An Urban Society: Ch 5

Question 1

One of the most famous settlement houses was founded by Jane Addams in 1889. It's name was___.

Accepted Answer

Chicago's Hull House

Question 2

Which of the following terms represents a type a residence that is often run-down and crowded?

Accepted Answer

tenement

Question 3

What reason could immigrants be refused permission to enter the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

a contagious illness

Question 4

Many immigrants, including women and children, worked in sweatshops of which industry?

Accepted Answer

clothing

Question 5

In gov't reception centers, examiners recorded which information about immigrants?

Accepted Answer

name, occupation and from where they came

Question 6

Which period of the late 1800's included extravagant wealth yet terrible poverty underneath?

Accepted Answer

the Gilded Age

Question 7

Which symbol of hope greeted immigrants at New York Harbor?

Accepted Answer

Statue of Liberty

Question 8

What is a nativist?

Accepted Answer

an anti-immigrant

Question 9

True/False: Immigrants played a small part in the growth of cities.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

T/F: Immigrants' journey to the U.S. was on a cruise ship with luxury cabins and fine dining.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

The ________Bridge opened in 1883.

Accepted Answer

Brooklyn

Question 12

True/False: A growing network of railroads fed city growth.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

When people left their homelands to live somewhere else, they ______ to the U.S.

Accepted Answer

emigrated

Question 14

Many immigrants left their home countries and came to the U.S. to escape__________.

Accepted Answer

unfair law and economic hardship

Question 15

Due to railroads feeding city growth, Chicago and Kansas City developed into ________.

Accepted Answer

meatpacking centers

Question 16

T/F: An ethnic group is a group of people who share different cultures or heritages.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

After the Civil War, artists and musicians in the U.S. began to_____.

Accepted Answer

develop their own style, which was purely American

Question 18

In 1888, Richmond, Virginia pioneered the use of the _____.

Accepted Answer

trolley car

Question 19

The writer that described the lives of upper-class Easterners was_______.

Accepted Answer

Edith Wharton

Question 20

Rooting for a local star or home team became popular in the free time of people attending_____?

Accepted Answer

spectator sports

Question 21

Once immigrants were in the U.S., what was their greatest challenge?

Accepted Answer

finding work

Question 22

Steerage can best be defined as:

Accepted Answer

inexpensive quarters for passengers below the deck of a ship

Question 23

What is yellow journalism?

Accepted Answer

Reporters exaggerating dramatic/shocking aspects of a story

Question 24

A major feature of this music was syncopation, a shifting of the usual musical accent.

Accepted Answer

ragtime

Question 25

Most immigrants had a desire to assimilate, which sometimes clashed preserving their culture.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about immigrants during this time?

Accepted Answer

Most new immigrants bought land and settled in rural areas.

Question 27

True/False: By the early 1900's, most immigrants arrived from southern and eastern Europe.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

Who was the designer of New York's Central Park & several parks in Boston?

Accepted Answer

Fredrick Law Olmsted

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