Question 1

Which of the following is a valid conclusion to draw about the ways in which immigrants adjusted to urban life in their new society?

Accepted Answer

A)  Skilled workers and immigrants familiar with Anglo-American customs had relatively few problems adjusting, but for others, adjusting was difficult. 
B)  Immigrants had little desire to become Americanized. 
C)  Immigrants came to the United States to try to become like Americans. 
D)  Immigrants were ashamed of their native culture. 
E)  The dominant American culture made assimilation impossible. 
A)  Skilled workers and immigrants familiar with Anglo-American customs had relatively few problems adjusting, but for others, adjusting was difficult. 
B)  Immigrants had little desire to become Americanized. 
C)  Immigrants came to the United States to try to become like Americans. 
D)  Immigrants were ashamed of their native culture. 
E)  The dominant American culture made assimilation impossible.

Question 2

How did writers, artists, and educational reformers address issues of cultural conflict?

Accepted Answer

Writers, artists, and educational reform

Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Thorstein Veblen

Accepted Answer

Thorstein Veblen was an American economi

Question 4

Who argued in The American Woman's Home that those of "good breeding" should avoid "reaching over another person's plate; ...using the table-cloth instead of napkins; ...and picking the teeth at the table"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
B)  Jane Addams 
C)  Catharine Beecher 
D)  Susan B. Anthony 
E)  Abigail Allen 
A)  Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
B)  Jane Addams 
C)  Catharine Beecher 
D)  Susan B. Anthony 
E)  Abigail Allen

Question 5

Compare the responsibilities of women in southern black families, poor white Midwestern farm families, urban working-class families, and middle-class families. Explain the "cult of domesticity." How did middle-class expectations about women's role within the home change during the last half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

In the 19th century, the responsibilitie

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Victorian morality

Accepted Answer

Victorian morality refers to the set of

Question 7

What problems did Frederick Law Olmsted's plan for a connected park system solve? Why did he propose a connected system of parks tied to waterways?

Accepted Answer

Frederick Law Olmsted's plan for a conne

Question 8

What is the difference between tenements and ghettos?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tenements were homes where three or four families would live together; ghettos were neighborhoods where tenements were located. 
B)  Tenements were apartment buildings where immigrants clustered; ghettos occurred when residents of tenements were prevented by law or social pressure from renting somewhere else. 
C)  Tenements were overcrowded apartment buildings with few services; ghettos were neighborhoods where blacks lived. 
D)  Tenements were community centers where settlement workers provided services to t he urban poor; ghettos were the neighborhoods where the urban poor lived. 
E)  All of these choices 
A)  Tenements were homes where three or four families would live together; ghettos were neighborhoods where tenements were located. 
B)  Tenements were apartment buildings where immigrants clustered; ghettos occurred when residents of tenements were prevented by law or social pressure from renting somewhere else. 
C)  Tenements were overcrowded apartment buildings with few services; ghettos were neighborhoods where blacks lived. 
D)  Tenements were community centers where settlement workers provided services to t he urban poor; ghettos were the neighborhoods where the urban poor lived. 
E)  All of these choices

Question 9

Which of the following is not an indicator of women's changing relationship to men during the last decades of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The rise of bicycling as a popular activity among young women 
B)  The growing popularity of catalog and department stores 
C)  The substantial rise in the divorce rate in these years 
D)  The new themes found in novels by women writers 
E)  The growth of coeducational private colleges and public universities 
A)  The rise of bicycling as a popular activity among young women 
B)  The growing popularity of catalog and department stores 
C)  The substantial rise in the divorce rate in these years 
D)  The new themes found in novels by women writers 
E)  The growth of coeducational private colleges and public universities

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Ellis Island

Accepted Answer

Ellis Island is a historical site locate

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Andrew D. White, Charles W. Eliot

Accepted Answer

Andrew D. White was an American diplomat

Exam 19: Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life

Which of the following is a valid conclusion to draw about the ways in which immigrants adjusted to urban life in their new society?

How did writers, artists, and educational reformers address issues of cultural conflict?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Thorstein Veblen

Who argued in The American Woman's Home that those of "good breeding" should avoid "reaching over another person's plate; ...using the table-cloth instead of napkins; ...and picking the teeth at the table"?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Victorian morality

What problems did Frederick Law Olmsted's plan for a connected park system solve? Why did he propose a connected system of parks tied to waterways?

What is the difference between tenements and ghettos?

Which of the following is not an indicator of women's changing relationship to men during the last decades of the nineteenth century?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Ellis Island

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Andrew D. White, Charles W. Eliot

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