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1. Which of the following factors contributed significantly to the astonishing growth in Americaís urban population between 1870 and 1900?

The annexation of the rural areas surrounding Americaís major cities

The migration of people from the rural areas of Europe and the United States

The dramatic increase in the American birthrate

The combination of a rising birthrate and urban annexation

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Incorrect. The answer is B.

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2. What circumstances enabled U.S. industrialists to hire cheap labor from around the world in the 1870s?

Only immigrants were willing to work as hard as the industrialists demanded.

Native-born Americans refused to work for the low wages industrialists offered.

There were no political barriers to hiring immigrants from northern Europe.

Railroad expansion and low steamship fares brought many immigrants to America.

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Incorrect. The answer is D.

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3. How did most new women immigrants come to the United States in the late-nineteenth century?
*b. As single, unskilled wage laborers
c. As single, skilled workers
d. As part of educated, well-off families

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Incorrect. The answer is A.

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4. Employers sought to limit the control of skilled workers on the shop floor in the late nineteenth century

through the use of violence and intimidation.

by replacing people with machines.

by forbidding shop-floor workers from talking during the workday.

through hiring factory foremen to supervise every aspect of production.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is B.

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5. Which of the following describes the economic survival of the nineteenth-century American working-class family?

It depended on the employment of every family member.

It was assured as long as the male head of household was able to find a job.

It was assured as long as both parents worked outside the home.

It required the assistance of local social service agencies.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is A.

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6. What was the main lesson learned by workers from the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

They lacked power individually but might gain it through a union.

Workers would never be able to fight large corporations.

Strikes were not an effective way to gain the attention of authorities.

Higher wages could be obtained through persistent and concerted action.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is A.

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7. What was the Knights of Labor?

The first mass organization for American workers

A group focused exclusively on native-born skilled workers

The only union to exclude blacks and women

A staunch ally of the American Federation of Labor

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is A.

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8. Throughout much of the nineteenth century, middle-class American women were confined by a cultural ideology that dictated that they

work outside the home to make ends meet.

integrate workplace and home as much as possible.

exist within the private sphere of the household.

extend their sphere of influence to include charity work.

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Incorrect. The answer is C.

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9. Working-class courtship rituals in urban, industrial America in the late nineteenth century

remained remarkably similar to those of preindustrial America.

changed in that women met prospective husbands only through their families.

consisted of informal meetings at dance halls and other commercial settings.

favored working-class women who no longer had to rely on men to pay for their entertainment.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is C.

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10. What did Coney Island symbolize in the late 1800s?

The power of the church to control mass entertainment

The Statue of Libertyís attraction for tourists

The importance of nature as a retreat from urban life

The rise of mass entertainment in America

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is D.

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11. New York City's Central Park was planned to provide

a series of playing fields for professional athletes.

a delivery route for businesses on the streets lining the park.

a natural oasis away from the busyness of the city.

a concentration of plant matter to ensure sufficient oxygen production.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is C.

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12. Which statement describes late-nineteenth-century American libraries?

They made up the most extensive free public-library system in the world.

They were popular with laborers who took advantage of their free literacy programs.

They were found only in Boston, Philadelphia, and New York City.

They were privately funded and open only to members who could afford to pay.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is A.

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