Multiple Choice Chapter 18 Self-Quiz 1

. The Salvation Army implemented a military approach to bring Protestant Christianity to

city dwellers.

farmers.

industrial workers.

American Indians.

. As Gilded Age cities expanded both horizontally and vertically,

they increasingly blended races and ethnicities.

they increasingly segregated by class, race, and ethnicity.

they lost the class distinctions of colonial walking cities.

they could only maintain segregation vertically.

. The city of Chicago was chartered in the year

1684

1837

1861

1777

. Compared to the cities in the North, the cities of the New South remained

dominated by slavery.

exclusively white living spaces.

relatively small.

untouched by industrial technologies.

. Why had Europeans migrated within their continent before they took the next step and boarded steamships to take them across the Atlantic?

They were being prosecuted by Catholics.

They wanted to escape the expanding Muslim nations.

They migrated to seasonal harvests and to growing industries.

They grew tired of the monotony of their village lives back home.

. Which of the following were "nativists" most concerned with?

the citizenship of the president of the United States

the proper religious celebration of Christmas

the protection of the natural environment against pollution

the large number of immigrants arriving in the country

. Which of the following was the most common reason why immigrants had no interest in assimilating into American culture?

They planned to return to their home country.

They considered Americans racially inferior.

They were wealthy enough to live separate lives.

They did not think that American culture was any different from theirs.

. In which part of Gilded Age America did the garment industry concentrate?

New York City

Chicago

Los Angeles

Pennsylvania

. Why did many eastern European Jews reject the ways German Jews practiced their faith?

It struck them as excessively orthodox.

They thought it too geared to capitalist doctrine.

They feared the sense of racial supremacy of German Jews.

They considered their religious practices too liberal and American.

. Why were working class people around the turn of the 20th century able to enjoy new forms of entertainment?

They were finally allowed to participate by the white elite.

The deregulation of the entertainment industry made new cheap amusements possible.

Once working-class immigrants learned English, they were able to join in urban amusements.

With rising wages and shorter hours, they had both time and money for leisure.

. Why did many physicians around the turn of the 20th century object to women engaging in physical activity?

They thought it was too sexually suggestive.

They feared it would damage their reproductive organs.

They felt that women had better things to do at home.

They did not want women to become as strong as men.

. Which of the following was the most significant obstacle to urban missionaries' efforts at converting immigrants to Protestantism?

The Roman Catholic traditions of immigrants were difficult to overcome.

They had a hard time identifying immigrants.

Most immigrants were Muslim and not interested in any form of Christianity.

They did not know what language to speak with immigrants.

. How did the Pendleton Civil Service Act affect the practice of patronage?

It eliminated the practice for good.

It triggered a dramatic expansion of the practice.

It hardly made a dent in patronage.

It introduced patronage in federal politics for the first time.

. The most thorough program for reform of Gilded Age America in the 1896 election came from

the cities.

abroad.

the countryside.

the working class.

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