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Chapter 08 Packet
Matching
IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
Match each item with the correct statement below. You will not use all the items.
a. steerage
b. ghetto
c. political machine
d. social gospel movement
e. laissez faire
f. Munn v. Illinois
g. blue laws
h. quarantine
i. Chinese Exclusion Act
j. suburb
k. Pendleton Civil Service Act
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hands-off approach by government on business matters
local regulations that prohibit private activities such as drinking alcoholic beverages on Sundays
legislation to reform the spoils system
large open area beneath a ship’s deck in which most immigrants traveled
residential community near a city
section of cities in which certain ethnic and racial groups live
unofficial organization designed to keep a particular party or group in power
reform campaign that tried to apply the teachings of Jesus Christ directly to society
IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
Match each item with the correct statement below. You will not use all the items.
a. political machines
b. laissez faire
c. restrictive covenants
d. Gilded Age
e. subsidies
f. social gospel movement
g. blue laws
h. aliens
i. quarantine
j. steerage
k. ghettos
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9. A government that practices ____ plays a very limited role in business.
10. American railroad companies accepted ____ from the government to help them develop their
industries.
11. During the Gilded Age, Republicans wanted to enforce ____, which prohibited certain private
activities, like drinking alcoholic beverages on Sunday.
12. Most immigrants traveled in ____ as they crossed the Atlantic to America.
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13. Immigrants were placed in ____ if they were thought to carry a contagious disease.
14. Some urban areas became ____, home to certain ethnic and racial groups.
15. Sometimes homeowners made agreements called ____ promising that they would not sell real estate
to certain groups.
16. The ____ sought to apply the teachings of Jesus Christ directly to society.
KEY TERMS
Match each term with its description below.
a. laissez faire
b. subsidy
c. Pendleton Civil Service Act
d. Munn v. Illinois
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created Civil Service Commission to classify government jobs
government payment to develop certain key industries
limited government role in economic matters
allowed states to regulate businesses within their borders
KEY TERMS
Match each term with its description below.
a. suburbs
b. tenements
c. graft
d. political machine
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organization designed to keep a particular group in power, usually headed by a “boss”
residential communities surrounding a city
cheap apartment buildings often crammed with people
the use of one’s job to gain profit
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
IDENTIFYING MAIN IDEAS
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25. Which of the following best describes key positions held by the Republican Party in the Gilded Age?
a. free silver, high immigration, and low tariffs
b. gold standard, high tariffs, and limits on immigration
c. free silver and fewer blue laws
d. no government aid to railroads and no blue laws
26. Which of the following best describes key positions held by the Democratic Party in the Gilded Age?
a. enforcement of blue laws and higher tariffs
b. gold standard and strict limits on immigration
c. increased money supply, lower tariffs, and higher farm prices
d. pensions for Union soldiers and more government aid to railroads
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27. Which of the following led to government regulation of businesses during the Gilded Age?
a. declining business profits
b. unfair business practices
c. high tariffs
d. increased factory and farm production
28. During the late 1800s, the port of entry for the majority of immigrants was
a. Boston.
b. San Francisco.
c. Philadelphia.
d. New York City.
29. What attracted many Asians to the United States in the late 1800s?
a. repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act
b. the desire for free land
c. jobs with American railroad companies
d. the Gentlemen’s Agreement
30. President Theodore Roosevelt reached the Gentlemen’s Agreement in 1907, with the goal of
a. ending all Japanese immigration to the United States.
b. encouraging Chinese immigration to the United States.
c. slowing the immigration of Japanese laborers.
d. banning Asians from owning farmland.
31. Which of the following was a major result of both immigration and the increased productivity of
factory jobs in the late 1800s?
a. the rapid expansion of urban areas
b. mechanization of agriculture
c. high wages for factory workers
d. overpopulation of the South
32. Why did many immigrants support city political machines?
a. Political machines were free of corruption.
b. Political machines provided them with jobs.
c. Political machines put powerful “bosses” out of business.
d. Political machines fought against crime in the slums.
33. Prohibitionists and purity crusaders shared the goal of
a. making charity “scientific.”
b. redistributing the nation’s wealth.
c. ending immigration from Asia.
d. improving the personal behavior of individuals.
34. Which best describes the main goal of the social gospel and settlement movements?
a. to improve living conditions for the poor
b. to strengthen political machines
c. to encourage immigration
d. to create jobs for the unemployed
35. During the Gilded Age, Republicans and Democrats held differing views on
a. establishing a state religion.
b. the gold standard and government aid to business.
c. the development of suburbs.
d. repealing the Interstate Commerce Act of 1877.
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36. The Pendleton Civil Service Act was passed to
a. place additional regulation on the railroads.
b. end Japanese immigration to the United States.
c. end the spoils system.
d. print money backed by silver rather than gold.
37. In 1894, Coxey’s army marched on Washington, D.C., with the demand that the government
a. protect union organizers.
b. return the country to the gold standard.
c. maintain its laissez faire attitude.
d. create jobs for the unemployed.
38. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, immigration laws discriminated most against
a. Asians.
b. Europeans.
c. agricultural workers.
d. Mexicans.
39. In the 1890s, immigration patterns shifted dramatically, with most immigrants now coming from
a. northern European countries.
b. southern and eastern European countries.
c. Mexico and Central America.
d. China and Japan.
40. One reason that the United States became more urban during the late 1800s is that
a. farm machines and factory-made goods reduced the need for farm labor.
b. nobody wanted to live on farms anymore.
c. immigrants did not know how to do farm work.
d. union organizing of farm workers had not yet begun.
41. One of the reasons that political machines gained power in the late 1800s was that they
a. advocated political reform.
b. refused to accept graft as part of their income.
c. provided jobs and other help for immigrants.
d. provided for the needs of the suburbs.
42. The main objective of the nativists was to
a. repeal laws that restricted immigration.
b. help immigrants adjust to American culture.
c. build tenement apartments for immigrants.
d. restrict immigration.
43. Prohibitionists and purity crusaders both
a. promoted political machines.
b. opposed government intervention in citizens’ daily lives.
c. sought to rid society of behavior they thought immoral.
d. worked to end discrimination against immigrants.
44. Most settlement houses of the late 1800s offered poor city dwellers
a. aid in the form of money.
b. social services.
c. protection from crime.
d. protection from political machines.
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45. The post-Reconstruction era was marked by
a. unlimited immigration.
b. the assassination of two Presidents.
c. industrial productivity.
d. corruption in business and government.
46. One example of government’s trying to help American business was
a. high tariffs.
b. patronage.
c. blue laws.
d. Munn v. Illinois.
47. In the late 1800s, the Republican Party favored
a. a silver-based currency and open immigration.
b. a tight money supply, high tariffs, and government aid to railroads.
c. low tariffs, aid to farmers, and higher farm prices.
d. limits on soldiers’ pensions and an end to the gold standard.
48. The Interstate Commerce Act outlawed the railroads’ practice of
a. charging equally for long and short hauls.
b. giving special rates to powerful customers.
c. favoring Stalwarts over Half-Breeds.
d. bribing the Interstate Commerce Commission.
49. Jacob S. Coxey led a march on Washington to demand
a. an end to the railroad monopoly.
b. better treatment of Mugwumps.
c. jobs for the unemployed.
d. honesty in American politics.
50. Which of the following attracted many immigrants to the United States?
a. the military draft
b. strong alien land laws
c. a chance at a better life
d. labor unions
51. How did the pattern of European immigration shift in 1890?
a. from Jewish to Catholic Europeans
b. from northern to southern, western, and eastern Europeans
c. from eastern to southern Europeans
d. from eastern to western Europeans
52. Where did European immigrants often settle in the United States?
a. in western railroad towns
b. in their ports of entry
c. in the South
d. near lakes
53. What first attracted the Chinese to the United States?
a. repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act
b. the ideals of political equality
c. the desire for free land
d. recruitment by railroad companies
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54. How were Asians regarded by many white Americans?
a. with suspicion and hostility
b. with respect and admiration
c. as productive farmers
d. as good neighbors
55. What development led to the first wave of Mexican immigration in the early 1900s?
a. irrigation of southwestern lands
b. lower steamship rates
c. the founding of Los Angeles
d. the building of a railroad through Texas
56. What typically led an immigrant to achieve success in America?
a. improved medical care
b. welfare and social service programs
c. determination and hard work
d. high wages won by labor unions
57. Which of the following contributed to the migration from farms to cities in the late 1800s?
a. streetcars
b. a sharp decline in the need for farm labor
c. cheap housing
d. decreased demand for agricultural products
58. When African Americans left southern farms in the late 1800s, where did they relocate?
a. in western mining towns
b. in Mexican border towns
c. in nearby cities
d. in suburbs
59. Which of the following did not contribute to the growth of cities?
a. migration to the suburbs
b. improvements in transportation
c. construction of skyscrapers
d. immigration
60. Which of the following best characterizes urban areas by the early 1900s?
a. slums and tenements
b. a growing middle-class population
c. open spaces, trees, and grass
d. ethnically mixed neighborhoods
61. Which of the following resulted from rapid urbanization?
a. increased racial violence against African Americans
b. better medical care for factory workers
c. a more even distribution of wealth among urban residents
d. a widening gap between rich and poor
62. What powerful position did William Marcy Tweed hold?
a. head of the U.S. Immigration Bureau
b. governor of New York State
c. New York City’s Democratic Party boss
d. a political cartoonist in Cincinnati
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63. Nativist groups such as the American Protective Association supported
a. the Comstock Law.
b. the social gospel movement.
c. immigration from southern and eastern Europe.
d. the teaching of only American culture in schools.
64. Prohibition groups saw a link between drinking and
a. abuses by big business.
b. lower public morals.
c. anti-Asian feelings.
d. high tariffs.
65. Purity crusaders wanted to rid their communities of
a. ethnic neighborhoods.
b. industrial pollution.
c. vice.
d. aggressive political campaigns.
66. Reformers who tried to solve social problems by helping the needy believed that
a. immoral behavior should be punished by deportation.
b. stricter laws were needed to discourage unacceptable behavior.
c. prosperous Americans should lead reform efforts.
d. the cultures of immigrant groups should be respected.
67. The Charity Organization Society provided the poor with
a. advice and assistance.
b. help preserving their cultural differences.
c. weekly cash payments.
d. office jobs.
68. Idealists in the settlement movement believed that social workers should
a. be members of the lower class.
b. make charity a scientific enterprise.
c. have a northern European background.
d. live in poor neighborhoods.
69. The typical staff member of a settlement house
a. spent many years at this job.
b. worked for little or no pay.
c. believed in nativism.
d. believed in prohibition.
Essay
CRITICAL THINKING
70. Distinguishing False From Accurate Images Many immigrants who came to the United States
expected to find streets paved with gold and easy opportunities to make their fortunes. Write a brief
description of what they were more likely to find.
71. Testing Conclusions As you read, Mark Twain labeled the years from 1877 to 1900 the “Gilded
Age,” implying that American society was “a thin layer of glitter over a cheap base.” Identify and
explain one example that might support Twain’s conclusion.
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72. Demonstrating Reasoned Judgment Imagine that you are a young immigrant living and working
in the United States in the 1890s. You hear from a friend from your hometown saying that she and
her family are about to emigrate, too. What are two important things you would tell her about life as
an immigrant in the United States?
73. Recognizing Ideologies On the issue of immigrants, compare the attitude of a nativist with that of a
settlement house worker.
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Chapter 08 Packet
Answer Section
MATCHING
1. ANS: E
DIF: Easy
REF: 291
OBJ: 8.1.1
TOP: Economics, Laissez faire
NOT: 8.1.1—Find out how business influenced politics during the Gilded Age.
2. ANS: G
DIF: Average
REF: 292
OBJ: 8.1.2
TOP: Spoils system, Blue laws
NOT: 8.1.2—Learn the ways in which government reformed the spoils system and regulated
railroads.
3. ANS: K
DIF: Average
REF: 293
OBJ: 8.1.2
TOP: Spoils system
NOT: 8.1.2—Learn the ways in which government reformed the spoils system and regulated
railroads.
4. ANS: A
DIF: Easy
REF: 298
OBJ: 8.2.1
TOP: Immigration
NOT: 8.2.1—Share the experiences of immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
5. ANS: J
DIF: Easy
REF: 305
OBJ: 8.3.1
TOP: Geography, Cities
NOT: 8.3.1—Find out why cities expanded in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
6. ANS: B
DIF: Easy
REF: 300
OBJ: 8.2.2
TOP: Cities, Immigrants
NOT: 8.2.2—Analyze the different challenges faced by immigrants from Europe, Asia, and Mexico.
7. ANS: C
DIF: Average
REF: 308
OBJ: 8.3.4
TOP: Political machine
NOT: 8.3.4—State the results of city growth.
8. ANS: D
DIF: Easy
REF: 312
OBJ: 8.4.1
TOP: Social gospel movement
NOT: 8.4.1—Study the ways in which different movements helped the needy.
9. ANS: B
DIF: Easy
REF: 291
OBJ: 8.1.1
TOP: Economics, Laissez faire
NOT: 8.1.1—Find out how business influenced politics during the Gilded Age.
10. ANS: E
DIF: Average
REF: 291
OBJ: 8.1.1
TOP: Railroads, Government subsidies
NOT: 8.1.1—Find out how business influenced politics during the Gilded Age.
11. ANS: G
DIF: Average
REF: 292
OBJ: 8.1.2
TOP: Gilded Age, Prohibition
NOT: 8.1.2—Learn the ways in which government reformed the spoils system and regulated
railroads.
12. ANS: J
DIF: Easy
REF: 298
OBJ: 8.2.1
TOP: Immigration
NOT: 8.2.1—Share the experiences of immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
13. ANS: I
DIF: Easy
REF: 299
OBJ: 8.2.1
TOP: Immigration
NOT: 8.2.1—Share the experiences of immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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ID: A
14. ANS:
TOP:
NOT:
15. ANS:
TOP:
NOT:
16. ANS:
TOP:
NOT:
K
DIF: Easy
REF: 300
OBJ: 8.2.2
Cities, Immigration
8.2.2—Analyze the different challenges faced by immigrants from Europe, Asia, and Mexico.
C
DIF: Average
REF: 301
OBJ: 8.2.2
Cities
8.2.2—Analyze the different challenges faced by immigrants from Europe, Asia, and Mexico.
F
DIF: Easy
REF: 312
OBJ: 8.4.1
Social gospel movement
8.4.1—Study the ways in which different movements helped the needy.
17. ANS: C
DIF: Easy
REF: 293
OBJ: 8.1.3
TOP: Pendleton Civil Service Act, Government jobs
NOT: 8.1.3.—Discover the effect the transition from depression to prosperity had on politics in the
1890s.
18. ANS: B
DIF: Easy
REF: 291
OBJ: 8.1.1
TOP: Government subsidies
NOT: 8.1.1—Find out how business influenced politics during the Gilded Age.
19. ANS: A
DIF: Easy
REF: 291
OBJ: 8.1.1
TOP: Laissez faire
NOT: 8.1.1—Find out how business influenced politics during the Gilded Age.
20. ANS: D
DIF: Easy
REF: 294
OBJ: 8.1.2
TOP: Government business regulation
NOT: 8.1.2—Learn the ways in which government reformed the spoils system and regulated
railroads.
21. ANS:
TOP:
22. ANS:
TOP:
NOT:
23. ANS:
TOP:
24. ANS:
TOP:
D
DIF: Easy
REF: 308
OBJ: 8.3.4
Politics
NOT: 8.3.4—State the results of city growth.
A
DIF: Easy
REF: 305
OBJ: 8.3.1
Expansion
8.3.1—Find out why cities expanded in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
B
DIF: Easy
REF: 306
OBJ: 8.3.3
Expansion
NOT: 8.3.3—Learn how living conditions in cities changed.
C
DIF: Easy
REF: 309
OBJ: 8.3.4
Corruption, Graft
NOT: 8.3.4—State the results of city growth.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
25. ANS: B
DIF: Challenging REF: 292
OBJ: 8.1.1
TOP: Gilded Age, Spoils system
NOT: 8.1.1—Find out how business influenced politics during the Gilded Age.
26. ANS: C
DIF: Challenging REF: 292
OBJ: 8.1.1
TOP: Gilded Age, Spoils system
NOT: 8.1.1—Find out how business influenced politics during the Gilded Age.
27. ANS: B
DIF: Challenging REF: 293
OBJ: 8.1.2
TOP: Gilded Age, Spoils system
NOT: 8.1.2—Learn the ways in which government reformed the spoils system and regulated
railroads.
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ID: A
28. ANS: D
DIF: Easy
REF: 299
OBJ: 8.2.1
TOP: Immigration, Geography
NOT: 8.2.1—Share the experiences of immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
29. ANS: C
DIF: Easy
REF: 301
OBJ: 8.2.2
TOP: Asian immigration
NOT: 8.2.2—Analyze the different challenges faced by immigrants from Europe, Asia, and Mexico.
30. ANS: C
DIF: Average
REF: 302
OBJ: 8.2.2
TOP: Asian immigration
NOT: 8.2.2—Analyze the different challenges faced by immigrants from Europe, Asia, and Mexico.
31. ANS: A
DIF: Average
REF: 304–306
OBJ: 8.3.1
TOP: Immigration, Cities
NOT: 8.3.1—Find out why cities expanded in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
32. ANS: B
DIF: Average
REF: 308
OBJ: 8.3.4
TOP: Political machine
NOT: 8.3.4—State the results of city growth.
33. ANS: D
DIF: Easy
REF: 314–315
OBJ: 8.4.2
TOP: Prohibitionists, Purity
NOT: 8.4.2—Learn how and where sociology developed.
34. ANS: A
DIF: Easy
REF: 312
OBJ: 8.4.1
TOP: Social gospel movement, Settlement movement
NOT: 8.4.1—Study the ways in which different movements helped the needy.
35. ANS: B
DIF: Average
REF: 292
OBJ: 8.1.1
TOP: Gilded Age, Spoils system
NOT: 8.1.1—Find out how business influenced politics during the Gilded Age.
36. ANS: C
DIF: Average
REF: 293
OBJ: 8.1.2
TOP: Pendleton Civil Service Act, Spoils system
NOT: 8.1.2—Learn the ways in which government reformed the spoils system and regulated
railroads.
37. ANS: D
DIF: Easy
REF: 295
OBJ: 8.1.2
TOP: Populist
NOT: 8.1.2—Learn the ways in which government reformed the spoils system and regulated
railroads.
38. ANS: A
DIF: Easy
REF: 297–303
OBJ: 8.2.2
TOP: Asian immigration
NOT: 8.2.2—Analyze the different challenges faced by immigrants from Europe, Asia, and Mexico.
39. ANS: B
DIF: Easy
REF: 301–302
OBJ: 8.2.2
TOP: Immigration, Population
NOT: 8.2.2—Analyze the different challenges faced by immigrants from Europe, Asia, and Mexico.
40. ANS: A
DIF: Average
REF: 304–306
OBJ: 8.3.1
TOP: Cities, Manufacturing
NOT: 8.3.1—Find out why cities expanded in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
41. ANS: C
DIF: Average
REF: 308
OBJ: 8.3.4
TOP: Political machine
NOT: 8.3.4—State the results of city growth.
42. ANS: D
DIF: Easy
REF: 314
OBJ: 8.4.1
TOP: Nativists, Immigration
NOT: 8.4.1—Study the ways in which different movements helped the needy.
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ID: A
43. ANS: C
DIF: Average
REF: 314–315
OBJ: 8.4.3
TOP: Prohibitionists, Purity crusaders
NOT: 8.4.3—Examine efforts to control immigration and personal behavior in the late 1800s.
44. ANS: B
DIF: Easy
REF: 312
OBJ: 8.4.1
TOP: Settlement movement, Cities
NOT: 8.4.1—Study the ways in which different movements helped the needy.
45. ANS: D
DIF: Average
REF: 290
OBJ: 8.1.1
TOP: Gilded Age, Spoils system
NOT: 8.1.1—Find out how business influenced politics during the Gilded Age.
46. ANS: A
DIF: Average
REF: 292
OBJ: 8.1.2
TOP: Tariffs, Government business regulation
NOT: 8.1.2—Learn the ways in which government reformed the spoils system and regulated
railroads.
47. ANS: B
DIF: Average
REF: 292
OBJ: 8.1.1
TOP: Government business regulation, Republican Party
NOT: 8.1.1—Find out how business influenced politics during the Gilded Age.
48. ANS: B
DIF: Average
REF: 295
OBJ: 8.1.2
TOP: Interstate Commerce Act, Railroads
NOT: 8.1.2—Learn the ways in which government reformed the spoils system and regulated
railroads.
49. ANS: C
DIF: Average
REF: 295
OBJ: 8.1.2
TOP: Interstate Commerce Act, Railroads
NOT: 8.1.2—Learn the ways in which government reformed the spoils system and regulated
railroads.
50. ANS: C
DIF: Average
REF: 298
OBJ: 8.2.1
TOP: Immigration
NOT: 8.2.1—Share the experiences of immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
51. ANS: B
DIF: Average
REF: 299
OBJ: 8.2.2
TOP: Immigration
NOT: 8.2.2—Analyze the different challenges faced by immigrants from Europe, Asia, and Mexico.
52. ANS: B
DIF: Average
REF: 299
OBJ: 8.2.1
TOP: Immigration
NOT: 8.2.1—Share the experiences of immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
53. ANS: D
DIF: Average
REF: 301
OBJ: 8.2.2
TOP: Immigration
NOT: 8.2.2—Analyze the different challenges faced by immigrants from Europe, Asia, and Mexico.
54. ANS: A
DIF: Average
REF: 301
OBJ: 8.2.2
TOP: Immigration
NOT: 8.2.2—Analyze the different challenges faced by immigrants from Europe, Asia, and Mexico.
55. ANS: A
DIF: Average
REF: 302–303
OBJ: 8.2.2
TOP: Immigration
NOT: 8.2.2—Analyze the different challenges faced by immigrants from Europe, Asia, and Mexico.
56. ANS: C
DIF: Average
REF: 297–303
OBJ: 8.2.1
TOP: Immigration
NOT: 8.2.1—Share the experiences of immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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57. ANS:
TOP:
NOT:
58. ANS:
TOP:
NOT:
59. ANS:
TOP:
NOT:
60. ANS:
TOP:
NOT:
61. ANS:
TOP:
62. ANS:
TOP:
63. ANS:
TOP:
NOT:
64. ANS:
TOP:
65. ANS:
TOP:
NOT:
66. ANS:
TOP:
NOT:
67. ANS:
TOP:
NOT:
68. ANS:
TOP:
NOT:
69. ANS:
TOP:
NOT:
B
DIF: Average
REF: 305
OBJ: 8.3.1
Immigration, Cities
8.3.1—Find out why cities expanded in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
C
DIF: Average
REF: 305
OBJ: 8.3.1
African American migration, Cities
8.3.1—Find out why cities expanded in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
A
DIF: Average
REF: 305–306
OBJ: 8.3.2
Cities, Expansion
8.3.2—Review new developments that helped cities grow.
A
DIF: Average
REF: 307–308
OBJ: 8.3.3
Cities, Expansion
8.3.3—Learn how living conditions in cities changed.
D
DIF: Average
REF: 308
OBJ: 8.3.4
Cities, Expansion, Economics
NOT: 8.3.4—State the results of city growth.
C
DIF: Average
REF: 309
OBJ: 8.3.4
Cities, Politics, Boss Tweed
NOT: 8.3.4—State the results of city growth.
D
DIF: Easy
REF: 314
OBJ: 8.4.3
Reform
8.4.3—Examine efforts to control immigration and personal behavior in the late 1800s.
B
DIF: Easy
REF: 314–315
OBJ: 8.4.2
Reform
NOT: 8.4.2—Learn how and where sociology developed.
C
DIF: Easy
REF: 315
OBJ: 8.4.3
Reform
8.4.3—Examine efforts to control immigration and personal behavior in the late 1800s.
C
DIF: Easy
REF: 311–312
OBJ: 8.4.1
Reform
8.4.1—Study the ways in which different movements helped the needy.
A
DIF: Easy
REF: 312
OBJ: 8.4.1
Reform
8.4.1—Study the ways in which different movements helped the needy.
D
DIF: Easy
REF: 312
OBJ: 8.4.1
Reform
8.4.1—Study the ways in which different movements helped the needy.
B
DIF: Easy
REF: 313
OBJ: 8.4.1
Reform
8.4.1—Study the ways in which different movements helped the needy.
ESSAY
70. ANS:
Life was difficult for most immigrants. They were likely to live in dirty, overcrowded tenements.
Many worked long hours for low wages, in poor working conditions. On the other hand, most
immigrants enjoyed more personal and political freedom than they had at home.
DIF: Average
REF: 297–303
OBJ: 8.2.1
TOP: Immigration
NOT: 8.2.1—Share the experiences of immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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ID: A
71. ANS:
Mark Twain’s “thin layer of glitter” referred to the prosperity enjoyed by only a small segment of
society. His “cheap base” referred to problems throughout society, including corruption in
government, unfair business practices, the increasing gap between rich and poor, discrimination
against immigrants, poor living conditions, and unsafe working conditions.
DIF: Challenging REF: 290–296
OBJ: 8.1.1
TOP: Gilded Age
NOT: 8.1.1—Find out how business influenced politics during the Gilded Age.
72. ANS:
Any two: She will enjoy personal and political freedoms; with hard work, she may achieve a better life
than she had back home; expect to find low wages; be prepared for hostility and discrimination; and
be prepared for overcrowded living conditions.
DIF: Easy
REF: 297–303
OBJ: 8.2.1
TOP: Immigration
NOT: 8.2.1—Share the experiences of immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
73. ANS:
Nativists believed that immigrants were bad for the country. They sought to restrict immigration.
Settlement house workers believed that poor immigrants should be made to feel welcome in the
community and should be helped to adapt to American life and culture.
DIF: Challenging REF: 311–315
OBJ: 8.4.1, 8.4.3
TOP: Immigration, Nativist, Settlement movement
NOT: 8.4.1—Study the ways in which different movements helped the needy; 8.4.3—Examine
efforts to control immigration and personal behavior in the late 1800s.
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