Deck 17: The New Metropolis

Question 1

Manufacturing shifted to cities as power systems shifted from water to

A) steam.
B) electricity.
C) nuclear.
D) solar.

Answer 1

steam.

Question 2

In the working-class neighborhoods of American industrial cities in the three decades after the Civil War,

A) ethnic groups often gathered in a particular area.
B) there was no intermingling of ethnic groups.
C) working families were unable to create any kind of community life because of the deplorable conditions.
D) living conditions were generally sanitary and healthy.

Answer 2

ethnic groups often gathered in a particular area.

Question 3

Much of the population growth in northeastern cities in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century came from

A) Latin America.
B) Asia
C) Northern Europe.
D) Southern and Eastern Europe.

Answer 3

Southern and Eastern Europe.

Question 4

In 1886, workers erected the American urban landmark known as the

A) Golden Gate Bridge.
B) Statue of Liberty.
C) Liberty Bell.
D) Twin Towers.

Question 5

The Chinese met with a violent backlash in the state of

A) Massachusetts.
B) New York.
C) New Jersey.
D) California.

Question 6

Many rural Americans entering cities had been pushed out of agricultural labor by

A) Latin American labor competition.
B) Asian American immigration.
C) African American sharecroppers.
D) the invention of machinery.

Question 7

Immigrants in cities were joined by

A) rural Americans.
B) timber workers.
C) Native Americans.
D) European monarchs.

Question 8

In 1871, a fire destroyed the city of

A) San Francisco.
B) Buffalo.
C) Chicago.
D) New Orleans.

Question 9

Between 1870 and 1890, the population doubled in the city of

A) San Francisco.
B) Buffalo.
C) Chicago.
D) New Orleans.

Question 10

Atlanta was known as the "Chicago of the South" because of its proximity to a

A) nuclear power plant.
B) railroad hub.
C) stockyards.
D) high mountains.

Question 11

In 1891, the second largest city in the West, behind San Francisco, was

A) Portland.
B) San Diego.
C) Los Angeles.
D) Medford.

Question 12

All of the following are true regarding urban bosses EXCEPT they

A) received bribes and kickbacks.
B) helped run city services and political machines.
C) were charismatic personalities.
D) were rarely corrupt.

Question 13

One of the most famous political machines was New York's

A) Ryker's Island.
B) Brooklyn Cohort.
C) Tammany Hall.
D) Chicago Club.

Question 14

Voter turnout in the 1880s hovered around _______ percent.

A) 78.5
B) 65
C) 54.5
D) 33.5

Question 15

All of the following statements are true regarding American voters in the late 1800s EXCEPT:

A) All voters were men.
B) Local issues and a celebratory atmosphere drew men to the polls.
C) Voters showed an interest in emotional issues
D) Alcohol was not a major issue on election day.

Question 16

All of the following statements are true regarding the consumption of alcohol in the United States in the late 1800s EXCEPT:

A) The annual consumption of alcohol was increasing.
B) Many Americans considered drinking a serious social problem.
C) Women supported temperance in large numbers.
D) Alcohol was not a serious political issue.

Question 17

In 1904, Lincoln Steffens wrote

A) The Jungle.
B) Silent Spring
C) The Shame of the Cities.
D) Sister Carrie.

Question 18

All of the following were pollution problems of nineteenth century cities EXCEPT

A) coal dust and fumes.
B) ashes in the air.
C) acidic soil.
D) radiation contamination.

Question 19

Presidents Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison set aside ________ reserves.

A) fish
B) forest
C) marine
D) vernal pool

Question 20

By the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the antebellum "walking city"

A) expanded.
B) remained the same.
C) disappeared.
D) declined slightly.

Question 21

New York neighborhoods were divided by

A) age.
B) gender.
C) gang affiliation.
D) ethnicity.

Question 22

In 1899, W. E. B. DuBois wrote

A) The Philadelphia Negro.
B) Up from Slavery.
C) The Souls of Black Folk.
D) Reconstruction in the South.

Question 23

New suburbs for elites were promoted by

A) railroad companies.
B) airline companies.
C) mining interests.
D) the working poor.

Question 24

In 1885 in Chicago an architectural urban wonder appeared, known as the

A) Brooklyn Bridge.
B) skyscraper.
C) Chunnel.
D) Hoover Dam.

Question 25

Industrialists sought more remote sites for new factories by 1900 because of all the following reasons EXCEPT

A) labor conflicts.
B) deteriorating conditions of cities.
C) Native American land claims.
D) higher land prices.

Question 26

A model industrial town was created near Chicago at

A) Peoria.
B) Utopia.
C) Pullman.
D) South Bend.

Question 27

A sympathy strike against Pullman was led by

A) Eugene Debs.
B) Nelson Rockefeller.
C) Andrew Carnegie.
D) Bill Gates.

Question 28

All of the following influenced middle-class reformers in the United States EXCEPT

A) Victor Hugo.
B) Karl Marx.
C) Leo Tolstoy.
D) Adolph Hitler.

Question 29

One of the most famous settlement houses was created in Chicago by

A) Elizabeth Stanton.
B) Susan B. Anthony.
C) Jane Addams.
D) Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Question 30

Settlement houses were formed for all of the following reasons EXCEPT to

A) gather data to alleviate social misery through legislation.
B) give college-educated women meaningful work.
C) assist American men adjust to new gender roles.
D) assist immigrants in adjusting to American life.

Question 31

One of the first targets of urban reform was New York's

A) Indian reservations.
B) Central Park.
C) tenements.
D) opera houses.

Question 32

In 1890 Jacob Riis wrote

A) How the Other Half Lives.
B) The Jungle.
C) Christianity and the Social Crises.
D) Christianizing the Social Order.

Question 33

Public art and civic beautification projects became known as the

A) "City Beautiful" movement.
B) "Recycling Campaign."
C) "Keep American Green" movement.
D) "Utopian movement"

Question 34

In the 1890s, many Protestant ministers embraced the

A) Social Gospel Movement.
B) Ashcan school.
C) decline of the Protestant Church.
D) increase of Catholicism.

Question 35

Settlement houses in the United States were the same as those in England.

Question 36

The Lower East Side of Manhattan witnessed the emergence of the first settlement home.

Question 37

Dwight Moody preached a traditional evangelical Christianity in cities.

Question 38

Charles Sheldon's 1897 novel In His Steps influenced a generation to abandon American cities.

Question 39

The Tenement Reform Law of 1879 was designed to improve living conditions for tenement dwellers.

Question 40

Urban reformers were influenced by the teachings of Jesus Christ.

Question 41

By 1900, less than a dozen settlement houses existed in the United States, mostly in small towns.

Question 42

All urban reformers were elitist.

Question 43

Describe a working-class neighborhood scene in New York City in 1900.

Question 44

What conditions did blacks face in urban America in 1900?

Question 45

Describe the Pullman company strike that developed in the 1890s.

Question 46

How did the population of American cities change from 1880 to 1920?

Question 47

Describe the growth of Chicago.

Question 48

What explains the rise and historical significance of the department store?

Question 49

The _________immigration station was the first stop for most immigrants arriving in New York City in the 1890s.

Question 50

Chicago's counterpart in the West was _________, a city founded by the Gold Rush of 1849.

Question 51

In 1898, the city of __________ consolidated into a large metropolis.

Question 52

New York City's political machine, Tammany Hall, was operated by the _________ party.

Question 53

In New Mexico, the ___________ exploited local Mexican Americans for cheap lands.

Question 54

The public battle over __________in San Jose, California, in the 1870s illustrates the passions the issue aroused in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Question 55

The outbreak of diseases such as __________ made urban living dangerous in the late 1800s.

Question 56

In New York City, the ____________Settlement campaigned for small parks and the opening of schoolyards on weekends.

Question 57

The reformer ____________ campaigned for social justice and a welfare state to improve city poor.

Question 58

In 1889, Jane Addams and her friend, ____________, helped start Hull House in Chicago.