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Chapter 10: Urban America, 1865—1896

Urban America, 1865-1896

1
What did the eastern European and Chinese immigrants of the late 1800s have in common?
A)Both groups were fleeing rebellions in their homelands.
B)The majority of both groups disembarked at Ellis Island.
C)Both groups mainly settled in the nations’ cities.
D)Both groups were trying to escape religious persecution.
2
What effect did rising nativism have on immigration policies during the late 1800s?
A)Despite rising nativism, the relative ease with which immigrants entered the country remained unchanged.
B)Rising prejudice against immigrants stimulated new laws that restricted immigration and withheld citizenship from Chinese immigrants.
C)The emergence of anti-immigrant groups motivated Congress to pass laws that made it a federal crime to interfere with immigrants’ rights.
D)When rising nativism inspired new laws that restricted immigration, Chinese immigrants successfully petitioned to have the laws repealed.
3
What new building technology allowed architects to begin designing skyscrapers in the late 1800s?
A)concrete pillars
B)steel frames
C)machine-hewn wooden frames
D)mass-produced bricks
4
Which is a TRUE statement about the political machine of the late 1800s?
A)Defendants of the political machine claimed that party bosses addressed the needs of city dwellers.
B)The party bosses of political machines prevented cities from addressing urban social problems.
C)Successful political machines of the late 1800s served as models for future city governments.
D)Political machines eventually broke down because they failed to gain the support of immigrants.
5
The philosophy of Social Darwinism appealed to industrialists because __________.
A)it proposed that one has complete control over one’s future
B)it gave industrialists the responsibility of raising the social consciousness
C)they thought that the development of huge corporations proved the idea that only the fittest survive
D)they wanted to promote a realistic view of their corporations’ role in society
6
In the late 1800s, industrialization promoted entertainment and recreation in all of the following ways EXCEPT __________.
A)the standard of living increased for many, enabling them to spend money on leisure activities
B)machines made work less physically strenuous, and people sought new forms of exercise
C)people began to separate work from home life and began looking for things to do outside of the home
D)the development of mass transit systems brought rural populations into the cities for nightly shows and sporting events
7
Which of the following is a TRUE statement about the Social Gospel movement and Social Darwinism?
A)Social Darwinism aimed to improve society, while the Social Gospel movement just criticized it.
B)Social Darwinism praised competition, while the Social Gospel movement saw competition as the cause of many social problems.
C)Unlike the ideas of Social Darwinism, the Social Gospel movement proposed that a better society would eventually emerge even if people did nothing to improve society.
D)Unlike the Social Gospel movement, Social Darwinism inspired the development of many social programs designed to help the urban poor.
8
__________ believed that people sometimes failed in life because of circumstances that were beyond their control.
A)Social Darwinists
B)Reformers in the Social Gospel movement
C)Naturalists
D)Darwinists
9
Dwight L. Moody, one organizer of the YMCA, differed from other reform leaders in that __________.
A)he believed that the only way to reform society was to reform people’s character
B)he believed that the only way to reform society was to provide people with services
C)he believed that society could not be improved
D)he believed that society’s only hope was to develop public educational services
10
A leading figure in the settlement house movement was __________, who founded the Hull House in Chicago in 1889.
A)Booker T. Washington
B)Jane Addams
C)Walter Rauschenbusch
D)Washington Gladden
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