Exam 18: The Age of the City

In the late nineteenth century,most city parks were simply lands between houses and other buildings that had yet to be developed.

How and why did American attitudes change during the nineteenth century regarding leisure activities?

At the end of the nineteenth century,the population density of Manhattan was higher than that of the most crowded cities of Europe.

Most of the new immigrants were rural people,and their adjustment to city life was often painful.

In the late nineteenth century,political "machines" in cities owed their existence to

Baseball was much like a game called "rounders," which was derived from the British game of ________.

The census of 1920 revealed that for the first time in American history,a majority of Americans lived in ________ areas.

Describe the key features one would find in a large urban American city at the end of the nineteenth century.

Prior to the late nineteenth century,few Americans placed much value in leisure.

In what ways did mass entertainment in the late nineteenth century perpetuate racial,class,and gender distinctions? In what ways did it break down these distinctions?

________ was one of the few entertainment media open to black performers at the turn of the century.

What was the status of American education by the end of the nineteenth century?

The "city beautiful" movement in the United States was inspired,in part,by

The great movement of people from rural to urban areas was unique to the United States.

According to the philosophy of pragmatism,society should be guided by

The assimilation process of the late nineteenth century was aided by the public schools.

Both Theodore Dreiser and Stephen Crane found a market by writing novels that painted grim pictures of life in the city to their readers.

In what ways did the traditional cultural beliefs and values practiced by new immigrants both help and hinder their adjustment to life in America?

In the late nineteenth century,efforts to reduce poverty in America

When the first tenements were built in 1850,they were viewed as a great improvement in housing for the poor.