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Ch 21 A New Urban Culture
A summer school for Bible teachers
How did newspapers attract women readers?
Ch 21 A New Urban Culture
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How did newspapers attract women readers?
Hired many women as news reporters and editors
They reported women's rights
Added special sections with topics of interest to women
They reduced the price
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A summer school for Bible teachers
Social Gospel
Salvation Army
Chautauqua Society
Hull House
3
Devoted life to helping the poor, mainly in Chicago
Jacob Riis
Jane Addms
John Phillip Sousa
Scott Joplin
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In late 1800s, this entertainment appealed mostly to immigrants and working class population
opera
tagtime
vaudeville
symphony
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Variety shows that include different forms of entertainment.
Social Gospel
local color
vaudeville
pogrom
6
How did the building boom in the late 1800s affect city life?
Overcrowding caused many to move to the country.
People left the suburbs to live in the cities
Cities became unable to accept new immigrants
Traffic congestion became a major problem
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The Chinese Exclusion Act....
allowed the development of specific immigrant neighborhoods
excluded a national group from work in some parts of U.S
was first law to stop immigrants from practicing religion
was first law to stop national group from entering U.S.
8
Organized attack on Jewish village.
vaudeville
pogrom
urbanization
acculturation
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In what ways were the works of many new American writers and artists in late 1800's alike?
Both focused mostly on realistic subjects and themes
Both produced works that were mostly set in Europe
Both focused mostly on romantic subjects and themes
Both concentrated on showing how the wealthy lived
10
Which best describes changing population patterns between 1860 and 1890?
Most new immigrants to U.S. settled in cities
Many blacks moved from northern cities to the rural South
Many young Americans left big cities and moved to farms
Most new immigrants to U.S. settled West and bought farms
11
Which of the following inventions was NOT due to the building boom in the late 1800s?
subway
elevated railroad
electric streetcar
carriage
12
Which of the following belongs in a list of remedies reformers used to solve city problems?
professional fire companies
stricter immigration laws
tenement housing
suburbs
13
How did immigrants adapt to life in the United States?
by acculturating
by joining nativist movements
by frequently relocating
by building tenements
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Why did farmers often migrate to cities in the late 1800s?
hope for a better life
lack of job competition
mix of cultures
good health care
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A nativist would agree with which of the following statements?
"Immigrants steal jobs from people who were born in the U.S"
"Immigrants help make the U.S. a better place to live."
"Immigrants need to work together to acculturate."
"Immigrants must search for opportunity in the U.S."
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Which of the following had strongest affect on the growth of public education after Civil War?
compulsory education laws
manual training schools
parochial schools
summer Bible camps
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Why did states improve public education after the Civil War?
to ensure that workers were obedient
to ensure that people knew their civic duties
to create a moral society
to develop an educated work force
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What did compulsory education laws require?
Discipline and obedience must be emphasized
Schools must teach religion
Schools must be segregated
Children must attend school
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Which did NOT contribute to the increasing number of newspaper readers in late 1800s?
newspapers' focus on women's rights issues
growth of the cities
compulsory education
desire to learn about current events
20
Music with a lively, rhythmic sound.
Jazz
Ragtime
Rock and Roll
Swing
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How did the population increase during the building boom in the late 1800s affect city life?
Department stores were moved to suburban locations
Urban parkland was used to build housing for the poor
Skyscrapers were built to conserve space
Owners required to add elevators to preexisting buildings
22
What led critics to complain about the types of stories covered in newspapers in late 1800s?
too much local news
yellow journalism
color comics
difficult reading levels
23
What was relationship between factory work and the interest in sports in late 1800s?
As factory work intensified, workers sought sports to relax
Factory workers often played sports during lunch
Many pro baseball players also worked in factories
Both led to the development of the suburbs
24
What German educational idea was widely adopted in the U.S. after 1873?
kindergarten
college
one-room school house
high school
25
Which describes a main theme found in realist writing in the late 1800s?
the luxury of the wealthy
the problems of the poor
the life of factory owners
the glamour of the city
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Wrote marches including "Stars and Stripes Forever."
John Phillip Sousa
Jane Adams
Jacob Riis
Horatio Alger
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Sports became popular in the late 1800s because
they provided safe forms of entertainment
they were invented by religious organizations
work became more demanding of people's time
it was one area of life where discrimination did not exist
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Which of the following provided community centers that offered jobs for the poor?
settlement houses
Ellis Island
parochial schools
tenements
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Wrote
How the Other Half Lives.
Jane Adamms
Thomas Nast
Scott Joplin
Jacob Riis
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Process of holding on to traditions while adapting to new culture.
Urbanization
pogrom
Acculturation
local color
