Question 1

By 1920,the majority of workers in American cities were

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A) highly skilled and well paid. 
B) women. 
C) immigrants. 
D) highly skilled and poorly paid. 
E) migrants from America's farms. 
A) highly skilled and well paid. 
B) women. 
C) immigrants. 
D) highly skilled and poorly paid. 
E) migrants from America's farms.

Question 2

Skyscrapers were reaching to the sky but smaller and shorter than European cathedrals.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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

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

Question 4

The audience for novelist Laura Jane Libbey was mostly

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A) men. 
B) working class. 
C) wealthy. 
D) southern. 
E) children. 
A) men. 
B) working class. 
C) wealthy. 
D) southern. 
E) children.

Question 5

This time period saw a great deal of government corruption and organized crime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Describe the living and working conditions of immigrant laborers.

Accepted Answer

Most immigrants came to the United State

Question 7

IDENTIFICATIONS
-political machines

Accepted Answer

Organizations that controlled

Question 8

In 1870,approximately 1/3 of black men in northern cities were skilled tradesmen;however,by 1910 ____ of black men made a living in skilled trades.

Accepted Answer

A) 10 percent 
B) 25 percent 
C) 50 percent 
D) 75 percent 
E) 90 percent 
A) 10 percent 
B) 25 percent 
C) 50 percent 
D) 75 percent 
E) 90 percent

Question 9

Most European immigrants who arrived between 1880 and 1914 came from

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A) northern and western Europe. 
B) eastern and southern Europe. 
C) Africa. 
D) Asia. 
E) Mexico. 
A) northern and western Europe. 
B) eastern and southern Europe. 
C) Africa. 
D) Asia. 
E) Mexico.

Question 10

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

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

Question 11

Of all the new migrants,the group with the least reason to return home would be

Accepted Answer

A) The Russian Jewish population. 
B) Chinese migrants. 
C) Japanese migrants. 
D) German migrants. 
E) Italian migrants. 
A) The Russian Jewish population. 
B) Chinese migrants. 
C) Japanese migrants. 
D) German migrants. 
E) Italian migrants.

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-feminism

Accepted Answer

term used to describe the desire for equ

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

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Immigrants who came to the United States tended to do so regardless of whether or not they had friends or relatives already in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

IDENTIFICATIONS
-graft

Accepted Answer

term used to describe bribes paid to mac

Question 17

The one thing feminism,pluralism and cosmopolitanism all had in common was

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A) they all made Americans anxious. 
B) they would benefit all Americans equally. 
C) none of the presidents paid them much attention. 
D) they seem to be overlooked by most Americans. 
E) all of these choices 
A) they all made Americans anxious. 
B) they would benefit all Americans equally. 
C) none of the presidents paid them much attention. 
D) they seem to be overlooked by most Americans. 
E) all of these choices

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Horace Kallen was an early spokesman for

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A) cultural pluralism and a celebration of ethnic difference in America. 
B) the melting pot assimilation to American culture. 
C) feminism and working class women's labor movements. 
D) national woman suffrage. 
E) an end to child labor. 
A) cultural pluralism and a celebration of ethnic difference in America. 
B) the melting pot assimilation to American culture. 
C) feminism and working class women's labor movements. 
D) national woman suffrage. 
E) an end to child labor.

Exam 20: Cities, peoples, cultures, 1890-1920

By 1920,the majority of workers in American cities were

Skyscrapers were reaching to the sky but smaller and shorter than European cathedrals.

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

The audience for novelist Laura Jane Libbey was mostly

This time period saw a great deal of government corruption and organized crime.

Describe the living and working conditions of immigrant laborers.

IDENTIFICATIONS -political machines

In 1870,approximately 1/3 of black men in northern cities were skilled tradesmen;however,by 1910 ____ of black men made a living in skilled trades.

Most European immigrants who arrived between 1880 and 1914 came from

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

Of all the new migrants,the group with the least reason to return home would be

IDENTIFICATIONS -feminism

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

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

Immigrants who came to the United States tended to do so regardless of whether or not they had friends or relatives already in the United States.

IDENTIFICATIONS -graft

The one thing feminism,pluralism and cosmopolitanism all had in common was

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

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

Horace Kallen was an early spokesman for

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, resistance, revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

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

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

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

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

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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