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Test review for chapter covering the growth of American cities between the 1870s and 1920s.
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1
What is the Twitter bird's name?
Tweety
Adolphus Rudolph Bernard Twitty
Yosemite
Larry
2
About 8,000 Americans are injured every year by what?
Overly tight yoga pants
Musical Instruments
Cell phones
Seat belts
3
Supreme Court case in 1896 making separate but equal facilities legal:
Desegregation Mandates
Plessy Vs. Ferguson
Jim Crow Vs. Your Mom
Jordan Rules
4
What were laws in southern states designed to limit the rights of African-Americans called?
Jim Crow Laws
African-American Exclusion Act
Apartheid
Separate but Equal
5
What year did my father graduate high school?
He didn't graduate
1967
1960
1970
6
Which was a new method of mass transit in the early 1900s that we discussed in our lecture?
Busses
Monorail cars
Taxis
Subways
7
California has issued 6 drivers licenses to people named what?
Josef Stalin
Adolph Hitler
Jesus Christ
Cliff Owens
8
Who created the Hull House in Chicago to aid immigrants in assimilation?
Grover Cleveland
Jane Addams
Booker T. Washington
Daniel Burnham
9
Osama bin Laden & Hitler both died on which day of the year?
December 24th
July 4th
May 1st
January 1st
10
In 2015 more people died by what than shark attacks?
Picking their nose and eating it
Riding zip lines
Taking selfies
Fanny pack malfunctions
11
Which US city was planned by Daniel Burnham & hosted the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893?
Boston
Houston
New York
Chicago
12
True or False: Birds do NOT urinate.
True
False
13
Putting what on an insect bite can relieve the itching and swelling?
Cat urine
Jello
Camel blood
Dog feces
14
Which political cartoonist drew this?
Thomas Nast
Homer Plessy
Daniel Burnham
William Tweed
15
What was created to make sure government jobs were awarded based on merit?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Tariffs
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Pendleton Civil Service Act
16
What's the focal point of William Tweed in this cartoon?
His honesty
His belly
His corruption
His reforms
17
Which was NOT a reason why immigrants chose to settle in cities
Access to housing
Communities of their countrymen
Overcrowding
Plentiful jobs
18
What movement was created as an opposition to Social Darwinism?
Segregation
Social Gospel
Progressivism
Populism
19
What does this picture represent?
Unsafe working conditions
Overcrowding of urban tenements
Poor urban sanitation
Spacious housing for immigrants
20
Which was NOT a problem faced by city dwellers in the early 1900s?
Unhealthy drinking water
Poor sanitation
Crime
Job opportunities
21
Steam and electricity replacing human muscle is a description of what?
Social Darwinism
Industrialism
Business cycle
Economic development
22
Old Immigrants experienced less nativism because they mostly what?
Were poor
Weren't Protestant
Were uneducated
Spoke English
23
Which 1888 presidential candidate stood for low tariffs?
Chester A. Arthur
William McKinley
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
24
Which technological improvement helped develop cities in the Gilded Age?
Fiber optic cable
Radio
Taxis
Skyscrapers
25
Where would Chinese immigrants likely have entered the US in the early 20th century?
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Los Angeles Harbor
Alcatraz Island
26
When hippos are upset, what color does their sweat turn?
Yella
Pink
Red
Green
27
In Galveston it is illegal to have a what run loose on the beach?
Pit bull
Moose
Camel
Midget
28
An official giving a job to someone who worked on their campaign is an example of what?
Patronage
Voter fraud
Civil Service
Extortion
29
Jane Addams was a reformer known for setting up what?
Welfare offices
Orphanages
Settlement houses
Immigrant hospitals
30
Which was NOT a political problem faced during the Gilded Age?
Election fraud
Political machines
Honest candidates
Patronage
31
Which African-American leader felt blacks would achieve equality by gaining in economic status?
Jane Addams
WEB DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr.
32
Which statement most correctly summarizes education around the Turn of the Century?
Children were beginning to attend school at an earlier age.
Black & white students went to school together
Fewer people attended school then earlier years
Schools were shutting down
33
Daniel Burnham is best known as the architect of what?
Flat Iron building
Empire State building
Sears Tower
Golden Gate Bridge
34
Where would immigrants from Europe likely have entered the US in the early 1900s?
Ellis Island
Boston Harbor
Angel Island
Alcatraz
35
Which of the following would be an example of a PUSH factor for US immigration?
Irish Potato Famine
Plentiful American jobs
Poor urban sanitation
Finding gold in Alaska
36
Which 1896 Supreme Court case allowed states to legally segregate whites and blacks?
Jim Crow
Roe vs. Wade
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Brown vs. The Board of Education
37
According to the textbook, what was Frederick Law Olmsted's crowning achievement?
Flatiron Building
Central Park in NYC
Empire State Building
Planning Chicago
38
Which of the following would be a PULL factor for US immigration
Suppression of Polish people
Plentiful factory jobs
A poor US economy
Jewish persecution in Europe
39
Plessy vs. Ferguson = _______ but ________
Together but equal
Together but different
Separate but different
Separate but equal
40
Which statement about political machines is false?
They found jobs for immigrants
They were often corrupt
Immigrants did not like them
They often traded votes for support
41
What is a tax on an imported good which encourages you to buy an American good called?
Tariff
Graft
Income tax
Excise tax
42
Which was a method used by southern states to keep African-Americans from voting?
Patronage
Secret ballots
Proof of land ownership
Poll tax
43
What was the primary reason immigrants came to the US between 1870 and 1920?
Tenement houses
Opportunity
Urban slums
Warfare
44
Fear of immigrants due to high unemployment and declining wages led to what legislation?
Italian Limitation Act
Open Door Policy
Chinese Exclusion Act
Domino Effect
