Chapter 17-18 APUSH/ DCUSH (2024)

High school education became more necessary and common by the early 20th century.

Baseball owners that wanted to attract more respectable fans had to address the problem of

Immigrants from a particular region of a country tended to settle by ethnic group.

How had urban leisure changed after the Civil War?

In what sport were young, elite women most likely to participate?

Who was a major proponent of 19th century commercial domesticity?

Why did voters turn away from urban political machines in the 1890s?

Scott Joplin was a leading composer of ragtime.

Which was NOT an innovation that led to city expansion?

Which of the following was NOT a technology required for skyscrapers?

What was AMERICA'S PASTIME by 1900?

"Petticoat rule" refers to wives' votes canceling husbands' votes.

How did the image of the outdoors change at this time?

What percent of Americans lived in the city by 1900?

Which would be MOST likely to support EUGENICS?

Many large U.S. cities built sewer systems to improve public health.

Which city had a major fire in 1871 that destroyed most of the city?

How did many WORKING CLASS women access department stores?

The most controversial organized sport of the period was college football.

Andrew Carnegie donated libraries to cities that agreed to pay to maintain them.

What was NOT a reason people were drawn to the city?

Booker T. Washington felt that blacks should directly protest discrimination.

Americans were having more children around 1900 than in previous generations.

The "City Beautiful" movement describes skyscraper skylines in major cities like New York and Chicago.

Tammany machine ward boss George Plunkitt understood HONEST GRAFT as

What did the wealthy often do when they realized living in the cities was dangerous?

Galveston, TX adopted the city commission system in 1900 after a hurricane killed 6,000 people.

What level of government was most prone to corruption during this era?

Why did many business leaders encourage men to play in sports?

The rise of inexpensive urban entertainment led to stricter dating customs.

The 1885 Home Insurance Building was inspiration for

Almost 90 percent of African Americans lived in the South in 1900.

Which of the following was NOT true about Margaret Sanger?

The Women's Christian Temperance Union supported women suffrage

What was the focus of the 1873 Comstock Act?

What became the biggest city in America and the 2nd biggest city in the world?

The CITY BEAUTIFUL movement attempted to

What was the most common form of urban transportation by 1900?

Plessy v. Ferguson set a precedent in support of what policy?

Why did the YMCA grow rapidly in the late 19th century?

Thomas Nast wrote detailed exposes to target Tammany Hall corruption.

Catholic immigrants tended to supportive of prohibition efforts.

What was the state of higher education for women between 1880 and 1920?

What was Sears-Roebuck's target market?

Why did the rate of college attendance quadruple form 1880-1920?