Question 1

Over 140 young Jewish and Italian women died in a fire caused by unsafe conditions in the ____________________ Company.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Over 140 young Jewish and Italian women...

Question 2

Most mass immigration to the United States after 1880 was propelled by economic hardship.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In the early years of the movie industry the price of theater tickets was too high for the working classes of the cities to enjoy this new form of entertainment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

One of the new elements to the dime novels were

Accepted Answer

A) working class women. 
B) romance. 
C) fantasies. 
D) experience of immigration. 
E) domestic women. 
A) working class women. 
B) romance. 
C) fantasies. 
D) experience of immigration. 
E) domestic women.

Question 5

The writer who called for the release of women from domestic chores through collectivized housework was​

Accepted Answer

A) Margaret Sanger. 
B) Alice Paul. 
C) Charlotte Perkins Gilman. 
D) Crystal Eastman. 
E) Emma Goldman. 
A) Margaret Sanger. 
B) Alice Paul. 
C) Charlotte Perkins Gilman. 
D) Crystal Eastman. 
E) Emma Goldman.

Question 6

In African American communities one would find which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) funeral homes. 
B) newspapers. 
C) grocery stores. 
D) doctor's offices. 
E) all of these choices 
A) funeral homes. 
B) newspapers. 
C) grocery stores. 
D) doctor's offices. 
E) all of these choices

Question 7

The structure of the Columbia Exposition reinforced a racial hierarchy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

America's first illegal aliens were

Accepted Answer

A) Mexicans. 
B) Puerto Ricans. 
C) Italians. 
D) Chinese and Japanese. 
E) Canadians. 
A) Mexicans. 
B) Puerto Ricans. 
C) Italians. 
D) Chinese and Japanese. 
E) Canadians.

Question 9

Coney Island offered commercial amusements in a setting in which social mores were decidedly loosened.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Man local politicians made money through graft.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Most of the "new immigrants"

Accepted Answer

A) intended to establish permanent homes and to become U.S. citizens. 
B) moved to the South to take advantage of industrial development there. 
C) immediately joined labor unions. 
D) hoped to work and save money in the United States and then to return to their homelands. 
E) bought farms. 
A) intended to establish permanent homes and to become U.S. citizens. 
B) moved to the South to take advantage of industrial development there. 
C) immediately joined labor unions. 
D) hoped to work and save money in the United States and then to return to their homelands. 
E) bought farms.

Question 12

Amusement parks tended to attract the ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Amusement parks tended to attract the ____________________....

Question 13

By 1900, the average work week in American industry was fifty hours.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The new kind of building in the city was the ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The new kind of building in the...

Question 15

The quintessential force in late-nineteenth-century city government was

Accepted Answer

A) city hall. 
B) the political machine. 
C) the political party. 
D) the mayor. 
E) the wealthy private citizen. 
A) city hall. 
B) the political machine. 
C) the political party. 
D) the mayor. 
E) the wealthy private citizen.

Question 16

Explore the causes and patterns of immigration during the period 1890-1920.

Accepted Answer

During the period of 1890-1920, there we

Question 17

Big city machines were both positive and negative forces in urban life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The nation's first subways were constructed in

Accepted Answer

A) New York City. 
B) Boston. 
C) Philadelphia. 
D) Chicago. 
E) Trenton. 
A) New York City. 
B) Boston. 
C) Philadelphia. 
D) Chicago. 
E) Trenton.

Question 19

The movement toward urban architectural renovation became known as ______________________________.

Accepted Answer

The City B

Question 20

____________________ was the first female movie sex symbol.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ was the first female movie sex...

Exam 20: Cities, Peoples, Cultures, 1890-1920

Over 140 young Jewish and Italian women died in a fire caused by unsafe conditions in the ____________________ Company.

Most mass immigration to the United States after 1880 was propelled by economic hardship.

In the early years of the movie industry the price of theater tickets was too high for the working classes of the cities to enjoy this new form of entertainment.

One of the new elements to the dime novels were

The writer who called for the release of women from domestic chores through collectivized housework was​

In African American communities one would find which of the following?

The structure of the Columbia Exposition reinforced a racial hierarchy.

America's first illegal aliens were

Coney Island offered commercial amusements in a setting in which social mores were decidedly loosened.

Man local politicians made money through graft.

Most of the "new immigrants"

Amusement parks tended to attract the ____________________.

By 1900, the average work week in American industry was fifty hours.

The new kind of building in the city was the ____________________.

The quintessential force in late-nineteenth-century city government was

Explore the causes and patterns of immigration during the period 1890-1920.

Big city machines were both positive and negative forces in urban life.

The nation's first subways were constructed in

The movement toward urban architectural renovation became known as ______________________________.

____________________ was the first female movie sex symbol.

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Colonization in North America, 1600-1680

Empires, Indians, and the Struggle for Power in North America, 1670-1720

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent, 1720-1763

Reform, Resistance, Revolution, 1763-1776

The Revolutionary Republic, 1776-1789

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture, 1815-1850

Whigs and Democrats, 1815-1840

Antebellum Reform, 1820-1860

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery 1845-1860

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Progressivism, 1900-1917

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

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The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War, 1939-1945

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

America at Midcentury, 1953-1963

America During a Divisive War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

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