What institution served as a bridge among different ethnic groups in Chicago at the turn of the century?
A.  armed forces
B.  labor unions
C.  churches
D.  saloons
Answer: D
By 1900, the geographic center of manufacturing in the United States was
A.  near Scranton, Pennsylvania
B.  near Williamsport, Pennsylvania
C.  near Mansfield, Ohio
D.  near Gary, Indiana
Answer: C
By 1900, what was the dollar value of all goods manufactured in the United States?
A.  2 billion
B.  9 billion
C.  13 billion
D.  27 billion
Answer: C
Which of the following had the LEAST in common with the other three in late nineteenth century America?
A.  mail-order houses
B.  chain stores
C.  department stores
D.  specialty shops
Answer: D
Which of the following resulted from the other three?
A.  vertical integration
B.  horizontal combination
C.  trusts
D.  consolidation of business
Answer: D
Which of the following statements most reflects the concept behind the "gospel of wealth"?
A.  Personal achievement is the result of hard work and perseverance.
B.  The poor are not poor due to their own shortcomings but rather because of the difficult environment in which they must toil.
C.  The wealth produced by the labor of many belongs to the many.
D.  Virtue is its own best reward.
Answer: A
The largest number of persons who entered the cities for a paying job in industry were from
A.  the family farm in the South and Midwest.
B.  Southern and Eastern Europe.
C.  the southern peonage.
D.  the revolution-torn Far East.
Answer: B
African American and immigrant women would most likely work in which of the following occupations in the late nineteenth century?
A.  clerical positions
B.  sales
C.  nursing
D.  domestic service
Answer: D
Discriminatory or exclusionary practices most affected which of the following workers in late nineteenth century America?
A.  African Americans
B.  Hispanics
C.  Chinese
D.  Jewish
Answer: C
Among the LEAST common features of factory work in late nineteenth century America was
A.  steady employment.
B.  near poverty wages.
C.  10-12 hour workdays.
D.  monotonous task repetition.
Answer: A
In the late 1800s the American Federation of Labor would have been most likely to support
A.  a boycott of a canning factory of unskilled multiracial workers.
B.  anarchist unionism.
C.  a strike by skilled train engineers.
D.  worker-run cooperative factories.
Answer: C
Unlike the American Federation of Labor, the Knights of Labor
A.  welcomed a heterogeneous group of workers into its ranks.
B.  organized only skilled workers.
C.  embraced the American wage system.
D.  advocated business unionism.
Answer: A
By 1890 approximately what percentage of Americans lived in cities?
A.  20
B.  25
C.  33
D.  55
Answer: C
Which of the following problems were Americans most successful in dealing with during the late nineteenth century American city?
A.  air and water pollution
B.  transportation needs
C.  public health
D.  municipal corruption
Answer: B
Advocates of the "New South" philosophy would have supported
A.  the region's continued economic dependence on cotton.
B.  rejection of northern investment proposals.
C.  industrial development of the South's valuable resources.
D.  reliance on a diversified agricultural economy.
Answer: C
Industrial production in the "New South"
A.  returned few profits to Southerners.
B.  rarely reached the capacity to challenge northern industry.
C.  stimulated the appearance of a less racist society.
D.  became less extractive and more urban.
Answer: A
Industrial workers in the New South encountered
A.  higher wages than their counterparts in the North.
B.  a large number of wage-earning children.
C.  little competition from convict labor.
D.  isolated discrimination against minorities.
Answer: B
What historians have called the "customs of incorporation" were evident in
A.  the creation of trusts like Standard Oil.
B.  the urbanization of rural communities.
C.  the explosion of available consumer goods and services in the city.
D.  the appearance of community ties in company-owned mill villages.
Answer: D
Which of the following has the LEAST in common with the other three?
A.  Newport, Rhode Island
B.  Coney Island
C.  conspicuous consumption
D.  H. H. Richardson
Answer: B
The "new" middle class in the United States in the last decades of the nineteenth century included members of the "old" middle class as well as
A.  owners of small businesses.
B.  ministers and teachers.
C.  salaried managers.
D.  lawyers.
Answer: C
A family in the new middle class would be LEAST likely to have which of the following?
A.  a library card
B.  a safety bicycle
C.  a fenced-in home
D.  bedrooms for boarders
Answer: D
Unlike the middle class home, the working class residence
A.  rarely accepted boarders.
B.  seldom served as a site for leisure activities.
C.  doubled as a workplace.
D.  included rented rather than purchased household gadgets.
Answer: C
Which one of the following is NOT true of changes in United States education during the second half of the nineteenth century?
A.  The idea of universal free schooling became more acceptable.
B.  Agricultural colleges continued to grow.
C.  Business pressed for industrial education.
D.  Women were encouraged to pursue college education.
Answer: B
What course of study would a student be LEAST likely to find at the Boston Women's Educational and Industrial Union? 
A.  Nursing
B.  American History
C.  Cooking
D.  Etiquette
Answer: B
Among those pastimes that bridged the gap between the working and middle classes were all of the following EXCEPT
A.  listening to ragtime music.
B.  visiting historical museums.
C.  attending vaudeville shows.
D.  attending baseball games.
Answer: B
Mechanized production and single machines spurred the growth of continuous production in the late nineteenth century.
A. True
B. False
C.
D.
Answer: A
Newcomers to the American city in the late nineteenth century rarely moved once they were established in a particular neighborhood.
A. True
B. False
C.
D.
Answer: B
Technological innovations in household maintenance increased the time available to middle class women for leisure and volunteer activities.
A. True
B. False
C.
D.
Answer: B
Female enrollment in vocational and undergraduate programs in women's colleges grew steadily throughout the late nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century.
A. True
B. False
C.
D.
Answer: A
In the early days of baseball the National League and American Association differed in the class of spectator that they tried to attract.
A. True
B. False
C.
D.
Answer: A