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Name
Class
Date
IMMIGRATION AND URBANIZATION
Section 3 Quiz
A.
Key Terms and People
Directions: From Column II below, choose the term that best fits each description.
Column II
Column I
1. novelist who mocked society
2. novelist whose characters worked
hard and were successful
3. a form of entertainment featuring
comedy, song, and dance
4. sensationalist publisher of the World
a. Mark Twain
b. conspicuous
consumerism
c. mass culture
d. Joseph Pulitzer
e. Horatio Alger
f. vaudeville
5. similarity in taste across the country
6. people’s tendency to want and purchase
many new products
B.
Key Concepts
Directions: Write the letter of the best answer or ending in each blank.
7. The middle-class lifestyle of the Gilded Age featured
a. a return to classical ideals.
b. a reflection of rural values.
c. a new emphasis on acquiring goods.
d. renewed interest in controlling journalists.
8. Consumption patterns were most influenced by
a. advertising.
b. transportation.
c. new educational theories.
d. special-interest newspapers.
9. After the Civil War, the cost of living decreased because
a. consumers wanted imported goods.
b. sanitation and medical care improved.
c. men took public transportation to work.
d. technology made manufacturing more efficient.
10. The Chautauqua Circuit had its roots in
a. a training institute for electrical workers.
b. a camp for Sunday school teachers.
c. a school for entertainment professionals.
d. an amusement park for urban families.
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