their children who learned and spoke fluent English. 
C)  were from southern and eastern Europe 
D)  tended to settle in northeastern cities. 
E)  were largely Roman Catholic or Jewish. 
A)  were mostly poor European urban workers. 
B)  usually did not speak proper English, unlike their children who learned and spoke fluent English. 
C)  were from southern and eastern Europe 
D)  tended to settle in northeastern cities. 
E)  were largely Roman Catholic or Jewish.

Exam 24: America Moves to the City

Most Italian immigrants to the United States between 1880 and 1920 came to escape

The vast majority of employed female workers in the late 19th century were

The public library movement across America was greatly aided by the generous financial support from

Identify and state the historical significance of Mary Baker Eddy.

Identify and state the historical significance of James Gibbons.

By 1900, advocates of women's suffrage

In the course of the late 19th century

Americans offered growing support for a free public education system

By the late 19th century, most of the Old Immigrant groups from northern and Western Europe

Identify and state the historical significance of Florence Kelley.

Identify and state the historical significance of Booker T. Washington.

In the decades after the Civil War, changes in sexual attitudes and practices were reflected in all of the following EXCEPT

In the new urban environment, most liberal Protestants

Which of the following sports was NOT developed in the decades following the Civil War?

The American Protective Association

In criticizing Booker T. Washington's educational emphasis on manual labor and industrial training, W.E.B. Du Bois emphasized instead that black education should concentrate on

How were the growing social class divisions in large American cities reflected in the provision of different forms of art, music, and recreation for the elite and the masses?

Identify and state the historical significance of W. E. B. Du Bois.

By 1900, congressional legislation barred ____ from immigrating to America.

The New Immigrants who came to America after 1880

New World Beginnings

The Contest for North America

Settling the English Colonies

American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

The Road to Revolution

America Secedes From the Empire

The Confederation and the Constitution

Launching the New Ship of State

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

The Rise of a Mass Democracy

Forging the National Economy

The Ferment of Reform and Culture

The South and the Slavery Controversy

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy

Renewing the Sectional Struggle

Drifting Toward Disunion

Girding for War the North and the South

The Furnace of Civil War

The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The Industrial Era Dawns

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

The Conquest of the West

Rumbles of Discontent

Empire and Expansion

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

American Life in the Roaring Twenties

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

America in World War II

The Cold War Begins

American Zenith

The Stormy Sixties

A Sea of Troubles

The Resurgence of Conservatism

America Confronts the Post Cold War Era

The American People Face a New Century

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