1. Many Jewish immigrants settled in New York City, while most Chinese settled in California, and Scandinavians settled in the Midwest. What is one reason for these patterns of settlement?
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Immigrants wanted to break new ground and establish new settlements.
Immigrants wanted to be with others from their native country.
Immigrants wanted to be in the closest location to their native country.
Immigrants faced restrictions on which regions were open to them.
2. The first wave of immigrants to the United States was largely from northern and central Europe. Where did most of the second wave of immigrants come from?
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Asia and Latin America
southern Europe and South Asia
South America and eastern Europe
southern and eastern Europe
3. Why was immigration through Angel Island more difficult than immigration through Ellis Island?
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Angel Island was farther from the mainland so it was harder to find workers to process immigrants.
Asians immigrated through Angel Island and there was more prejudice against them.
Ellis Island received more funding and could operate more efficiently.
Angel Island was smaller and not as well-equipped.
4. What was the goal of many nativists with respect to immigration?
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They wanted immigrants barred from the United States.
They felt there should be a large entry tax for immigrants.
They wanted to have immigrants contained in selected locations.
They believed that immigrants should pass citizenship requirements before entering the United States.
5. What happened to the population of cities in the period between the Civil War and the 1920s?
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It fluctuated, declining at first and then growing.
It remained about the same.
It declined due to disease.
It grew because of job opportunities.
6. Where did most immigrants choose to live when they entered the United States in the late 1800s or early 1900s?
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on farms
in cities
in the suburbs
in the West
7. Which had the greatest effect on the growth of cities and the expansion of cities to suburbs?
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political changes
leadership from mayors
action by the federal government
transportation innovations
8. Amusements that became popular in the growing cities of the late 1800s included baseball, movies, and __________.
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wind surfing
dance halls
bicycle races
hockey
9. As American cities grew, they became more stratified. What does this mean?
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Cities tripled in size by annexing neighboring communities.
Cities confronted rising rates of crime.
Cities were separated by categories such as class, race, and ethnicity.
More city dwellers began to live farther from their places of work.
10. How did Louis Sullivan and William Jenney change the face of American cities in the late 1800s?
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They invented the electrical connections that operated streetcars.
They opened some of the first settlement houses.
They designed and built some of the early skyscrapers.
They built the Coney Island amusement parks that drew thousands.
11. What was Frederick Law Olmstead's contribution to New York City?
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designing Central Park
building the Empire State Building
building the first baseball stadium
developing Coney Island
12. What was the significance of Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago?
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This contest-winning design opened Chicago streets to new forms of transportation.
This urban planning effort was a model for the orderly growth of a city.
It became the model for the Chicago income and property tax program.
He used this plan to avoid prosecution for the Chicago fire.
13. Which was a corrupt political machine of the late 1800s?
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Tweed's Boys
Tammany Hall
The Rough Riders
The Jungle
14. How was Jane Addams a leader in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
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She was the first woman elected to serve in the Senate.
She designed some of the first skyscrapers.
She started Hull House, which became a model for other reformers.
She implemented the Social Gospel by founding the Salvation Army.
15. What was one of the goals of the settlement house movement?
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to provide housing for day-laborers
to assist the urban poor
to help people buy property
to create a setting for people to negotiate disputes
16. Which goal of the Populist Party led to its early popularity?
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system of national banks
coinage of silver
political power for the upper class
laissez-faire government
17. How do historians generally view populism?
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as a driving force in the late nineteenth century
as a failed movement that set the stage for some reforms
as the movement that saved the farmers
as the party that laid the groundwork for the election of Theodore Roosevelt
18. What was the relationship between the Populist Party and William Jennings Bryan?
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Populists supported Bryan in his failed presidential race.
Populists campaigned against Bryan because he opposed their reforms.
Bryan had little influence on the party.
Bryan brought Populists into the Republican Party.
19. What was a progressive goal of the Salvation Army?
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to provide food and shelter for the slum-dwelling poor
to recruit followers to join their militia
to create a military of believers only
to get donations that would promote conservation
20. Which was one of the goals for some advocates of the progressive movement?
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establishment of a national bank
laissez-faire economy
welfare
conservation
21. What name was given to the group of investigative journalists who uncovered corruption in business and government in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
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muckrakers
socialists
progressives
conservatives
22. What are Upton Sinclair and Lincoln Steffens known for doing?
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serving as mayors of Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia
founding progressive organizations in the late 1800s
exposing corruption in business or government
forming alliances that helped farmers with their credit problems
23. What did Ida M. Tarbell's investigations reveal?
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John D. Rockefeller's corrupt practices at Standard Oil
violations in the meatpacking industry
corruption in city governments
brutal working conditions in mines and on railroads
24. Which was one reform of the progressive movement?
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elimination of recall elections
conservation zones within cities
election of mayors instead of hiring city managers
direct election of U.S. senators
25. Which proposal would Theodore Roosevelt and his "New Nationalism" oppose?
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inheritance and income taxes
conservation and national parks
less restriction on corporations
workers' compensation laws
26. Which president advocated a "New Freedom" agenda that included a graduated income tax?
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William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
27. What was Theodore Roosevelt's political party affiliation?
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Progressive and Whig
Free Soil
Democrat
Republican and Progressive
28. What was the "Wisconsin Way"?
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progressive reform to establish ethical government on a state level
a movement toward religious salvation that involved performing good works
business practices that earned excellent returns without corruption
a successful professional sports movement at the end of the nineteenth century
29. Who helped immigrants and others cope with the challenges of life in the city while also lining their own pockets with bribes? (Points : 3)
the Democratic Party
the Republican Party
the Grange
political machines
30. Who used the new technology of flash photography to expose the poverty and misery of Manhattan tenements in the Gilded Age?
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Upton Sinclair
Ida Tarbell
Jacob Riis
Jane Addams
31. Which of the following is one of the positions supported by social Darwinism?
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Government should not support programs designed to promote social or economic equality.
Government should regulate big businesses.
Competition for wealth is bad for the economy and should be made illegal.
Government should take any action necessary to alleviate poverty.
32. Which of the following is true of the Social Gospel movement?
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Leaders argued that Christians need to engage in community service.
Leaders argued for a completely laissez-faire economic and social policy.
Leaders argued that the poor were lazy or morally inferior.
Leaders opposed any attempt to change the natural laws of social development.
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