Chapter 25
America Moves to the City

Name: __________________________ Date: _____________ Period _______


1.
The major factor in drawing country people off the farms and into the big cities was
A.
the development of the skyscraper.
B.
the availability of industrial jobs.
C.
the compact nature of those large communities.
D.
the advent of new housing structures known as dumbbell tenements.
E.
the lure of cultural excitement.


2.
One of the early symbols of the dawning era of consumerism in urban America was
A.
the development of factories.
B.
the Sears catalog.
C.
advertising billboards.
D.
public transportation systems.
E.
the rise of large department stores.


3.
Which one of the following has the least in common with the other four?
A.
slums
B.
dumbbell tenements
C.
bedroom communities
D.
flophouses
E.
the “Lung Block”


4.
The New Immigrants who came to the United States after 1880
A.
had experience with democratic governments.
B.
arrived primarily from Germany, Sweden, and Norway.
C.
were culturally different from previous immigrants.
D.
received a warm welcome from the Old Immigrants.
E.
represented nonwhite racial groups.


5.
A “bird of passage” was an immigrant who
A.
came to the United States to live permanently.
B.
only passed through America on his or her way to Canada.
C.
was unmarried.
D.
came to America to work for a short time and then returned to Europe.
E.
flew from job to job.


6.
The Darwinian theory of organic evolution through natural selection affected American religion by
A.
turning most scientists against religion.
B.
creating a split between religious conservatives who denied evolution and “accomodationists” who supported it.
C.
raising awareness of the close spiritual kinship between animals and human beings.
D.
causing a revival of the doctrine of original sin.
E.
sparking the rise of new denominations based on modern science..


7.
Settlement houses such as Hull House engaged in all of the following activities except
A.
child care.
B.
instruction in English.
C.
cultural activities.
D.
instruction in socialism.
E.
social reform lobbying.


8.
The American Protective Association
A.
preached the social gospel that churches were obligated to protect New Immigrants.
B.
was led for many years by Florence Kelley and Jane Addams.
C.
supported immigration restrictions.
D.
established settlement houses in several major cities in order to aid New Immigrants.
E.
sought to organize mutual-aid associations.


9.
Labor unions favored immigration restriction because most immigrants were all of the following except
A.
opposed to factory labor.
B.
used as strikebreakers.
C.
willing to work for lower wages.
D.
difficult to unionize.
E.
non-English speaking.


10.
The religious denomination that responded most favorably to the New Immigration was
A.
Roman Catholics.
B.
Baptists.
C.
Episcopalians.
D.
Christian Scientists.
E.
Mormons.


11.
Americans offered growing support for a free public education system
A.
to combat the growing strength of Catholic parochial schools.
B.
when the Chautauqua movement began to decline.
C.
because they accepted the idea that a free government cannot function without educated citizens.
D.
when private schools began to fold.
E.
as a way of identifying an intellectual elite.


12.
Booker T. Washington believed that the key to political and civil rights for African Americans was
A.
the vote.
B.
rigorous academic training.
C.
the rejection of accommodationist attitudes.
D.
to directly challenge white supremacy.
E.
economic independence.


13.
The Morrill Act of 1862
A.
established women's colleges like Vassar.
B.
required compulsory school attendance through high school.
C.
established the modern American research university.
D.
mandated racial integration in public schools.
E.
granted public lands to states to support higher education.


14.
Black leader Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois
A.
demanded complete equality for African Americans.
B.
established an industrial school at Tuskegee, Alabama.
C.
supported the goals of Booker T. Washington.
D.
was an ex-slave who rose to fame.
E.
none of the above.


15.
Henry George believed that the root of social inequality and social injustice lay in
A.
stock speculators and financiers who manipulated the price of real goods and services.
B.
labor unions that artificially drove up the prices of wages and therefore goods.
C.
landowners who gained unearned wealth from rising land values.
D.
businesspeople who gained excessive profits by exploiting workers.
E.
patriarchal ideologies that regarded women as inferior domestic beings.


16.
American novelists' turn from romanticism and transcendentalism to rugged social realism reflected the
A.
influence of Latin American literature.
B.
heightened awareness of racial problems.
C.
higher educational level of their readers.
D.
materialism and conflicts of the new industrial society.
E.
growing prominence of women writers.


17.
Which of the following prominent post-Civil War writers did not reflect the increased attention to social problems by those from less affluent backgrounds?
A.
Mark Twain.
B.
William Dean Howells.
C.
Stephen Crane.
D.
Kate Chopin.
E.
Henry Adams.


18.
The National American Woman Suffrage Association
A.
achieved its central political goal in 1898.
B.
conducted an integrated campaign for equal rights.
C.
abandoned the goals of Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
D.
elected Ida B. Wells as its president.
E.
limited its membership to whites.


19.
The growing prohibition movement especially reflected the concerns of
A.
the new immigrants.
B.
big business.
C.
the poor and working classes.
D.
middle class women.
E.
industrial labor unions.


20.
The term Richardsonian in the late nineteenth century pertained to
A.
sculpture.
B.
novels.
C.
painting.
D.
music.
E.
architecture.


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