Review Questions from The American Pageant by Kennedy, Cohen, and Bailey.
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| 598437921 | What was the most important factor that drew rural people off the farms and into big cities during the period 1865-1900? | (A) the availability of industrial jobs | |
| 598437922 | What occurrence directly spurred the abandonment of wood construction for brick and steel in the downtown districts of most American cities? | (D) The changing preference of architects such a Louis Sullivan toward designing steel and brick structures | |
| 598437923 | All of the following characterized the New Immigrants who came to the US from 1880 to 1900 EXCEPT | (D) they made substantial efforts to convert Americans to Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, or Judaism | |
| 598437924 | What vital function did big-city political bosses and their machines perform in managing the social and economic demands of the new urban environment? | (B) In exchange for political support, they provided many urban immigrants with jobs and social services that permitted these New Immigrants to raise a family, earn a livelihood, and escape abject poverty | |
| 598437925 | All of the following characterized the settlement-house movement led by leaders lie Jane Addams, Lillian Wald, and Florence Kelley EXCEPT that it | (D) studiously avoided becoming involved in international efforts to advance worldwide peace and condemn war | |
| 598437926 | In the 1890's, which group of women had a nearly exclusive hold on available white-collar positions as secretaries, department store clerks, and telephone operators? | (D) Native-born women | |
| 598437927 | Which of the following was NOT a reason that many labor unions favored government-imposed restrictions on immigration? | (E) Immigrants were not willing or able to work in factory environments | |
| 598437928 | Which of the following represents the best example of liberal Protestantism's effort to accommodate religion to modern scientific theories such as Darwinism? | (D) Proclaiming that Darwinism was an updated, authentic, and grander revelation of the ways of God | |
| 598437929 | Which were the two major sources of funding for the powerful new American research universities? | (B) state land grants and wealthy philanthropic industrialists | |
| 598437930 | What was the most important reason why Americans offered increasing support for the establishment of free public education system? | (B) because Americans accepted the idea that a free government and a republic cannot function effectively without educated citizens | |
| 598437931 | Which statement best reflects the different approaches of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois toward black education? | (A) W.E.B. DuBois believed that African Americans should develop a talented tenth, while Booker T. Washington emphasized manual labor and industrial training for African Americans | |
| 598437932 | How did American newspaper publishers expand their circulation and attract public attention in the late 19th century? | (E) Printing sensationalist stories of sex, corruption, and scandal | |
| 598437933 | What development prompted American novelists' turn from romanticism and transcendentalism to rugged social realism? | (D) the materialism and conflicts of the new industrial society | |
| 598437934 | By 1900, a new generation of woman suffrage advocates emphasized all of the following EXCEPT | (B) forming strong alliances with African Americans seeking voting rights |
