Which of these explains why it was so important for farm families to cooperate with each other on the Great Plains? A) the relative inexperience of most newcomers to the region B) the endemic violence of the region C) the danger posed by Indian peoples D) the harsh climate and unyielding soil of the region […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The cheapest labor for unskilled jobs such as woodworking and garments was usually __________. A) new immigrants, especially women B) migrants from the farms C) southern African Americans D) former skilled craftworkers ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The new middle class of the Gilded Age was composed __________. A) mainly of “new immigrants” B) largely of doctors, lawyers, and teachers C) almost exclusively of white, Anglo-Saxon Protestants D) almost exclusively of Irish Catholics and German Lutherans ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The majority of the urban population lived in __________. A) single-family houses B) tenements C) the suburbs D) temporary shacks and structures ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the late nineteenth century, federal jobs __________. A) went only to those who scored well on the Civil Service exam B) usually went to graduates of the better schools and universities C) were rarely sought after as the benefits were poor D) changed hands each time there was a change in administration ANSWER […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the Platt Amendment, the United States __________. A) declared Cuba independent from Spain B) denied any intent of annexing Cuba C) allied with Cuban rebels against the Spanish imperialists D) claimed the right to intervene to protect its interests in Cuba ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these events is most closely linked to the surge in the scale and scope of the federal government in the second half of the nineteenth century? A) Civil War B) Spanish-American War C) westward migration D) Indian removal ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Henry Street Settlement sought to address its neighborhood’s __________. A) moral laxity B) drunkenness C) prostitution D) health and welfare ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Both prohibition and ending prostitution were efforts by the progressive reformers to control __________. A) state politicians who obstructed progressive reform B) city bosses and city machines C) the growing middle class D) big-city immigrants with alien cultures ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Margaret Sanger and fellow advocates wanted birth control because __________. A) it would advance sexual freedom for middle-class women and protect poor working women B) birth control would allow poor women to work longer hours C) they feared population growth among unassimilated immigrants D) birth control would prevent child labor ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
