Question 1

In 1894,the population density of Manhattan was

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

Question 2

Efforts to restrict the numbers of immigrants coming into the United States had met with little success by the end of the nineteenth century.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Between 1890 and 1910,incomes in the United States

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A)   grew more unequal, while the middle class shrunk.
B)   declined for most unskilled workers.
C)   increased for white Americans, but decreased for most other ethnic groups.
D)   remained the same for most Americans.
E)   rose for almost all Americans.F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 4

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

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Question 5

Describe the key features one would find in a large urban American city at the end of the nineteenth century.

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Question 6

Roughly what percentage of the populations of Chicago,New York,and Detroit was made up of immigrants by 1890?

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A)   20-30 percent
B)   80-90 percent
C)   50-60 percent
D)   40-50 percent
E)   60-70 percentF) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 7

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Tenement buildings in urban America were

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

Question 9

In 1882,the first group of immigrants to be excluded from the United States on the basis of nationality were

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A)   Mexicans.
B)   Irish.
C)   Japanese.
D)   Slavs.
E)   Chinese.F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 10

In what ways did the traditional cultural beliefs and values practiced by new immigrants both help and hinder their adjustment to life in America?

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Question 11

The new consumer economy appealed to women as consumers and hired women as sales clerks.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Both baseball and football appealed primarily to working-class males.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In the late nineteenth century,the assimilation of immigrants was encouraged by

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A)   church leaders.
B)   the sale of American products.
C)   public education.
D)   religious reform.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) None of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 14

During the late nineteenth century,college education for American women

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A)   offered no coeducational opportunities.
B)   had no real effect on the marrying age of nineteenth-century women.
C)   did not exist.
D)   allowed women to be schooled only by male faculty.
E)   had expanded significantly.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 15

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

Question 16

How did high culture and popular culture differ at the turn of the century?

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Question 17

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,the growth of newspapers

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A)   was largely due to national population growth.
B)   saw circulation increase much more rapidly than the general population.
C)   did not coincide with a rise in journalists' salaries.
D)   led to a significant decline in the telegraph industry.
E)   resulted in most large cities being serviced by one dominant paper.F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 18

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

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

Question 19

At the turn of the twentieth century,motion pictures

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A)  All these answers are correct.
B)  operated under strict morality codes.
C)  both were the first true mass entertainment medium,and operated under strict morality codes.
D)  were the first true mass entertainment medium.
E)  had been invented by D.W.Griffith.F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 20

In the late nineteenth century,urban political bosses did all of the following EXCEPT

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A)   provide material assistance to the poor.
B)   reduce the costs of city services.
C)   reward followers with patronage.
D)   enrich themselves through graft and corruption.
E)   win votes for their political organization.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

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