Question 1

In the urban household, evidence of technological progress would include

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Question 2

Victorian crusaders against intemperance and vice saw themselves as

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Victorian crusaders against intemperance and vice often viewed themselves as apostles of social control, aiming to reform society by promoting moral behavior and reducing social ills.

Question 3

Which of the following was a trend in education in the late nineteenth century?

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Many new colleges were established, underwritten by grants from both private philanthropists and government.

Question 4

Frances Willard led the Victorian campaign against

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Frances Willard was a prominent figure in the temperance movement, which campaigned against the consumption of alcohol. She was a leader in the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).

Question 5

Establishment of "normal schools"and the rise of new nursing and law schools reflected a trend toward

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The establishment of "normal schools" and new nursing and law schools indicated a shift towards more practical and professional training, focusing on preparing individuals for specific careers.

Question 6

New outlets for selling consumer goods included

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Question 7

Which of the following activities became a craze during the Victorian era, representing a mixed activity that could be enjoyed together by men and women?

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Cycling became a popular activity during the Victorian era as it was one of the few activities that men and women could enjoy together, promoting social interaction and leisure.

Question 8

The Red Stockings from Cincinnati became, in 1869, the first

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The Cincinnati Red Stockings became the first professional baseball team in 1869, as they were the first team to have all of their players on salary.

Question 9

The city that became the gateway to the West and dominant hub for the nation's whole midsection, and also became an agent for ecological change, was ________.

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Question 10

In 1900, the largest city on the Pacific Coast was ________.

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Question 11

Always at the center of immigrant life in their neighborhoods within the American city were the houses of ________.

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Question 12

The ________ tenement was an innovative urban housing design, at first hailed as a helpful innovation, which turned out to be a dangerous blight on the cityscape.

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Question 13

In an age of fragmented and decentralized municipal government, the ________ provided the centralization and services that people needed.

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Question 14

The most notorious of the corrupt city politicians and, thanks to Thomas Nast's cartoons, the ultimate symbol for graft and waste in municipal government was New York's Boss William ________.

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Question 15

One religious response to the city was to take the message of the Christian gospel to the poorest people there; the most prominent leader of these urban revivals was ________.

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Question 16

Certain religious thinkers like Washington Gladden sought to refocus the Christian gospel message toward attacking the flaws and injustices in society rather than just trying to convert individuals; this movement became known as the ________.

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Question 17

Late-nineteenth-century patterns of American middle-class taste and morality were labeled, somewhat oddly, ________-named for Britain's long-reigning queen.

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Question 18

Ready-made consumer products for the urban middle class were available at the new ________, palaces of consumption conveniently located on streetcar lines for the lady who wanted to "go downtown"in an afternoon.

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Question 19

While ________ had been the exclusive leisure-time activity for rich people before the Victorian era, by the late nineteenth century middle-class Americans were also engaging in it.

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Question 20

________ was the name given to a new form of middle-class mass theatrical entertainment that featured a series of stage acts-moderate and moral so as to reinforce genteel values.

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Quiz 20: The Rise of an Urban Order 1870-1914