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in the 1920 census of the united states revealed
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a majority of Americans lived in "urban" areas
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in the late nineteenth century the population in urban areas of the united states
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increased 700 percent in the fifty years after the Civil War
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the largest number of immigrants to the united states in the late nineteenth century came from
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southern and eastern Europe
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in the late nineteenth century immigrants in the united states
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generally lacked the capital to buy land
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by 1890 the percentage of the populations of chicago new york and detroit that were made up of immigrants was roughly
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80-85%
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in the late nineteenth century immigrant communities
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formed close-knit ethnic communities within the cities
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in the late nineteenth century compared to other immigrant ethnic groups, jews
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advanced rapidly economically, placed a high value on education, huddled together in ethnic neighborhoods
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compared with the first generation, second generation immigrants
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break from their traditional culture
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in the late nineteenth century the assimilation of immigrants was encouraged by
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the sale of American products, public education, church leaders, religious reform
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the primary goal of the american protective association
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stop immigrants from entering the United States
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in 1894 the immigration restriction league
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proposed screening immigrants to allow only the "desirable" ones to enter
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in 1882 the first group of immigrants to be excluded from the united states on the basis of their nationality were
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Chinese
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significant innovation of urban america in the late nineteenth century
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large public parks
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the principle force behind the creation of great public buildings in the late nineteenth century
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wealthy residents
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the "city beautiful" movement in the united states, inspiration
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the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago
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in the late nineteenth century, suburban population
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the moderately well-to-do people
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in 1894, the population density of manhattan in new york was
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far greater than the most crowded European cities
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tenement buildings in urban america
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initially praised as an improvement in housing for the poor
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in the 1890s Jacob Riis
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reported on the living conditions of the urban poor to encourage improvements
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by 1900 the transportation systems of american cities
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elevated railroads, subways, electric trolleys and cable cars, suspension bridges.
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in 1884 the first "modern" skyscraper built in the united states
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was constructed with steel girders
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in the early twentieth century efforts to improve environmental problems in american cities
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included a new federal environmental regulatory agency.
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in the late nineteenth century efforts to reduce poverty in america
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saw charitable organizations try to limit aid to those deemed "deserving poor"
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in the late nineteenth crime in large american urban centers
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led many city governments to create professional public police departments, swelled in the twenty years between 1880 and 1900, was often blamed on the violent proclivities of immigrant groups.
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theodore dreiser's 1900 novel, sister carrie
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dealt with social dislocations and injustices of the present
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in the late nineteenth century, political "machines" in cities
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owed their existence to the rapid growth of urban America and the influx of millions of immigrants
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in the late nineteenth century, urban political bosses
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give out patronage, win votes for their political organization, provide material assistance to the poor, enrich themselves through graft and corruption did NOT reduce the costs of city services
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in the late nineteenth century, the tammany hall political machine
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saw its most famous boss, William M. Tweed, sent to prison
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in the last decades of the nineteenth century, incomes in the united states
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rose for almost all Americans
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during the late nineteenth century, innovations in consumer goods
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the emergence of ready-made clothing, the ability to refrigerate foods artificially, the opening of large department stores, the development and mass production of tin cans did NOT see the formation of credit card companies
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the national network of grocery stores that started in the 1850's
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the A&P
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in the 1890s florence kelly and the national consumers league
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sought to improve wages and working conditions of manufacturers and retailers
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at the end of the nineteenth century, most americans viewed leisure time
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as being desirable
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in the late nineteenth century leisure activities tended to be divided by
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gender class & race
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the nineteenth century game of rounders became the modern sport of
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baseball
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in the 1869 princeton and rutgers played the first intercollegiate game in america
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football
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in the nineteenth century, vaudeville theatre
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consisted of a variety of stage acts
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at the turn of the twentieth century, motion pictures
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were the first true mass entertainment medium
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coney island
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average daily attendance at Luna Park in 1904 was 90,000 people, visitors relaxed their conventions of Victorian social behavior, experienced phenomenal popularity until after WWI, provided lavish reproductions of exotic places & spectacular adventures did NOT develop a reputation for wholesome, family attractions
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during the late nineteenth and and early centuries, the growth of newspapers
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saw newspaper circulation increase much more rapidly than the general population
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which American writers associated with the trend toward social realism in the literature in the late nineteenth century
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Upton Sinclair, Frank Norris, Stephen Crane, Theodore Dreiser Mark Twain is the LEAST associated with the trend toward social realism in literature in the late nineteenth century
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the american artistic movement known as the "ashcan school"
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included the painter Edward Hopper
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charles darwin's theories of evolution, resistance
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theologians, scientists, educators
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according to the philosophy of pragmatism, society should be guided by
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scientific inquiry
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which american thinkers, scientific methods?
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William Graham Sumner, Charles Darwin, John Dewey, Edward A. Ross Henry James LEAST associated with study using scientific methods
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american education in the late nineteenth century
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period of rapid expansion for public schools, most states required compulsory school attendance, extended to Indian tribes, Southern blacks had far less access than southern whites Funding for public education was NOT highest in rural areas
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in the late nineteenth century, american universities
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significantly grew in number due to the Morrill Land Grant, had a strong commitment to practical knowledge, began to form relationships with the private sector and the government
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during the late nineteenth century college education for american women
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had expanded significantly
