Question 1

Prior to the late nineteenth century,few Americans placed much value in leisure.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The great movement of people from rural to urban areas was unique to the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In the 1880s,John A.Roebling completed the ________,a great technological transportation marvel in New York City.

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Question 4

Among the new immigrant arrivals to late nineteenth-century America,no single national group could be said to have dominated the scene.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

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 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) All of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 6

In the late nineteenth century,American universities

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A)  significantly grew in number due to the Morrill Land Grant Act.
B)  had a strong commitment to practical knowledge.
C)  began to form relationships with the private sector and the government.
D)  both had a strong commitment to practical knowledge,and began to form relationships with the private sector and the government.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 7

Which American writer would be LEAST associated with the trend toward social realism in literature in the late nineteenth century?

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A)  Mark Twain
B)  Upton Sinclair
C)  Frank Norris
D)  Stephen Crane
E)  Theodore DreiserF) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 8

In the 1890s,Florence Kelley and the National Consumers League sought to

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A)  encourage immigrants to become greater consumers.
B)  improve the safety and quality of consumer products.
C)  protect family businesses from the competition of corporate retailers.
D)  improve the wages and working conditions of employees of manufacturers and retailers.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

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

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

Question 10

By the turn of the century,primary and secondary education were nearly universal in the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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

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Question 12

Which of the following innovations did NOT occur in consumer goods in the late nineteenth century?

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

Question 13

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 that of all major American cities except Boston.
E)  far greater than the most crowded European cities.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 14

Most late nineteenth-century immigrants arrived with a little money and initially settled in rural areas,where they attempted to buy land.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 16

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) B) and C)

Question 17

When the first tenements were built in 1850,they were viewed as a great improvement in housing for the poor.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

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) A) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 19

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

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In the 1880s,John A.Roebling completed the ________,a great technological transportation marvel in New York City.

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