U.S. History H Chapter 15 Quiz Review – Flashcards
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Temperance Movement
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movement to eliminate the consumption of alcohol
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Vice
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immoral, wicked, or crime-related behavior
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Social Gospel Movent
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sought to apply the teachings of Jesus
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Nativist groups such as the American Protective association supported
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the teaching of only American culture in schools
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Prohibition groups saw a link between drinking and
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lower public morals
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Purity crusaders wanted to rid their communities of
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vice
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Reformers who tried to solve social problems by helping the needy believed that
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prosperous Americans should lead reform efforts
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The Charity Organization Society provided the poor with
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advice and assistance
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Idealists in the settlement movement believed that social workers should
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live in poor neighborhoods
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The typical staff member of a settlement house
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worked for little or no pay
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Suburbs
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residential communities surrounding a city
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Tenements
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cheap apartment buildings often crammed with people
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Graft
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The use of one's job to gain profit
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Political Machine
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organization designed to keep a particular group in power, usually headed by a "boss"
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Which of the following contributed to the migration from farms to cities in the late 1800s?
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a sharp decline in the need for labor
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When the African Americans left southern farms in the late 1800s, where did they relocate?
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in nearby cities
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Which of the following did NOT contribute to the growth of cities?
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migration to the suburbs
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Which of the following best characterizes urban areas by the early 1900s?
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slums and tenements
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Which of the following resulted from rapid urbanization?
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a widening gap between rich and poor
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What powerful position did William Marcy Tweed hold?
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New York City's Democratic party boss
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Steerage
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large open area beneath a ship's deck
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Quarantine
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place/period of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
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Alien
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belonging to a foreign country or nation
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Which of the following attracted many immigrants to the United States?
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a chance at a better life
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How did the pattern of European immigration shift in 1890?
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from northern to southern, western, and eastern Europeans
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Where did European immigrants often settle in the United States?
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in their ports of entry
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What first attracted the Chinese to the United States?
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recruitment by railroad companies
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How were Asians regarded by many white Americans?
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with suspicion and hostility
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What development led to the first wave of Mexican immigration in the early 1900s?
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irrigation of southwestern lands
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What typically led an immigrant to achieve success in America?
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determination and hard work
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Laisezz-faire
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limited government role in economic matters
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Subsidy
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government payment to develop certain key industries
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Pendleton Civil Service Act
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created Civil Service Commission to classify government jobs
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Munn v. Illinois
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allowed states to regulate businesses within their borders
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The post-Reconstruction era was marked by
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corruption in business and government
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One example of government's trying to help American business was
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Munn v. Illinois
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In the late 1800s the Republican Party favored
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a tight money supply, high tariffs, and government aid to railroads
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The Interstate Commerce Act outlawed the railroads' practice of
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charging equally for long and short hauls
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Jacob S. Coxey led a march on Washington to demand
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jobs for the unemployed
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Cleveland failed to win his party's nomination in 1896 in part because of
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a severe economic depression
