CH 19 APUSH Quiz – Flashcards
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Who were the new immigrants who poured into the US b/w 1890 and 1920?
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Southern and eastern European
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Why was Frances Willard important?
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She headed the Woman's Christian Temperance Union that pursued various reform issues.
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In what type of building did most urban poor people live in the late 19th century?
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Tenements
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Machine politics was
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a form of urban politics where local politicians, known as bosses, dominated urban areas.
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Which of the following functions was not typically performed by political bosses and precinct captains?
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They ran settlement houses.
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Who was Thomas Nast mocking in his famous cartoon "Let Us Prey?"
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Boss Tweed
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Which of the following statements accurately describes urban growth in the late 19th century?
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Urban populations grew dramatically, with cities such as Chicago growing by over 400 percent.
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How did the settlement-house movement distinguish itself from other urban social-welfare organizations?
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It insisted that charity workers live in slum neighborhoods to better understand the living conditions of the poor.
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Who established Hull House?
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Jane Addams
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Which of the following is a valid conclusion to draw about the ways in which immigrants adjusted to urban life in their new society?
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Many immigrants shed their native culture only with reluctance.
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Why was the development of the flush toilet and indoor plumbing so significant?
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It helped fight the many diseases that flourish in polluted waters.
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During the 1880s and 1890s, which new obligation was added to the traditional middle-class woman's role as director of the household?
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She had to nurture her family's cultural improvement by fostering an artistic environment of ornamentation, knickknacks, and well-arranged furniture.
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What impact did the department store have?
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It overcame middle- and upper-class reluctance to spend; It made shopping an adventure; It functioned as a kind of social club and home away from home for women living comfortably; It spotlighted the high quality and low cost of the items for sale; ALL OF THESE
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What purpose did college football have, according to its defenders in the late 19th century?
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It was a character-building sport that could function as a surrogate frontier experience in an increasingly urbanized society.
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What major change took place during the late 19th century in the teaching of medicine, architecture, engineering, and law?
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Standards were raised and practice was professionalized.
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Who argued in The American Woman's Home that those of "good breeding" should avoid "reaching over another person's plate;...using the table-cloth instead of napkins;...and picking the teeth at the table?"
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Catharine Beecher
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Why did leisure-time activities become increasingly important to the working class during the late 19th century?
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Factory labor was growing more routine and impersonal, and social interactions at the workplace were increasingly inhibited.
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How were the new research universities of the late 19th century different from earlier colleges?
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They offered courses in a wide variety of subject areas.
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What form of theatrical entertainment drew the largest audiences in late 19th century America?
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Vaudeville
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Which of the following was a typical feature of daily life in a late 19th century American city?
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Cultural diversity
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What was one of the New Orleans's special contributions to late 19th century American life and culture?
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Jazz
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What did the work of Frances Willard of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union show about many women in the late 19th century?
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They could challenge the cult of domesticity and expand women's sphere while at the same time remaining committed to women's nurturing and supportive role within the family.
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In the late 19th century, John L Sullivan represented America's love affair with
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boxing
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Who coined the term conspicous consumption to describe the excessive materialism and flaunting of wealth of America's captains of industry?
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Thorstein Veblen
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Which of the following is not an indicator of women's changing relationship to men during the last decades of the 19th century?
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The growing popularity of catalog and department stores.
