Question 1

In late-nineteenth-century cities, it was not uncommon for the very wealthy to live in the heart of the city.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

By the 1890s, the largest number of immigrants to the United States came from

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A)   southern and eastern Europe.
B)   Mexico and Central America.
C)   Great Britain and Germany.
D)   China and Japan.
E)   Ireland and Italy.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 3

In the late nineteenth century, construction of the majority of great public buildings was paid for by wealthy residents.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In the late nineteenth century, leisure activities tended to be divided by

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A)   gender.
B)   class.
C)   race.
D)   both race and gender.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 5

By the turn of the century, professional baseball and collegiate football were both important spectator sports.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Immigrant Americans were more likely to commit crimes than were native-born Americans.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Among the new immigrant arrivals to late nineteenth-century America, no single national group could be said to have dominated the scene.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

By 1890, populations in the biggest urban areas

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A)   increased mainly as a result of longer life expectancy.
B)   experienced massive growth even where there was little immigration.
C)   rose as the number of children born into urban families doubled.
D)   soared as the rates of infant mortality and disease significantly declined.
E)   consisted mostly of foreign-born immigrants and their children.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

In the early twentieth century, efforts to improve environmental problems in American cities

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A)   were nonexistent.
B)   focused on the wealthy and ignored the urban poor.
C)   included a new federal environmental regulatory agency.
D)   led many cities to ban horses from their streets.
E)   did not yet include the construction of sewage disposal systems.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 10

Henry Bowers's hatred of immigration led him to found the American ________.

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Protective Association

Question 11

In the 1890s, Jacob Riis

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A)   favored stopping immigration as a way to improve urban American cities.
B)   crusaded to expose political corruption in major American cities.
C)   documented the stories of wealthy Americans who came from humble origins.
D)   reported on the living conditions of the urban poor to encourage improvements.
E)   pushed for the creation of mass transit systems and outlying suburbs in America's cities.F) D) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 12

The first American subway system came into use in Boston in 1897.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In 1894, the Immigration Restriction League

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A)   sought a ban on all immigration to the United States for fifteen years.
B)   proposed screening immigrants to allow only the "desirable" ones to enter.
C)   sought a ban on immigrants from Europe, but not Asia.
D)   called for the establishment of a tax on all immigrants.
E)   pushed strongly for the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act.F) A) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 14

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

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A)   the economic depression of 1893.
B)   the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
C)   the new technology of skyscrapers.
D)   both the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and the new technology of skyscrapers.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 15

Which American writer is LEAST associated with the trend toward social realism in literature in the late nineteenth century?

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A)   Mark Twain
B)   Upton Sinclair
C)   Frank Norris
D)   Stephen Crane
E)   Theodore DreiserF) A) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 16

Tenement buildings in urban America were

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A)   first constructed in Chicago in the 1880s.
B)   intended to be occupied as single-family dwellings.
C)   initially praised as an improvement in housing for the poor.
D)   subsidized by city governments.
E)   considered luxury housing by most urban residents.F) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 17

In 1869, Princeton and Rutgers played the first intercollegiate game in America of

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A)   baseball.
B)   boxing.
C)   football.
D)   basketball.
E)   soccer.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 18

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

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Question 19

By the turn of the century, primary and secondary education were nearly universal in the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 20

It can be said that Darwinism helped spawn the philosophy of pragmatism.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Exam 18: The Age of the City

In late-nineteenth-century cities, it was not uncommon for the very wealthy to live in the heart of the city.

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By the 1890s, the largest number of immigrants to the United States came from

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In the late nineteenth century, construction of the majority of great public buildings was paid for by wealthy residents.

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In the late nineteenth century, leisure activities tended to be divided by

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By the turn of the century, professional baseball and collegiate football were both important spectator sports.

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Immigrant Americans were more likely to commit crimes than were native-born Americans.

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Among the new immigrant arrivals to late nineteenth-century America, no single national group could be said to have dominated the scene.

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By 1890, populations in the biggest urban areas

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In the early twentieth century, efforts to improve environmental problems in American cities

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Henry Bowers's hatred of immigration led him to found the American ________.

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In the 1890s, Jacob Riis

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The first American subway system came into use in Boston in 1897.

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In 1894, the Immigration Restriction League

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

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Which American writer is LEAST associated with the trend toward social realism in literature in the late nineteenth century?

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Tenement buildings in urban America were

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In 1869, Princeton and Rutgers played the first intercollegiate game in America of

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

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By the turn of the century, primary and secondary education were nearly universal in the United States.

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It can be said that Darwinism helped spawn the philosophy of pragmatism.

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