US - Chap 8 Review2017

Question 1

In the early school system this was stressed and emphasized...?

Accepted Answer

Morals and behavior

Question 2

by 1895, 31 states passed laws requiring how many weeks of school?

Accepted Answer

12-16 weeks

Question 3

Booker T Washington founded which school?

Accepted Answer

Hampton Institute

Question 4

What new creation allowed shoppers to purchase goods far away from stores?

Accepted Answer

Mail-order catalogs

Question 5

This educational initiative was introduced to helping working mothers...?

Accepted Answer

Kindergarten

Question 6

The US Postal Service adopted airplanes to establish?

Accepted Answer

Both B & C

Question 7

This sport was so popular, traveling teams began after the Civil War...?

Accepted Answer

Baseball

Question 8

Which newspaper owner pioneered the Sunday edition and comic section?

Accepted Answer

Joseph Pulitizer

Question 9

The Realism movement spawned all of the following EXCEPT?

Accepted Answer

Impressionism

Question 10

What state did most Chinese immigrate to?

Accepted Answer

California

Question 11

Who created the first skyscraper?

Accepted Answer

Louis Sullivan

Question 12

Which tax was created to make it a hardship for African Americans to vote?

Accepted Answer

Poll tax

Question 13

The Chines Exclusion Act stopped what?

Accepted Answer

Becoming a citizen

Question 14

Who developed and designed the first airplane?

Accepted Answer

Wright Brothers

Question 15

What kind of music took the 1900's by storm?

Accepted Answer

Ragtime

Question 16

What type of urban planning was done to alleviate the stress of city life?

Accepted Answer

City parks

Question 17

Photography advances cause a new career field to emerge...which?

Accepted Answer

Photo-journalism

Question 18

By 1910 about how many African Americans were attending high schools?

Accepted Answer

3%

Question 19

What immigrant group often lived in debt peonage?

Accepted Answer

Mexicans

Question 20

The first wave of segregation laws created in the south were called...?

Accepted Answer

Jim Crow

Question 21

In what decade did free public education become first available to African Americans?

Accepted Answer

1940's

Question 22

Where was the first Ferris Wheel?

Accepted Answer

Chicago, IL

Question 23

Who used the false claim of the conquest of Mars to sell newspapers?

Accepted Answer

William Randolph Hearst

Question 24

Many rural and small town customers used what mail-order catalog?

Accepted Answer

Sears & Roebuck

Question 25

Although many students were attending school longer, most did not earn a diploma because?

Accepted Answer

They went to work

Question 26

How did most immigrants view public education?

Accepted Answer

Welcomed it

Question 27

If African Americans did not follow social etiquette rules what would happen?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 28

Bicycling changed what for women?

Accepted Answer

Fashion styles

Question 29

Coca-Cola was invented by?

Accepted Answer

A pharmacist

Question 30

FW Woolworth created the "5 and Dime". How could he sell goods so cheaply?

Accepted Answer

Bought in bulk

Question 31

What union slogan popularized "8 hours work, 8 hours rest, and 8 hours of what you will?

Accepted Answer

Carpenters

Question 32

Where was the first roller coaster?

Accepted Answer

Coney Island, NY

Question 33

The first city to use underground cables to power electric transit was?

Accepted Answer

Richmond

Question 34

By 1900 what % of children in cities were attending school?

Accepted Answer

3/4

Question 35

The early school system permitted what?

Accepted Answer

corporeal punishment

Question 36

When bicycling first began it was for..?

Accepted Answer

Men only

Question 37

Who was the founder of the Realism movement?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Eakins

Question 38

Which is NOT an African American college?

Accepted Answer

Mass. Institute of Technology

Question 39

What is it called when workers are tied to landowners/businesses until they pay what they owe?

Accepted Answer

Debt patronage

Question 40

Who is responsible for the building of the majority of all art galleries and museums?

Accepted Answer

Wealthy Patrons

Question 41

Who won the first World Series in 1903?

Accepted Answer

Boston Pilgrims

Question 42

Who wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?

Accepted Answer

Mark Twain

Question 43

Dime novels often told tales of what?

Accepted Answer

Western adventures

Question 44

Plessy v Ferguson established "separate but equal" where?

Accepted Answer

In all public places

Question 45

Who the most AWESOMEST teacher ever?

Accepted Answer

Miss De Mott, Miss De Mott, Miss De Mott, Miss De Mott

Question 46

Thanks to education initiatives, what % of the public were literate by 1900?

Accepted Answer

90%

Question 47

The rise of the Industrial Age caused schools to include what?

Accepted Answer

Offer vocational courses

Question 48

Many adult immigrants who wanted an education attended...?

Accepted Answer

Night school

Question 49

Who voiced an outrage over African American lynchings?

Accepted Answer

Ida B Wells

Question 50

Many were excluded from entering galleries and museums because?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 51

Around the turn of the century where did most African American students attend school?

Accepted Answer

Private schools

Question 52

What new addition to the postal service increased shopping?

Accepted Answer

Both A and B

Question 53

By the turn of the century this many students had a college diploma?

Accepted Answer

2 out of 100

Question 54

In the case of Plessy v Ferguson, Homer A. Plessy was ...?

Accepted Answer

1/8 Black

Question 55

Many Catholics disliked American schools because...?

Accepted Answer

Readings from the King James Bible

Question 56

Up until the turn of the century, most students only went to school to what grade?

Accepted Answer

8th

Question 57

This sport was often broadcast by radio in large group settings?

Accepted Answer

Boxing

Question 58

What new creation allowed shoppers to stay in one building for all their needs?

Accepted Answer

Department stores

Question 59

New techniques in photography eliminated what?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 60

Tennis became a craze in America, but where did it start?

Accepted Answer

England

Question 61

By 1900 colleges dropped the study of Greek and Latin for?

Accepted Answer

Both B & C

Question 62

Magazines, newspapers and movie-houses made money doing what?

Accepted Answer

Using advertisements

Question 63

This new snack is made in Pennsylvania?

Accepted Answer

Hershey's Chocolates

Question 64

In racial etiquette terms, what was supposed to happen if whites and blacks met in the street?

Accepted Answer

Blacks give deference to whites

US - Chap 8 Review2017

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US - Chap 8 Review2017

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