History 21 - United States History Since the Civil War » 2019 » Week 2 Quiz

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Question #1
Most old immigrants came from
A.   Russia
B.   Sweden
C.   Italy
D.   England, Ireland, and Germany
Question #2
The new immigrants differed from their predecessors mainly in their
A.   age, being much older than earlier immigrants
B.   inability to adapt their skills to the needs of a factory-oriented economy
C.   ethnic and religious backgrounds and countries of origin
D.   reasons for coming to this country
Question #3
The new immigrants came mainly from
A.   southern and eastern Europe
B.   Scandinavia
C.   China
D.   Japan
Question #4
Which of the following statements about nativism is FALSE?
A.   Nativists were mostly Protestants
B.   Nativists opposed the influence of Roman Catholics in America
C.   Nativists argued that southern and eastern Europeans were inferior
D.   Nativists favored immigration
Question #5
Who determined the pattern of urban growth and development in the "private city" of the late 19th Century?
A.   government planners
B.   city managers
C.   profit seeking businessmen
D.   zoning boards
Question #6
The 19th Century genteel tradition in American literature dwelt on all of the following themes EXCEPT:
A.   romanticism
B.   moral ideals
C.   reality
D.   sentimentality
Question #7
Novelist Theodore Dreiser wrote in the literary genre known as
A.   realism
B.   the genteel tradition
C.   local color
Question #8
Scott Joplin wrote popular music in the syncopated style called
A.   the blues
B.   jazz
C.   ragtime
D.   marching band music
Question #9
Coney Island became famous as an escapist adventure land for working class Americans.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #10
By the end of the 19th Century, the sport of baseball was governed by the Marquis of Queensberry Rules.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #11
Literary naturalists in the late 19th Century America pursued the theme of regional differences and regional dialects in rural America.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #12
This person wrote "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets."
A.   Frank Norris
B.   Stephen Crane
C.   Jack Finney
D.   Mark Twain
Question #13
William Dean Howells wrote which of the following?
A.   The Gilded Age
B.   The Hazard of New Fortunes
C.   The Awakening
D.   The Virginian
Question #14
In which year was the cable car introduced?
A.   1865
B.   1873
C.   1832
D.   1900
Question #15
The Emergency Quota Act of 1921
A.   encouraged the increase in the number of persons from Italy into the United States
B.   encouraged the migration of African-Americans to the North could not exceed 4% per year
C.   no one of Irish descent could immigrate to America after 1921
D.   provided that no more than 3% of a nationality already in America in 1910 could immigrate annually to the United States
Question #16
The Statue of Liberty was unveiled in which year?
A.   1900
B.   1865
C.   1877
D.   1886
Question #17
This area of New Orleans known as __________ became a mecca for jazz musicians.
A.   The Tinderloin
B.   The Spanish Quarter
C.   Frenchtown
D.   Storyville
Question #18
This law required that rooms in apartments have access to light and ventilation.
A.   Tenement Reform Law of 1879
B.   The Immigrant Health and Safety Code of 1890
C.   The Rent Control Act of 1900
D.   The Health and Safety Act of 1865
Question #19
The Home Insurance Building in Chicago was the first ___________.
A.   skyscraper
B.   building dedicated exclusively to the insurance business
C.   building zoned for commercial use in the city
D.   building to burn down during the Great Chicago Fire
Question #20
Chinese immigrants for the most part, came to America to,,
A.   flee from religious persecution
B.   found communities for the permanent settlement of their families
C.   spy for the Chinese government which was in a trade war with the United States
D.   accumulate money for their families in China

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