Chapter 19: Section Identification Quiz 1

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1 Chapter 19 Spring Break Assignment Along with the following questions, you should answer the review questions on pgs. 607, 609, 615, 618. Also, complete Comparing American Voices on pg and Voices from Abroad on 602. Chapter 19: Section Identification Quiz 1 1. In 1860, less than percent of the U.S. population lived in cities. a. 15 b. 20 c. 25 d. 30 e The nation s first electric trolley car system was built in the city of a. New York. b. Boston. c. Richmond. d. Philadelphia. e. Chicago. 3. Even before the Civil War, the rise of railroads led to the growth of a. suburbs. b. crime. c. skyscrapers. d. narcotics. e. prostitution. 4. The percentage of African Americans who lived in the South in 1900 was a. 90 percent. b. 80 percent. c. 70 percent. d. 60 percent. e. 50 percent. 5. In 1879, created the first commercially practical incandescent lamp. a. Charles F. Brush b. Alexander Graham Bell c. Thomas Edison d. William Jenney e. Frank J. Sprague

2 6. The poor in New York City generally lived in five or six story a. skyscrapers. b. subdivided homes. c. tenements. d. single family houses. e. els. Chapter 19: Section Identification Quiz 2 1. The city of suffered a terrible fire in a. Boston b. Chicago c. Baltimore d. Philadelphia e. New York City 2. In the 1860s, the infamous political boss William made Tammany a byword for corruption. a. Jennings Bryan b. Dean Howells c. Blight d. Shatner e. Tweed 3. All of the following are true about the comparative lack of development of Berlin compared to Chicago except a. Berlin pumped much less water to homes than Chicago. b. Berlin had half as many parks as Chicago. c. flush toilets were more common in Berlin than Chicago. d. Berlin used gaslight while Chicago relied on electrical light. e. Chicago built a sophisticated sanitation system. 4. During the depression of the 1890s, working class Americans were unemployed at the rate of a. 25 percent. b. 20 percent. c. 15 percent. d. 10 percent. e. 5 percent. 5. Galveston, Texas, experienced a horrific in 1900 that destroyed much of the city. a. fire b. tornado c. earthquake d. asteroid strike e. hurricane

3 6. The 1849 outbreak of in New York City killed more than 5,000 people. a. AIDS b. influenza c. cholera d. measles e. smallpox Chapter 19: Section Identification Quiz 3 1. By the turn of the century, a(n) movement arose to advocate more and better urban park spaces. a. Naturalist Preservation b. Modernist Revival c. City Beautiful d. Patriotic Remembrance e. Urban Renewal 2. The Act prohibited the transportation of prostitutes across state lines. a. Mann b. Volstead c. Hatch d. Lacey e. McAllister 3. In 1906, Congress passed the Pure Food and Act. a. Drug b. Water c. Milk d. Meat e. Wood 4. Upton Sinclair s novel exposed labor exploitation in Chicago s meatpacking plants. a. The Jungle b. The Rise of David Levinsky c.the Gilded Age d. A Modern Instance e. A Hazard of New Fortunes

4 5. The Company experienced a fire that killed 146 young workers and led to major reforms of American industry. a. Carnegie Steel b. Pullman Sleeping Car c. Triangle Shirtwaist d. Cuban Cigar e. California Orange 6. Jane founded Hull House in 1889 in Chicago as part of the settlement movement. a. Sunday b. Moody c. Plunkitt d. Bennett e. Addams Henretta 7 OSG Ch 19 SelfTest 1 1. The great commercial cities had attracted all the following kinds of industry except a. steel mills. b. small-scale manufacturing. c. garment making. d. labor-intensive light industry. 2. Chicago surpassed Berlin, Germany, in all of the following except its a. grand public buildings. b. sanitation system. c. public library. d. water supply. 3. In the late nineteenth century, American cities were primarily developed by a. public finances. b. municipal government. c. state government. d. private enterprise. 4. Perhaps the most important development in the modern city was a. the introduction of industrial factories. b. modern transportation. c. modern communications. d. the widespread use of electricity.

5 5. By 1900, city reformers continued the process of altering urban landscapes as part of a(n) a. City Beautiful movement. b. modern, industrial outlook. c. movement to building dense housing projects. d. emphasis on utilitarian structures. 6. All of the following contributed to suburbanization except a. new zoning regulations. b. the extension of mass transit lines. c. the increasing density of urban areas. d. new construction styles. 7. Which of the following was not part of the Electric City movement? a. Electric lights were dimmer than gas light. b. Electricity first came into urban use in the 1870s. c. Electric lighting entered the American home. d. Thomas Edison invented the incandescent bulb in The social geography of the suburbs was in large part determined by a. class structures. b. ethnic makeup. c. natural boundaries. d. urban planning. 9. The biggest ethnic group in Boston was the a. French. b. Italians. c. Chinese. d. Irish. 10. A mob of whites in 1906 attacked the black community in which of the following cities? a. San Francisco b. Atlanta c. New York d. Milwaukee 11. In urban areas, African Americans experienced all of the following except a. domestic service employment for black women. b. labor unions. c. race riots. d. personal service employment for black men.

6 12. All of the following are accurate regarding life in tenements except a. twenty or more families crowded inside a single tenement. b. African Americans often suffered most in tenements. c. reformers called for model tenements. d. tenements in New York were all torn down in Wealthy philanthropists in the nineteenth century provided money to establish all of the following except a. amusement parks. b. symphony orchestras. c. art museums. d. public libraries. 14. America s greatest amusement park in around 1900 was a. Coney Island. b. Disneyland. c. Wallyworld. d. Magic Mountain. 15. City politics tended to a. isolate new ethnic communities from mainstream culture. b. leave immigrants powerless. c. integrate immigrants into urban society. d. isolate immigrants in ethnic communities. Henretta 7 OSG Ch 19 SelfTest 2 1. The building of skyscrapers was made possible by the development of all of the following except a. durable plate glass. b. passenger elevators. c. durable brick building material. d. structural steel. 2. On average, American cities in the 1890s compared to cities outside the United States a. were more densely populated. b. built more massive public projects. c. contained larger populations. d. were more industrialized.

7 3. The response of Americans to dispersed populations in the cities was to a. concentrate building in downtown districts. b. develop innovative transportation systems. c. strictly control new development. d. discourage immigration. 4. The dominance of private development in U.S. cities and the preference for business solutions to city needs produced the concept of the a. public city. b. private city. c. political machine city. d. heavily planned city. 5. In New York City, regulations on tenements a. succeeded because of the cooperation of private interests. b. failed to change older structures because reform was not profitable. c. were never passed because of opposition from landowners. d. pushed the wealthy out of the city. 6. All of the following are true regarding the gay subculture in New York City in 1900 except a. gay subcultures developed in industrial cities. b. gay subculture included gay clubs and drag balls. c. straight men did not attend gay subculture events. d. police frequently took bribes to allow gay bars to continue. 7. New York urban high culture included all of the following except a. museums. b. libraries. c. vaudeville theaters. d. opera theaters. 8. The nation s first major art museum was the a. De Young. b. Cororcan Gallery of Art. c. Metropolitan Museum of Art. d. Chicago Art Hall. 9. Joseph Pulitzer worked in which of the following industries? a. oil b. steel c. newspaper d. mining

8 10. All of the following are true about William Randolph Hearst except a. he was the son of a California silver king. b. he was one of the nation s leading news barons. c. he watched his industry decline over time. d. he practiced sensational or yellow journalism. 11. The ultimate basis for the cohesion of urban political machines was a. party loyalty. b. the support of the business community. c. the ethnicity of its constituents. d. municipal corruption. 12. The muckraker Ida Tarbell exposed which of the following industrialists? a. Andrew Carnegie b. John D. Rockefeller c. Upton Sinclair d. Joseph Pulitzer 13. Immigrants to the United States occupied cheap housing near their a. churches. b. schools. c. aid societies. d. jobs. 14. By 1910, New York City boasted a population of a. 2 million. b. 5 million. c. 10 million. d. 20 million. 15. Before World War I, which of the following national regions became the most urbanized? a. Midwest b. Southwest c. Northeast d. Far West