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AP U.S. History Chapter 25 Questions
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1
General Lewis Wallace's book
Ben Hur
Defended Christianity against Darwinism
Achieved success only after his death
Detailed Wallace's experiences in the Civil War
Was based on a popular early movie
2
The religious denomination that responded most favorably to the New Immigration was
Mormons
Baptists
Roman Catholics
Episcopalians
3
Booker Washington believed that the key to political and civil rights for African Americans was
Rigorous academic training
Economic independence
To directly challenge white supremacy
The vote
4
Which one of the following has the
least
in common with the other four?
Flophouses
Dumbbell tenements
Slums
Bedroom communities
5
The Morrill Act of 1862
Mandated racial integration in public schools
Granted public lands to states to support higher education
Established women's college like Vassar
Established the modern American research university
6
During industrialization, Americans increasingly
Shared a common and standardized popular culture
Had less free time
Outlawed cruel and violent sports like boxing
none of the above
7
The growing prohibition movement especially reflected the concerns of
The new immigrants
Middle class women
big business
Industrial labor unions
8
The National American Woman Suffrage Association
Elected Ida B. Wells as its president
Achieved its central political goal in 1898
Conducted an integrated campaign for equal rights
Limited its membership to whites
9
Settlement houses such as Hull House engaged in all of the following activities
except
Instruction in socialism
Cultural activities
Instruction in English
Child care
10
The post-Civil War era witnessed
A slow rise in the illiteracy rate
An emphasis on liberal arts colleges
The collapse of the Chautauqua movement
An increase in compulsory school-attendance laws
11
In the new urban environment, most liberal Protestants
Believed that a final Judgment Day was coming soon
Rejected biblical literalism
Welcomed ecumenical conversations with Roman Catholics
Were driven out of mainstream seminaries and colleges
12
The New Immigrants who came to the United States after 1880
Were culturally different from previous immigrants
Represented nonwhite racial groups
Received a warm welcome from the Old immigrants
Had experience with democratic governments
13
The term
Richardsonian
in the late nineteenth century pertained to
Music
Painting
Novels
Architecture
14
In the decades after the Civil War, college education for women
None of the above
Became much more common
Was confined for women's colleges
Became more difficult to obtain
15
The major factor in drawing country people off the farms and into the big cities was
The compact nature of those large communities
The lure of cultural excitement
The availability of industrial jobs
The development of the skyscraper
16
American newspapers expanded their circulation and public attention by
Printing sensationalist stories of sex and scandal
all of the above
crusading for social reform
Printing hard-hitting editorials
17
The American Protective Association
Led for many years by Florence Kelley and Jane Addams
Supported immigration restrictions
18
Most important factor leading to increased divorce rate in the late nineteenth century was the
Stresses of urban life
Decline in farm income
Decline of religious organizations
Emerging feminist movement
19
During the industrial revolution, life expectancy
Changed very little
Decreased
Measurably increased
Rose for women more than men
20
One of the early symbols of the dawning era of consumerism in urban America was
The Sears catalog
Advertising billboards
The rise of large department stores
The development of factories
21
Which of the following sports was
not
developed in the decades following the Civil War?
Croquet
Bicycling
Basketball
Baseball
22
The tremendously rapid growth of American cities in the post-Civil War decades was
Attrubutable to the closing of the frontier
A trend that affected Europe as well
A result of natural reproduction
Uniquely American
23
Novelists' turn from romanticism and transcendentalism to rugged social realism reflected the
Heightened awareness of racial problems
Higher educational level of their readers
Materialism and conflicts of the new industrial society
influence of Latin American literature
24
In the course of the late nineteenth century,
Family size gradually declined
The divorce rate fell
The birthrate increase
People tended to marry at an earlier age
25
As a leader of the African American community, Booker T. Washington
promoted black political activism
Advocated social equality
Promoted black self-help but did not challenge segregation
Discovered hundreds of uses for the peanut
26
A “bird of passage” was an immigrant who
Was unmarried
Flew from job to job
Came to America work for short time and returned to Europe
Came to the U.S. to live permanently
27
Most New Immigrants
Tried to preserve their Old Country culture in America
Eventually returned to their country of origin
Converted to mainstream Protestantism
Were subjected to stringent immigration restrictions
28
Black leader Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois
Supported the goals of Booker T. Washington
None of the above
Demanded complete equality for African Americans
Was an ex-slave who rose to fame
29
The place that offer the greatest opportunities for American women in the period 1865–1900 was
Rural America
The West
New England
The big city
30
Most Italian immigrants to the United States between 1880 and 1920 came to escape
The poverty and backwardness of southern Italy
Famine
Political oppression
The military draft