Question 1

________ was one of the few entertainment media open to black performers at the turn of the century.

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Question 2

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

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Question 3

What major problems or needs of large urban centers were improved or eliminated by new technology and science during the late nineteenth century?

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Question 4

Compared to most other immigrant ethnic groups in the late nineteenth century, Jewish immigrants

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A)   advanced rapidly economically.
B)   placed a high value on education.
C)   huddled together in ethnic neighborhoods.
D)   both advanced rapidly economically, and huddled together in ethnic neighborhoods.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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

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Question 7

The designers of New York City's Central Park

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A)   tried to make it a meeting place for immigrant leaders.
B)   deliberately created a public space that would look as little like the city as possible.
C)   thought of the park as a place where city government could meet in the open air.
D)   were hoping that the park could be a source of local agriculture and food production.
E)   initially wanted it to be exclusively accessible to the wealthy of the city.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 8

Without immigration, American cities would have grown relatively slowly.

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A) True 
 B)False

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 circulation increase much more rapidly than the general population.
E)   did not coincide with a rise in journalists' salaries.F) D) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 10

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

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Question 11

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 12

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) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

During the early decades of the twentieth century, most Americans began to view leisure time as

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A)   the province solely of children and the elderly.
B)   the equivalent of laziness.
C)   something not attainable for the average worker.
D)   something reserved for the extremely wealthy.
E)   increasingly desirable.F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 14

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

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Question 15

The most famously corrupt city boss, who presided over New York City's ________, was William M. Tweed.

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Question 16

Baseball was much like a game called "rounders," which was derived from the British game of ________.

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Question 17

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 B)
G) None of the above

Question 18

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

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Question 19

The primary goal of the American Protective Association was to

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A)   require immigrants to sign loyalty oaths to the United States government.
B)   limit immigration to those who already had relatives living in the United States.
C)   give "native" Americans preference over immigrants in employment opportunities.
D)   stop immigrants from entering the United States.
E)   make English the official language of the United States.F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 20

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

Exam 18: The Age of the City

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

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

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The 1920 census of the United States revealed that

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Compared to most other immigrant ethnic groups in the late nineteenth century, Jewish immigrants

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The most famously corrupt city boss, who presided over New York City's ________, was William M. Tweed.

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The American artistic movement known as the "Ashcan school"

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

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

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The designers of New York City's Central Park

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

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________ was one of the few entertainment media open to black performers at the turn of the century.

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