Question 1

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) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 2

The 1920 census of the United States revealed that

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A)   the western frontier had ended.
B)   a majority of Americans lived in "urban" areas.
C)   for the first time since 1790, American women outnumbered men.
D)   the majority of the nation's population had arrived as immigrants since 1880.
E)   California was now the most populous state.F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 3

In the late nineteenth century,American universities

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A)   significantly grew in number due to the Morrill Land Grant Act.
B)   were sometimes started by philanthropists that wanted to perpetuate their family names.
C)   began to form relationships with the private sector and the government.
D)   significantly grew in number due to the Morrill Land Grant Act, and began to form relationships with the private sector and government.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 4

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 5

The most profound intellectual development of the late nineteenth century was the widespread acceptance of the theory of ________.

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Question 6

In 1876,baseball teams banded together to form the ________.

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Question 7

The American artistic movement known as the "Ashcan school"

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A)   portrayed an idealized image of rural life.
B)   was strongly influenced by Old World masters.
C)   included the painter Edward Hopper.
D)   was most identified with the work of John Singer Sargent.
E)   rejected expressionism and abstraction as artistic fads.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

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 E)
G) A) and D)

Question 9

What attitudes and beliefs found in America resulted in little being done to improve urban poverty during the late nineteenth century?

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Question 10

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 11

During the late nineteenth century,all of the following innovations occurred in consumer goods EXCEPT the

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A)   emergence of ready-made clothing.
B)   formation of credit card companies.
C)   ability to refrigerate foods artificially.
D)   opening of large department stores.
E)   development and mass production of tin cans.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 12

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

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At the turn of the century, high culture...

Question 13

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

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Question 14

Coney Island provided a way of experiencing mass American culture on an equal footing with people from different backgrounds.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 16

In the late nineteenth century,the Tammany Hall political machine

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A)   saw its most famous boss, William M. Tweed, sent to prison.
B)   was one of the few machines that did not engage in graft and corruption.
C)   operated out of Chicago.
D)   operated out of Chicago and saw its most famous boss, William M. Tweed, sent to prison.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 17

Electric trolleys were in use in American cities before World War I.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following statements regarding Coney Island is FALSE?

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A)   The average daily attendance at Luna Park in 1904 was 90,000 people.
B)   Many visitors relaxed their conventions of Victorian social behavior.
C)   The park developed a reputation for wholesome family attractions.
D)   The park experienced phenomenal popularity until after World War I.
E)   The park provided lavish reproductions of exotic places and spectacular adventures.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 19

As a result of the "city beautiful" movement,most major American cities were largely rebuilt during the late nineteenth century.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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) A) and E)

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