Question 1

The living conditions for most of the working class can best be described as

Accepted Answer

A) pleasant. 
B) squalid. 
C) spacious. 
D) sanitary. 
E) healthy. 
A) pleasant. 
B) squalid. 
C) spacious. 
D) sanitary. 
E) healthy.

Question 2

American vaudeville

Accepted Answer

A) grew out of antebellum minstrelsy. 
B) would be best described as song shows. 
C) had largely died out by 1900. 
D) initially catered to the wealthy, leisure class. 
E) never appealed to the respectable middle class. 
A) grew out of antebellum minstrelsy. 
B) would be best described as song shows. 
C) had largely died out by 1900. 
D) initially catered to the wealthy, leisure class. 
E) never appealed to the respectable middle class.

Question 3

Many immigrants between 1900 and 1914 returned to the land of their birth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Discuss the changing views of the role of women in U.S. society and the emergence of the women's rights movement in the period 1900 to 1920.

Accepted Answer

In the period from 1900 to 1920, the vie

Question 5

The nation's racial climate was worsening.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Examine the changing sexual mores and attitudes toward women in the period from 1890 to 1920.

Accepted Answer

During the period from 1890 to 1920, the

Question 7

The idea of American's nationality being cosmopolitan was first discussed by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Israel Zangwill 
B) Horace Kallen 
C) Margaret Sanger. 
D) Theodore Roosevelt. 
E) Randolph Bourne 
A) Israel Zangwill 
B) Horace Kallen 
C) Margaret Sanger. 
D) Theodore Roosevelt. 
E) Randolph Bourne

Question 8

The black middle class of the nineteenth century went into decline as whites no longer wanted to employ blacks for services such as barbering or food preparation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The Midway Plaisance was a feature attraction at Coney Island.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

All of the following were characteristics of urban life in the late nineteenth century except

Accepted Answer

A) city governments provided clean water largely for the middle and upper classes. 
B) most working class city dwellers lived in overcrowded, unsanitary, disease-ridden tenements. 
C) ethnic minorities maintained their communal identity by establishing churches and fraternal societies. 
D) social classes and ethnic groups mixed freely in city housing areas. 
E) many working class families lacked running water. 
A) city governments provided clean water largely for the middle and upper classes. 
B) most working class city dwellers lived in overcrowded, unsanitary, disease-ridden tenements. 
C) ethnic minorities maintained their communal identity by establishing churches and fraternal societies. 
D) social classes and ethnic groups mixed freely in city housing areas. 
E) many working class families lacked running water.

Question 11

Chronic fatigue and inadequate nourishment increased the risk of ____________________ or injury for workers.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Chronic fatigue and inadequate nourishment increased the...

Question 12

The black middle class tended to be smaller and more precarious than its counterpart in other ethnic communities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The least successful fair in American history was the Columbia Exposition.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

The living conditions for most of the working class can best be described as

American vaudeville

Many immigrants between 1900 and 1914 returned to the land of their birth.

Discuss the changing views of the role of women in U.S. society and the emergence of the women's rights movement in the period 1900 to 1920.

The nation's racial climate was worsening.

Examine the changing sexual mores and attitudes toward women in the period from 1890 to 1920.

The idea of American's nationality being cosmopolitan was first discussed by which of the following?

The black middle class of the nineteenth century went into decline as whites no longer wanted to employ blacks for services such as barbering or food preparation.

The Midway Plaisance was a feature attraction at Coney Island.

All of the following were characteristics of urban life in the late nineteenth century except

Chronic fatigue and inadequate nourishment increased the risk of ____________________ or injury for workers.

The black middle class tended to be smaller and more precarious than its counterpart in other ethnic communities.

The least successful fair in American history was the Columbia Exposition.

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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