Question 1

Theodore Dreiser's 1893 novel, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, dealt with

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A)   his belief that religious organizations were perverting society.
B)   the qualities of the upper class.
C)   the need to return to a more rural and natural life.
D)   the dehumanization of mass communications.
E)   social dislocations and injustices of the present.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

How had the demographics of immigrants and the patterns of immigration shifted between the 1860s and the 1890s?

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In the 1860s, the majority of immigrants...

Question 3

Kate Chopin's shocking novel, ________, described a young wife and mother who abandoned her family in search of personal fulfillment.

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Question 4

In the late nineteenth century, immigrants in the United States

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A)   were generally better educated than immigrants who arrived a generation before.
B)   took up semi-skilled craft jobs.
C)   avoided ports like Ellis Island for fear they would be denied entry.
D)   generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.
E)   settled overwhelmingly in the relatively empty Northwest.F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 5

In 1894, the population density of Manhattan in New York was

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A)   significantly lower than the density of New York today.
B)   equal to the density of Paris.
C)   significantly lower than that of most major European cities.
D)   greater than in all major American cities except Boston.
E)   greater than the most crowded European cities.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 6

Reform organizations of the late nineteenth century proved to be more permanent than the urban political machines.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Frederick Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed New York City's ________.

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Question 8

How and why did American attitudes change during the nineteenth century regarding leisure activities?

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The attitudes of Americans towards leisu...

Question 9

The ________ school of artists was among the first in America to appreciate expressionism and abstraction.

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The answer of The ________ school of artists was among...

Question 10

Which statement about education in the late nineteenth century is FALSE?

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A)   It was a period of rapid expansion for public schools.
B)   By 1900, most states required compulsory school attendance.
C)   Educational opportunities extended to Indian tribes as well.
D)   Southern blacks had far less access to education than southern whites.
E)   Funding for public education was highest in rural areas.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 11

According to the philosophy of pragmatism, society should be guided by

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A)   scientific inquiry.
B)   inherited ideals.
C)   democratic tradition.
D)   moral principles.
E)   religious faith.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 12

By the end of the nineteenth century, most public high schools readily accepted women.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In the late nineteenth century, efforts to reduce poverty in America

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A)   saw the Salvation Army focus primarily on establishing shelters for the homeless.
B)   saw charitable organizations try to limit aid to only those deemed "deserving poor."
C)   included federally-funded studies attempting to identify the causes of poverty.
D)   generally were led by reformers who had grown up in impoverished communities.
E)   included public works programs funded by municipal property taxes.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 14

Compared with the first generation, second-generation immigrants were more likely to

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A)   hold on to their old ethnic habits.
B)   lose faith in the United States due to the hardships they experienced.
C)   break from their traditional culture.
D)   resist external social pressures to assimilate.
E)   return to the Old World for good.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 15

The nation's most popular amusement park at the turn of the century was ________.

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The answer of The nation's most popular amusement park at...

Question 16

In the late nineteenth century, political "machines" in cities owed their existence to

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A)   the rapid growth of urban America.
B)   the influx of millions of immigrants.
C)   disillusionment with heavy-handed and powerful city governments.
D)   the rapid growth of urban America and the influx of millions of immigrants.
E)   the influx of millions of immigrants and disillusionment with powerful city governments.F) A) and C)
G) B) and C)

Question 17

In what ways did mass entertainment in the late nineteenth century perpetuate racial, class, and gender distinctions? In what ways did it break down these distinctions?

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Mass entertainment in the late nineteent...

Question 18

The national network of grocery stores that started in the 1850s was

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A)   A & P.
B)   Food Lion.
C)   Seven-Eleven.
D)   Piggly Wiggly.
E)   Harris Teeter.F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 19

The Equitable Building in New York City, completed in 1870, was the first in the United States to

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A)   be built with an elevator.
B)   be called a skyscraper.
C)   be constructed with steel girders.
D)   be connected underground to the subway.
E)   reach twenty stories.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 20

At the end of the nineteenth century, the population density of Manhattan was higher than that of the most crowded cities of Europe.

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A) True 
 B)False

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