Question 1

Women began to reinforce and support traditional ideas about sex and gender equality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The "old" and "new" immigrants had nothing in common.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

____________________ built a lucrative business from hair and skin lotions in the African American community.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ built a lucrative business from hair...

Question 4

Few Americans attended the Columbia Exposition.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

By the early twentieth century, Japanese immigrants owned about 25 percent of California's total farm acreage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

A major problem with waterworks in the large cities was

Accepted Answer

A) location of pipes. 
B) water contamination. 
C) quality of the pipes. 
D) reluctance of people to use the supply. 
E) all of these choices 
A) location of pipes. 
B) water contamination. 
C) quality of the pipes. 
D) reluctance of people to use the supply. 
E) all of these choices

Question 7

Margaret Sanger crusaded for

Accepted Answer

A) birth control. 
B) free love. 
C) automation for of housekeeping chores. 
D) women's suffrage. 
E) all of these choices 
A) birth control. 
B) free love. 
C) automation for of housekeeping chores. 
D) women's suffrage. 
E) all of these choices

Question 8

Employers tended to use black strikebreakers because they were sympathetic to their economic plight.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson disdained the "melting pot" notion of America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Al Capone was known as "the J.P. Morgan of the underworld."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Chinese and Japanese immigrants

Accepted Answer

A) settled primarily in the South. 
B) worked primarily in the automobile industry. 
C) made up the majority of the urban workforce. 
D) were generally more prosperous than European immigrants. 
E) were ineligible for citizenship. 
A) settled primarily in the South. 
B) worked primarily in the automobile industry. 
C) made up the majority of the urban workforce. 
D) were generally more prosperous than European immigrants. 
E) were ineligible for citizenship.

Question 12

For the most part, native-born Americans viewed the "new immigrants" as

Accepted Answer

A) culturally sophisticated and racially fit. 
B) politically mature. 
C) groups who would enrich America's multicultural society. 
D) capable of assimilating to American traditions. 
E) racially inferior and culturally impoverished. 
A) culturally sophisticated and racially fit. 
B) politically mature. 
C) groups who would enrich America's multicultural society. 
D) capable of assimilating to American traditions. 
E) racially inferior and culturally impoverished.

Question 13

Robert Hunter estimated in 1904 that ____ percent of the Northern industrial population lived in poverty.

Accepted Answer

A) 5 
B) 10 
C) 15 
D) 20 
E) 25 
A) 5 
B) 10 
C) 15 
D) 20 
E) 25

Question 14

Examine the changes in amusements and in commercial entertainment at the turn of the century.

Accepted Answer

At the turn of the century, there were s

Question 15

Most of those who worked and died at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company were

Accepted Answer

A) young males. 
B) young immigrant females. 
C) older men. 
D) children. 
E) middle age "old immigrant" women. 
A) young males. 
B) young immigrant females. 
C) older men. 
D) children. 
E) middle age "old immigrant" women.

Question 16

African Americans migrated to ____________________ areas in the north and south.

Accepted Answer

The answer of African Americans migrated to ____________________ areas in...

Question 17

Museums in the Gild Age worked the hardest to attract the attention of the

Accepted Answer

A) well-to-do. 
B) intellectual community. 
C) widest possible audience. 
D) female club members. 
E) working class. 
A) well-to-do. 
B) intellectual community. 
C) widest possible audience. 
D) female club members. 
E) working class.

Question 18

Cosmopolitanism refers to​

Accepted Answer

A) ​the belief that cities had far more to offer than rural areas. 
B) ​the celebration of variety and diversity in urban areas. 
C) ​the movement of architectural innovation and improvement in American cities. 
D) ​the belief that  immigration created a "melting pot" in cities. 
E) ​None of these choices. 
A) ​the belief that cities had far more to offer than rural areas. 
B) ​the celebration of variety and diversity in urban areas. 
C) ​the movement of architectural innovation and improvement in American cities. 
D) ​the belief that  immigration created a "melting pot" in cities. 
E) ​None of these choices.

Question 19

Many "new" immigrants rose to the prosperous ranks of skilled labor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

_________________________ acknowledged the positive aspects of diversity by noting the importance of "immigrant gifts" to America.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _________________________ acknowledged the positive aspects of diversity...

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

Women began to reinforce and support traditional ideas about sex and gender equality.

The "old" and "new" immigrants had nothing in common.

____________________ built a lucrative business from hair and skin lotions in the African American community.

Few Americans attended the Columbia Exposition.

By the early twentieth century, Japanese immigrants owned about 25 percent of California's total farm acreage.

A major problem with waterworks in the large cities was

Margaret Sanger crusaded for

Employers tended to use black strikebreakers because they were sympathetic to their economic plight.

Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson disdained the "melting pot" notion of America.

Al Capone was known as "the J.P. Morgan of the underworld."

Chinese and Japanese immigrants

For the most part, native-born Americans viewed the "new immigrants" as

Robert Hunter estimated in 1904 that ____ percent of the Northern industrial population lived in poverty.

Examine the changes in amusements and in commercial entertainment at the turn of the century.

Most of those who worked and died at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company were

African Americans migrated to ____________________ areas in the north and south.

Museums in the Gild Age worked the hardest to attract the attention of the

Cosmopolitanism refers to​

Many "new" immigrants rose to the prosperous ranks of skilled labor.

_________________________ acknowledged the positive aspects of diversity by noting the importance of "immigrant gifts" to America.

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, Conquest, Catastrophe

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

The 1920s

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

Economic, Social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2014

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Cosmopolitanism refers to