Multiple Choice Questions

Which statement about education in the late nineteenth century is FALSE?
  • formed close-knit ethnic communities within cities.
  • included a new federal environmental regulatory agency.
  • Funding for public education was highest in rural areas.
  • saw its most famous boss, William M. Tweed, sent to prison.
In the late nineteenth century, crime in large American urban centers
  • All these answers are correct.
  • formed close-knit ethnic communities within cities.
  • generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.
  • moderately well-to-do people.
In 1869, Princeton and Rutgers played the first intercollegiate game in America of
  • football.
  • All these answers are correct.
  • A & P.
  • formed close-knit ethnic communities within cities.
During the late nineteenth century, college education for American women
  • had expanded significantly.
  • formation of credit card companies.
  • increasingly desirable.
  • saw circulation increase much more rapidly than the general population.
At the turn of the twentieth century, motion pictures
  • stop immigrants from entering the United States.
  • formed close-knit ethnic communities within cities.
  • were the first true mass entertainment medium.
  • generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.
In the late nineteenth century, urban political bosses did all of the following EXCEPT
  • the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
  • included the painter Edward Hopper.
  • reduce the costs of city services.
  • be built with an elevator.
In the late nineteenth century, immigrants in the United States
  • All these answers are correct.
  • the rapid growth of urban America and the influx of millions of immigrants.
  • saw its most famous boss, William M. Tweed, sent to prison.
  • generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.
The primary goal of the American Protective Association was to
  • stop immigrants from entering the United States.
  • saw its most famous boss, William M. Tweed, sent to prison.
  • greater than the most crowded European cities.
  • social dislocations and injustices of the present.
The "city beautiful" movement in the United States was inspired, in part, by
  • a majority of Americans lived in "urban" areas.
  • baseball.
  • included the painter Edward Hopper.
  • the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the growth of newspapers
  • saw circulation increase much more rapidly than the general population.
  • the rapid growth of urban America and the influx of millions of immigrants.
  • formation of credit card companies.
  • saw its most famous boss, William M. Tweed, sent to prison.
In the late nineteenth century, political "machines" in cities owed their existence to
  • moderately well-to-do people.
  • the rapid growth of urban America and the influx of millions of immigrants.
  • All these answers are correct.
  • saw charitable organizations try to limit aid to only those deemed "deserving poor."
In the late nineteenth century, many immigrants to the United States
  • saw charitable organizations try to limit aid to only those deemed "deserving poor."
  • formed close-knit ethnic communities within cities.
  • generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.
  • All these answers are correct.
In 1894, the population density of Manhattan in New York was
  • greater than the most crowded European cities.
  • All these answers are correct.
  • proposed screening immigrants to allow only the "desirable" ones to enter.
  • generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.
In 1894, the Immigration Restriction League
  • consisted mostly of foreign-born immigrants and their children.
  • greater than the most crowded European cities.
  • reported on the living conditions of the urban poor to encourage improvements.
  • proposed screening immigrants to allow only the "desirable" ones to enter.
Which American thinker is LEAST associated with study using scientific methods?
  • Henry James
  • The park developed a reputation for wholesome family attractions.
  • football.
  • had expanded significantly.
The principle force behind the creation of great public buildings in the late nineteenth century was
  • All these answers are correct.
  • formation of credit card companies.
  • wealthy residents.
  • break from their traditional culture.
In the late nineteenth century, leisure activities tended to be divided by
  • All these answers are correct.
  • included a new federal environmental regulatory agency.
  • formed close-knit ethnic communities within cities.
  • saw charitable organizations try to limit aid to only those deemed "deserving poor."
In the early twentieth century, efforts to improve environmental problems in American cities
  • generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.
  • included a new federal environmental regulatory agency.
  • All these answers are correct.
  • moderately well-to-do people.
According to the philosophy of pragmatism, society should be guided by
  • scientific inquiry.
  • increasingly desirable.
  • had expanded significantly.
  • All these answers are correct.
In the 1890s, Florence Kelley and the National Consumers League sought to
  • saw charitable organizations try to limit aid to only those deemed "deserving poor."
  • force retailers and manufacturers to improve wages and working conditions for women workers.
  • southern and eastern Europe.
  • reported on the living conditions of the urban poor to encourage improvements.
Compared with the first generation, second-generation immigrants were more likely to
  • All these answers are correct.
  • formation of credit card companies.
  • break from their traditional culture.
  • formed close-knit ethnic communities within cities.
The 1920 census of the United States revealed that
  • baseball.
  • deliberately created a public space that would look as little like the city as possible.
  • the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
  • a majority of Americans lived in "urban" areas.
Compared to most other immigrant ethnic groups in the late nineteenth century, Jewish immigrants
  • moderately well-to-do people.
  • had expanded significantly.
  • All these answers are correct.
  • included a new federal environmental regulatory agency.
In the late nineteenth century, efforts to reduce poverty in America
  • saw charitable organizations try to limit aid to only those deemed "deserving poor."
  • saw its most famous boss, William M. Tweed, sent to prison.
  • All these answers are correct.
  • the rapid growth of urban America and the influx of millions of immigrants.
The designers of New York City's Central Park
  • be built with an elevator.
  • deliberately created a public space that would look as little like the city as possible.
  • included the painter Edward Hopper.
  • a majority of Americans lived in "urban" areas.
Tenement buildings in urban America were
  • proposed screening immigrants to allow only the "desirable" ones to enter.
  • generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.
  • were the first true mass entertainment medium.
  • initially praised as an improvement in housing for the poor.
Between 1890 and 1910, incomes in the United States
  • southern and eastern Europe.
  • consisted of a variety of stage acts.
  • rose for almost all Americans.
  • All these answers are correct.
Charles Darwin's theories of evolution met initial resistance from
  • southern and eastern Europe.
  • All these answers are correct.
  • rose for almost all Americans.
  • had expanded significantly.
In the late nineteenth century, the assimilation of immigrants was encouraged by
  • All these answers are correct.
  • generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.
  • moderately well-to-do people.
  • southern and eastern Europe.
By 1890, populations in the biggest urban areas
  • rose for almost all Americans.
  • consisted mostly of foreign-born immigrants and their children.
  • initially praised as an improvement in housing for the poor.
  • consisted of a variety of stage acts.
By 1900, the transportation systems of American cities included
  • rose for almost all Americans.
  • generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.
  • southern and eastern Europe.
  • All these answers are correct.
In the late nineteenth century, American universities
  • formed close-knit ethnic communities within cities.
  • generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.
  • moderately well-to-do people.
  • All these answers are correct.
In the late nineteenth century, suburbs on the edges of American cities were largely populated by
  • generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.
  • All these answers are correct.
  • formed close-knit ethnic communities within cities.
  • moderately well-to-do people.
During the early decades of the twentieth century, most Americans began to view leisure time as
  • scientific inquiry.
  • moderately well-to-do people.
  • had expanded significantly.
  • increasingly desirable.
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