Question 1

The racism directed at ethnic immigrant groups in America in the late nineteenth century

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A)   diminished as each new group of immigrants reached the country and diversified the population.
B)   was the product of the perception that ethnic and religious differences were racial characteristics.
C)   was directed only at those ethnic groups that had dark skin.
D)   divided the immigrant workforce between skilled laborers from Southern and Eastern Europe and unskilled laborers from Northern and Western Europe.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 2

Southern blacks migrated to northern cities in the 1890s

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A)   to avoid conflict with migrant Mexican farmworkers.
B)   to join the Socialist Democratic party.
C)   for economic opportunities and safety.
D)   for religious reasons.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Which of the following developments changed the U.S. garment industry in the 1850s?

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A)   Independent tailors were replaced by sweatshop workers.
B)   The supply of cheap labor dried up.
C)   Women became the dominant force in its labor unions.
D)   Foreign countries began to manufacture most of the world's clothing.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D) A

Question 4

Which statement describes late-nineteenth-century American libraries?

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A)   They made up the most extensive free public-library system in the world.
B)   They were popular with laborers who took advantage of their free literacy programs.
C)   They were found only in Boston, Philadelphia, and New York City.
D)   They were privately funded and open only to members who could afford to pay.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 5

Which of the following describes the majority of immigrants' lifestyles in the United States after 1900?

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A)   They lived in cities because jobs were available there and because they did not have the money to buy land.
B)   The majority had left overcrowded conditions in their homeland to settle in America's farmlands.
C)   They had come to America to escape harsh economic conditions in Germany and Ireland.
D)   They lived in temporary housing in the United States and soon returned to their homes.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 6

In the post-Civil War United States, a "city boss" was

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A)   an especially effective mayor who oversaw a large city as it industrialized.
B)   a professional politician who provided public works and social services for new residents.
C)   a corrupt politician who served primarily to benefit himself and his family.
D)   a city councilor who had served at least three consecutive terms.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C) B

Question 7

Describe workers' responses to the low wages and poor working conditions they experienced in late-nineteenth-century industrial jobs. How did they try to improve their situations, and what demands did they make? How did industrialists and the U.S. government respond?

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Question 8

Compare and contrast the responses of municipal governments and political bosses to the challenges that grew along with the rise of cities in the United States in the 1880s and 1890s. Which of their actions were viewed by middle-class reformers as positive and which as negative? Why?

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Question 9

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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
-Small room used for clothing piecework beginning in the later nineteenth century. As mechanization transformed the garment industry with the introduction of foot-pedaled sewing machines and mechanical cloth-cutting knives, independent tailors were replaced with these workers, hired by contractors to sew pieces into clothing.

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A)  American Federation of Labor (AFL) 
B)  bossism
C)  cult of domesticity
D)  Ellis Island
E)  family economyF) global migrationG) Great Railroad StrikeH) Haymarket bombingI) Knights of LaborJ) sweatshopK) "typewriters"L) World's Columbian ExpositionM) F) and H)
N) A) and D)

Question 10

What was the main lesson learned by workers from the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

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A)   They lacked power individually but might gain it through a union.
B)   Workers would never be able to fight large corporations.
C)   Strikes were not an effective way to gain the attention of authorities.
D)   Higher wages could be obtained through persistent and concerted action.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

Throughout much of the nineteenth century, middle-class American women were confined by a cultural ideology that dictated that they

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A)   work outside the home to make ends meet.
B)   integrate workplace and home as much as possible.
C)   exist within the private sphere of the household.
D)   extend their sphere of influence to include charity work.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
-This violent multicity protest began with West Virginia railroad brakemen objecting to sharp wage reductions and quickly spread to include roughly 600,000 workers. Although President Rutherford B. Hayes sent federal troops to successfully disband the workers, union membership surged in the aftermath.

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A)  American Federation of Labor (AFL) 
B)  bossism
C)  cult of domesticity
D)  Ellis Island
E)  family economyF) global migrationG) Great Railroad StrikeH) Haymarket bombingI) Knights of LaborJ) sweatshopK) "typewriters"L) World's Columbian ExpositionM) G) and K)
N) A) and I)

Question 13

Which of the following describes the world economy at the turn of the twentieth century?

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A)   An intense rivalry between the rapidly growing American industrial machine and the newly revived Western European manufacturing complex
B)   Three interlocking but intensely competitive geographic regions made up of the United States and Latin America, Europe and Africa, and Asia
C)   An industrial core, an agricultural domain, and a third world tied to the industrial core by economic colonialism
D)   Stagnant, as the nations hovered on the brink of a world warE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 14

As middle- and upper-class urbanites moved to new areas of their cities in the late nineteenth century, poor city dwellers

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A)   also moved to the outskirts of the industrial cities.
B)   became socially segregated from the wealthy.
C)   gained increasing economic and political power.
D)   saw the quality of their daily lives improve dramatically.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

What did the public school system in late-nineteenth-century American cities provide?

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A)   After-school programs
B)   Year-round programs for all children, including babies and toddlers
C)   Year-round programs and free tuition for children under age twelve
D)   Free tuition and open access to all school-aged childrenE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 16

Compare and contrast the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor in the 1880s.

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Question 17

The advent of the adding machine, typewriter, and cash register had the greatest impact on

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A)   literate white men.
B)   literate white women.
C)   immigrants who gained skills on the shop floor.
D)   illiterate women who wanted to learn new skills.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above D

Question 18

Samuel Gompers, the founder of the American Federation of Labor,

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A)   envisioned a union that would include skilled and unskilled workers.
B)   worked primarily to elect politicians who were sympathetic to labor.
C)   fought for higher pay and better working conditions for skilled labor.
D)   absolutely opposed strikes as a strategy for change.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 19

Working-class courtship rituals in urban, industrial America in the late nineteenth century

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A)   remained remarkably similar to those of preindustrial America.
B)   changed in that women met prospective husbands only through their families.
C)   consisted of informal meetings at dance halls and other commercial settings.
D)   favored working-class women who no longer had to rely on men to pay for their entertainment.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 20

Discuss the impact of urbanization and industrialization on patterns of leisure in America during the nineteenth century. How were these changes related to the growing division among classes?

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Compare and contrast the responses of municipal governments and political bosses to the challenges that grew along with the rise of cities in the United States in the 1880s and 1890s. Which of their actions were viewed by middle-class reformers as positive and which as negative? Why?

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What was the main lesson learned by workers from the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

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