Chapter 18 Industrial America Quiz

The American Yawp Chapter 18-Industrial America Quiz. 1. In the late nineteenth century, which American city had the largest meat processing industry? a. Chicago b. New York c. St.Louis d. Dallas 2. How did railroads transform the American economy? a. Created a new white color middle class of managers b. Inspired the development of organized labor to meet the needs of a permanent working class c. Increased the role of government in the economy d. All of the Above 3. Which census first revealed that a majority of Americans were living in the cities? a. 1880 b. 1900 c. 1910 d. 1920 4. By 1890, in most large northern cities, immigrants and their children amounted to what percent of the population? a. 20% b. 33% c. 50% d. 60% 5. All of the following groups provided cultural space for immigrants to maintain their arts, languages, and traditions EXCEPT… a. Rotary clubs b. Workmen’s clubs c. Mutual-aid societies d. Parish churches 6. Immigrant Americans tended to vote for which political party? a. Democratic Party b. Republican Party c. Progressive Party d. Immigrant voters were nearly equally divided in their party intelligence. 7. All of the following statements regarding the boosters of the New South are true EXCEPT…. a. They saw economic independence as a means of limiting connections between North and South. b. They embraced industrialization as a tool to encourage economic development c. They were exclusively white and sought to maintain the racial status quo 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. d. They sought to move away from the South’s dependence on cotton, believing that agricultural diversification would lead to economic development From 1880 to 1950, approximately _______African Americans were murdered by white mobs. a. 139 b. 345 c. 870 d. 5,000 ________, wrote an influential book, Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases, and helped inspire the anti-lynching movement. a. Ida Tarbell b. Ida B. Wells c. Lincoln Steffens d. Booker T.Washington What tactics were used to disenfranchise black voters? a. Poll taxes b. Literacy tests c. Violence and intimidation d. All of the Above What was the Lost Cause? a. A belief that the South could never have won the war because northern soldiers exerted greater virtue and courage b. A glorification of the memory of the Confederacy and a romanticization of the Old South as a pastoral land with benevolent masters and happy slaves c. The belief among northerners that southerners would never accept racial equality d. All of the Above What was the most important aspect of the southern economy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? a. Agriculture b. Textile mills c. Tobacco production d. Furniture making What was the “tainted money debate?” a. A widely publicized debate between Pennsylvania Senate candidates that questioned whether the American industrial development damaged American liberty. b. The decision whether the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions would accept a large donation by John D. Rockefeller c. The title of a series of essays written by Jacob Riis that exposed corruption in New York City government. d. Debates over whether the United States currency should be backed by the gold standard. Which of the following statements regarding “muscular Christianity” are true? a. Motivated by a fear that the country had become a nation of emasculated men. b. Sought to stiffen young men’s backbones by putting them in touch with their primal manliness. c. Built summer camps and gymnasiums where young American men could strengthen their bodies and spirits. d. All of the above 15. Which of these authors criticized Victorian era gender norms? a. Charlotte Perkins Gilman b. Kate chopin c. Both of these d. Neither of these