Question 1

Beginning in the 1870s,American men of all classes were united in their passion for

Accepted Answer

A)   baseball.
B)   dance halls.
C)   theater.
D)   church socials.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 2

Samuel Gompers,the founder of the American Federation of Labor,

Accepted Answer

A)   envisioned a union that would include skilled and unskilled workers.
B)   worked primarily to elect politicians who were sympathetic to labor.
C)   fought for higher pay and better working conditions for skilled labor.
D)   absolutely opposed strikes as a strategy for change.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

How did business expansion and consolidation affect the social structure in the late-nineteenth-century United States?

Accepted Answer

A)   Class differences in U.S.society largely disappeared.
B)   Racial differences in the U.S.workforce largely disappeared.
C)   A new class of white male salaried managers emerged.
D)   Women were able to earn higher wages and become managers.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 4

What happened to the World's Columbian Exposition site after it closed its doors in October 1894?

Accepted Answer

A)   Chicago's unemployed and homeless took over its buildings.
B)   Chicago made it an official landmark.
C)   Real estate developers transformed it into a luxury housing complex.
D)   Chicago ordered the buildings burned to the ground.E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

According to Map 19.2: The Impact of Immigration,to 1910,which of the following states had the highest percentage of immigrant inhabitants?

Accepted Answer

A)   Michigan
B)   South Dakota
C)   Missouri
D)   OregonE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 6

The racism directed at ethnic immigrant groups in America in the late nineteenth century

Accepted Answer

A)   diminished as each new group of immigrants reached the country and diversified the population.
B)   was the product of the perception that ethnic and religious differences were racial characteristics.
C)   was directed only at those ethnic groups that had dark skin.
D)   divided the immigrant workforce between skilled laborers from Southern and Eastern Europe and unskilled laborers from Northern and Western Europe.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 7

What was the "Chicago school" of the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)   A coalition of mob bosses and thugs who ruled the city's politics after the Great Fire
B)   A group of painters who embraced the fin de siècle impressionists in Europe
C)   An assembly of scholars and reformers who sought to address the city's urban decay
D)   A skilled group of architects who made commercial architecture a new art formE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

What was the Knights of Labor?

Accepted Answer

A)   The first mass organization for American workers
B)   A group focused exclusively on native-born skilled workers
C)   The only union to exclude blacks and women
D)   A staunch ally of the American Federation of LaborE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 9

What developed as a result of the opening of department stores in the late-nineteenth-century United States?

Accepted Answer

A)   A new consumer culture
B)   A formal dress code for working women
C)   Changes in minimum-wage laws
D)   Stringent new notions of saving moneyE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

As middle- and upper-class urbanites moved to new areas of their cities in the late nineteenth century,poor city dwellers

Accepted Answer

A)   also moved to the outskirts of the industrial cities.
B)   became socially segregated from the wealthy.
C)   gained increasing economic and political power.
D)   saw the quality of their daily lives improve dramatically.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

New York City's Central Park was planned to provide

Accepted Answer

A)   a series of playing fields for professional athletes.
B)   a delivery route for businesses on the streets lining the park.
C)   a natural oasis away from the busyness of the city.
D)   a concentration of plant matter to ensure sufficient oxygen production.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

What did Coney Island symbolize in the late 1800s?

Accepted Answer

A)   The power of the church to control mass entertainment
B)   The Statue of Liberty's attraction for tourists
C)   The importance of nature as a retreat from urban life
D)   The rise of mass entertainment in AmericaE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 13

What did the public school system in late-nineteenth-century American cities provide?

Accepted Answer

A)   After-school programs
B)   Year-round programs for all children,including babies and toddlers
C)   Year-round programs and free tuition for children under age twelve
D)   Free tuition and open access to all school-aged childrenE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 14

Which of the following describes the economic survival of the nineteenth-century American working-class family?

Accepted Answer

A)   It depended on the employment of every family member.
B)   It was assured as long as the male head of household was able to find a job.
C)   It was assured as long as both parents worked outside the home.
D)   It required the assistance of local social service agencies.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 15

How did most new women immigrants come to the United States in the late-nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)   As wives,mothers,or daughters
B)   As single,unskilled wage laborers
C)   As single,skilled workers
D)   As part of educated,well-off familiesE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 16

The advent of the adding machine,typewriter,and cash register had the greatest impact on

Accepted Answer

A)   literate white men.
B)   literate white women.
C)   immigrants who gained skills on the shop floor.
D)   illiterate women who wanted to learn new skills.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 17

During the 1880s,the Knights of Labor advocated for

Accepted Answer

A)   overtime pay,paid sick days,and paid vacations.
B)   social revolution and workers' ownership of the means of production.
C)   public ownership of the railroads,an income tax,and equal pay for women.
D)   shorter hours for children and women who worked outside of their homes.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 18

"Storm the fort ye Knights of Labor, Battle for your cause;
Equal rights for every neighbor
Down with tyrant laws!
Lazy drones steal all the honey
From hard labor's hives;
Bankers control the nation's money
And destroy our lives."
In the Knights of Labor's 1882 anthem "Storm the Fronts," who were the "tyrants" against whom the Knights fought?

Accepted Answer

A)   Former slave owners
B)   Corrupt politicians
C)   The idle rich
D)   Foreign rivalsE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

According to Map 19.2: The Impact of Immigration,to 1910,which region had the highest percentage of immigrants in ca.1910?

Accepted Answer

A)   West Coast
B)   East Coast
C)   South
D)   The border statesE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

Throughout much of the nineteenth century,middle-class American women were confined by a cultural ideology that dictated that they

Accepted Answer

A)   work outside the home to make ends meet.
B)   integrate workplace and home as much as possible.
C)   exist within the private sphere of the household.
D)   extend their sphere of influence to include charity work.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Exam 4: The City and Its Workers, 1870-1900

The advent of the adding machine,typewriter,and cash register had the greatest impact on

Correct Answer
verified

What was the Knights of Labor?

Correct Answer
verified

Throughout much of the nineteenth century,middle-class American women were confined by a cultural ideology that dictated that they

Correct Answer
verified

Samuel Gompers,the founder of the American Federation of Labor,

Correct Answer
verified

Which of the following describes the economic survival of the nineteenth-century American working-class family?

Correct Answer
verified

New York City's Central Park was planned to provide

Correct Answer
verified

According to Map 19.2: The Impact of Immigration,to 1910,which of the following states had the highest percentage of immigrant inhabitants?

Correct Answer
verified

During the 1880s,the Knights of Labor advocated for

Correct Answer
verified

What happened to the World's Columbian Exposition site after it closed its doors in October 1894?

Correct Answer
verified

What developed as a result of the opening of department stores in the late-nineteenth-century United States?

Correct Answer
verified

How did most new women immigrants come to the United States in the late-nineteenth century?

Correct Answer
verified

As middle- and upper-class urbanites moved to new areas of their cities in the late nineteenth century,poor city dwellers

Correct Answer
verified

Beginning in the 1870s,American men of all classes were united in their passion for

Correct Answer
verified

How did business expansion and consolidation affect the social structure in the late-nineteenth-century United States?

Correct Answer
verified

The racism directed at ethnic immigrant groups in America in the late nineteenth century

Correct Answer
verified

According to Map 19.2: The Impact of Immigration,to 1910,which region had the highest percentage of immigrants in ca.1910?

Correct Answer
verified

What was the "Chicago school" of the late nineteenth century?

Correct Answer
verified

What did the public school system in late-nineteenth-century American cities provide?

Correct Answer
verified

What did Coney Island symbolize in the late 1800s?

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Exam 4: The City and Its Workers, 1870-1900

The advent of the adding machine,typewriter,and cash register had the greatest impact on

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What was the Knights of Labor?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Throughout much of the nineteenth century,middle-class American women were confined by a cultural ideology that dictated that they

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Samuel Gompers,the founder of the American Federation of Labor,

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Which of the following describes the economic survival of the nineteenth-century American working-class family?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

New York City's Central Park was planned to provide

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

According to Map 19.2: The Impact of Immigration,to 1910,which of the following states had the highest percentage of immigrant inhabitants?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

During the 1880s,the Knights of Labor advocated for

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What happened to the World's Columbian Exposition site after it closed its doors in October 1894?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What developed as a result of the opening of department stores in the late-nineteenth-century United States?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

How did most new women immigrants come to the United States in the late-nineteenth century?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

As middle- and upper-class urbanites moved to new areas of their cities in the late nineteenth century,poor city dwellers

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Beginning in the 1870s,American men of all classes were united in their passion for

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

How did business expansion and consolidation affect the social structure in the late-nineteenth-century United States?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The racism directed at ethnic immigrant groups in America in the late nineteenth century

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

According to Map 19.2: The Impact of Immigration,to 1910,which region had the highest percentage of immigrants in ca.1910?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What was the "Chicago school" of the late nineteenth century?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What did the public school system in late-nineteenth-century American cities provide?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What did Coney Island symbolize in the late 1800s?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified