Question 1

What did the eastern European and Chinese immigrants of the late 1800s have in common?

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Both groups mainly settled in the nations’ cities.

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The majority of both groups disembarked at Ellis Island.

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Both groups were trying to escape religious persecution.

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Both groups were fleeing rebellions in their homelands.

Question 2

What effect did rising nativism have on immigration policies during the late 1800s?

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Rising prejudice against immigrants stimulated new laws that restricted immigration and withheld citizenship from Chinese immigrants.

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The emergence of anti-immigrant groups motivated Congress to pass laws that made it a federal crime to interfere with immigrants’ rights.

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When rising nativism inspired new laws that restricted immigration, Chinese immigrants successfully petitioned to have the laws repealed.

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Despite rising nativism, the relative ease with which immigrants entered the country remained unchanged.

Question 3

What new building technology allowed architects to begin designing skyscrapers in the late 1800s?

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steel frames

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mass-produced bricks

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concrete pillars

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machine-hewn wooden frames

Question 4

Which is a TRUE statement about the political machine of the late 1800s?

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Defendants of the political machine claimed that party bosses addressed the needs of city dwellers

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Successful political machines of the late 1800s served as models for future city governments.

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The party bosses of political machines prevented cities from addressing urban social problems.

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Political machines eventually broke down because they failed to gain the support of immigrants.

Question 5

The philosophy of Social Darwinism appealed to industrialists because __________.

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they thought that the development of huge corporations proved the idea that only the fittest survive

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they wanted to promote a realistic view of their corporations’ role in society

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it proposed that one has complete control over one’s future

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it gave industrialists the responsibility of raising the social consciousness

Question 6

In the late 1800s, industrialization promoted entertainment and recreation in all of the following ways EXCEPT __________.

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the development of mass transit systems brought rural populations into the cities for nightly shows and sporting events

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machines made work less physically strenuous, and people sought new forms of exercise

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the standard of living increased for many, enabling them to spend money on leisure activities

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people began to separate work from home life and began looking for things to do outside of the home

Question 7

Which of the following is a TRUE statement about the Social Gospel movement and Social Darwinism?

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Social Darwinism praised competition, while the Social Gospel movement saw competition as the cause of many social problems.

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Social Darwinism aimed to improve society, while the Social Gospel movement just criticized it

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Unlike the Social Gospel movement, Social Darwinism inspired the development of many social programs designed to help the urban poor.

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Unlike the ideas of Social Darwinism, the Social Gospel movement proposed that a better society would eventually emerge even if people did nothing to improve society

Question 8

__________ believed that people sometimes failed in life because of circumstances that were beyond their control.

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Naturalists

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Social Darwinists

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Darwinists

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Reformers in the Social Gospel movement

Question 9

Dwight L. Moody, one organizer of the YMCA, differed from other reform leaders in that __________.

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he believed that the only way to reform society was to reform people’s character

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he believed that society’s only hope was to develop public educational services

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he believed that the only way to reform society was to provide people with services

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he believed that society could not be improved

Question 10

The period of history between 1870 to 1898 has been labeled, the _______________ Age.

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Gilded

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