Question 1

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

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

Question 2

At the end of the nineteenth century,the participation of women in sports was nearly nonexistent.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Discuss the efforts to restrict immigration in the late nineteenth century.

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Question 4

The Chrysler Building in New York City is considered the first modern American skyscraper.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

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

Question 6

Charles Darwin's theories of evolution met initial resistance from

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A)   theologians.
B)   scientists.
C)   educators.
D)   both theologians and educators.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 7

The principle force behind the creation of great public buildings in the late nineteenth century was

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A)   wealthy residents.
B)   community service organizations.
C)   state governments.
D)   the federal government.
E)   ethnic political machines.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

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

Question 9

By 1890,populations in the biggest urban areas

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A)   increased mainly as a result of longer life expectancy.
B)   experienced massive growth even where there was little immigration.
C)   rose as the number of children born into urban families doubled.
D)   soared as the rates of infant mortality and disease significantly declined.
E)   consisted mostly of foreign-born immigrants and their children.F) C) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 10

Without immigration,American cities would have grown relatively slowly.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In the late nineteenth century,construction of the majority of great public buildings was paid for by wealthy residents.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In the 1890s,Jacob Riis

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A)   favored stopping immigration as a way to improve urban American cities.
B)   crusaded to expose political corruption in major American cities.
C)   documented the stories of wealthy Americans who came from humble origins.
D)   reported on the living conditions of the urban poor to encourage improvements.
E)   pushed for the creation of mass transit systems and outlying suburbs in America's cities.F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 14

In the late nineteenth century,many immigrants to the United States

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A)   were already experienced as urban-dwelling, industrial workers.
B)   found the transition to their new country to be fairly easy.
C)   formed close-knit ethnic communities within cities.
D)   totally cut their links to their native countries.
E)   read English-language newspapers and frequented chain stores.F) A) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 15

Compared with the first generation,second-generation immigrants were more likely to

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A)   hold on to their old ethnic habits.
B)   lose faith in the United States due to the hardships they experienced.
C)   break from their traditional culture.
D)   resist external social pressures to assimilate.
E)   return to the Old World for good.F) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 16

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

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Question 17

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 in all major American cities except Boston.
E)   greater than the most crowded European cities.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 18

Between 1890 and 1910,incomes in the United States

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

Question 19

In the early twentieth century,efforts to improve environmental problems in American cities

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A)   were nonexistent.
B)   focused on the wealthy and ignored the urban poor.
C)   included a new federal environmental regulatory agency.
D)   led many cities to ban horses from their streets.
E)   did not yet include the construction of sewage disposal systems.F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 20

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

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Exam 18: The Age of the City

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