Chapter 8: Life at the Turn of the Century

Question 1

Dime novels were inexpensive books that often told glorified adventure tales of

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the West

Question 2

All the following spectator sports increased in popularity during this era EXCEPT

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hockey

Question 3

What was one effect of Florida's industrial growth in the early 1900's?

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the construction of roads and railroads on a large scale

Question 4

Journalist who fought to end lynching

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Ida B. Wells

Question 5

Comprised buildings made for an urban setting for specifically large growing cities

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urban architecture

Question 6

How could poor whites get out of paying the poll tax and still vote?

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grandfather clause

Question 7

What was the "poor man's university"?

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library

Question 8

Designed nation's first skyscraper

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Louis Sullivan, Daniel Burnham

Question 9

The popular Ashcan School of American art stressed scenes of

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urban life

Question 10

Susan B. Anthony said "________has done more to emancipate women than anything else"

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bicycling

Question 11

American novelist and humorist

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Mark Twain

Question 12

In 1910, the number of Americans who shopped by the mail had reached

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10 million

Question 13

Which beliefs greatly fostered an expansion of public education?

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higher security, social status,economic& scientific advances

Question 14

What was one of the reasons immigrants were encouraged to get a public education?

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to make them more 'American'

Question 15

"prices and wages should be determined by the marketplace" supports what

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laissez-faire capitalism

Question 16

What allowed for the increase of engineers?

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high school

Question 17

Neighborhood stores like the picture shown would most likely be threatened by which choice

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Marshal Field

Question 18

The sport that the novelist Mark Twain referred to as the symbol of the "booming 19th century"

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baseball

Question 19

What SALES increased due to physical activity?

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Hershey Bars

Question 20

A consumer economy is characterized by

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all the above

Question 21

Which of the following was NOT created to solve urbanization problems?

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portable cameras

Question 22

The man who originated the department store was

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Marshall Field

Question 23

By the late 19th century,social class in the U.S. was defined by

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income, occupation and lifestyle

Question 24

In the case of Plessy v Ferguson, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled

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racial segregation in public facilities was leagal

Question 25

Introduced first mass-produced camera

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George Eastman

Question 26

This person is created New York Central Park

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Fredrick Law Olmstead

Question 27

annual tax that had to be paid in order to vote, was an effort to discourage Black voters

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poll tax

Question 28

What system brought packages directly to every home?

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Rural Free Delivery

Question 29

What kind of things would Black voters be asked to read that kept them from voting?

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a book in German

Question 30

Which one did NOT contribute to increase in leisure activities?

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sleeping

Question 31

What made the modern skyscrapers possible?

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steel

Question 32

What drove the increase in printing technology?

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90% literacy rate

Question 33

What rose out of the rivalry between Hearst and Pulitzer?

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sensationalized journalism

Chapter 8: Life at the Turn of the Century

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Chapter 8: Life at the Turn of the Century

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