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The chapter introduction tells the story of George Washington Plunkitt's "day of helping" to make the point that |
| | A) | city life was becoming especially stressful for many Americans. |
| | B) | while city life was harsh, there were some who cared enough to give aid. |
| | C) | due to corruption at all levels, government failed to serve the people. |
| | D) | people's needs in the exploding cities gave rise to a new breed of politicians who profited from graft. |
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The political bosses of turn-of-the-century cities were most often |
| | A) | wealthy businessmen or their hired agents. |
| | B) | descendants of the leading families of a century before. |
| | C) | immigrants or the children of immigrants. |
| | D) | urban reformers. |
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Rural American migrants to the cities were led by |
| | A) | young single men. |
| | B) | young single women. |
| | C) | families. |
| | D) | African Americans. |
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Which one of the following statements about late nineteenth and early twentieth century immigrants is NOT true? |
| | A) | Most settled in ethnic communities that served as havens from the strangeness of American society. |
| | B) | Most married later, but bore more children, than the native-born. |
| | C) | Most were Protestants. |
| | D) | Significant numbers of Americans sought to restrict the immigrant influx. |
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What was the primary solution to the problem that cities could hardly survive, let alone grow, without improved transportation? |
| | A) | the horse-drawn trolley |
| | B) | the cable car |
| | C) | one-way streets |
| | D) | electric streetcars |
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A new innovation in housing that ended up making slum conditions worse was the |
| | A) | dumbbell tenement. |
| | B) | elimination of farm animals from urban streets. |
| | C) | installation of sewage systems. |
| | D) | All these answers are correct. |
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Which is NOT true of political machines? |
| | A) | They served as a crude welfare system. |
| | B) | They enriched the bosses. |
| | C) | They convinced city-dwellers that government should not be trusted to help the needy. |
| | D) | They built modem city systems and forced city government to work. |
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A new experiment in providing social services to slum-dwellers featured centers where middle-class women lived among the poor, providing amenities and teaching American ways to immigrants. This was called the |
| | A) | social gospel. |
| | B) | vaudeville house. |
| | C) | settlement house. |
| | D) | rescue mission. |
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Chinese immigrants |
| | A) | married white women in large numbers. |
| | B) | brought over their families after making some money. |
| | C) | abstained from prostitution. |
| | D) | created "paper sons" and "paper daughters" after the San Francisco earthquake. |
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What statement about the urban middle-class home and family is NOT true? |
| | A) | It was understood as both a haven and an indicator of social standing. |
| | B) | Since women were judged by the state of their homes, most households employed live-in servants. |
| | C) | Child-rearing practices focused on nurture and a calm, orderly household. |
| | D) | Despite Victorianism, couples became more conscious of sexuality as an emotional dimension of a satisfying marriage. |
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Which of the following was NOT among trends in education in the late nineteenth century? |
| | A) | City girls and boys attended school together for most of the workday. |
| | B) | Many new colleges were established, underwritten by grants from both private philanthropists and government. |
| | C) | Marginal groups like blacks and immigrants looked to education as a way to get ahead. |
| | D) | Literacy rose sharply. |
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The "new women" |
| | A) | focused on intellectual achievement rather than physical exercise. |
| | B) | participated in sports such as tennis, golf, cycling, and skating. |
| | C) | married in higher numbers than women of the previous generation. |
| | D) | could attend only 50 percent of the nation's colleges. |
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New outlets for selling consumer goods included all EXCEPT |
| | A) | the mail-order catalog, for rural residents. |
| | B) | the chain store, for the working class. |
| | C) | the downtown department store, for city dwellers. |
| | D) | the outlying shopping centers at the ends of the streetcar lines. |
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Vaudeville did each of the following EXCEPT |
| | A) | present cleaner versions of the bawdy acts presented in saloons and music halls. |
| | B) | borrow from circuses and Wild West shows. |
| | C) | present skits drawn from the experience of immigrants. |
| | D) | allow for smoking and drinking in the balconies. |
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The traveling circus |
| | A) | accelerated the tendency toward class divisions in popular entertainments. |
| | B) | simultaneously reinforced and subverted social conventions. |
| | C) | featured fewer female performers than antebellum circuses. |
| | D) | helped to diminish racial and ethnic prejudices. |
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