The Growth of Cities — Unit test Answers

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Which statement best describes the recall, referendum, and initiative provisions?

A
They give people the power over their laws and government officials.
B
They give people the power to directly govern themselves and others.
C
They give people the power to elect representatives and senators.
D
They give people the power to impeach officials and elect new ones.
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Who would benefit from worker’s compensation, which was one aspect of Robert La Follette’s Wisconsin Idea?

A
workers who were hurt on the job and couldn’t work
B
workers who needed more money than they were making
C
workers who weren’t qualified for the jobs they held
D
workers who wanted extra work and overtime pay
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Between 1790 and 1900, cities in America

A
grew rapidly as people moved to urban centers looking for work.
B
shrank as rural areas became more popular.
C
shrank as people began moving to the suburbs.
D
grew slowly as they industrialized.
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In the early 1900s, doctors and lawyers usually belonged to which group?

A
the lower class
B
the wealthy class
C
the middle class
D
the working poor
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What happened to most immigrants when they arrived at Ellis Island?

A
They were detained for days or even months.
B
They were released into the United States within hours.
C
They were imprisoned, quarantined, or both.
D
They were returned to the countries they had left.
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At the turn of the twentieth century, a sweatshop was

A
a small work room in a large factory.
B
a small factory with safe working conditions.
C
a small factory with unsafe working conditions.
D
a small apartment where several families worked.
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According to the United States' 1907 Gentleman’s Agreement with Japan,

A
the Japanese government would stop issuing passports to citizens intending to immigrate to the US.
B
the Japanese government would only issue 5,000 passports per year to citizens intending to immigrate to the US.
C
the US government could revoke the citizenship of Japanese immigrants already settled in the US.
D
the US government could refuse to grant passports to American citizens intending to immigrate to Japan.
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In the 1800s, what was the most important motivation for both “old” and “new” immigrants to settle in ethnic neighborhoods?

A
religious freedom
B
proximity to schools
C
common language
D
chance of assimilation
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Read the quote from Applied Christianity: Moral Aspects of Social Questions by Washington Gladden.“In every community there are men of goodwill, who, if they had the money, could organize [efforts] among the [poorest] classes by which many of them could be saved...”Who are the “men of goodwill” that Gladden describes?

A
social Darwinists
B
wealthy people
C
immigrants
D
reformers
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Millions of people from Africa were forcibly brought to the Americas

A
in the early 1600s through the late 1800s.
B
in the early 1800s only.
C
in the early 1600s through the late 1600s.
D
in the early 1700s only.
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s, reformers helped immigrants assimilate into American culture by

A
isolating them from American citizens.
B
separating them from their family members.
C
teaching them how to speak English.
D
teaching them foreign languages.
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Which is a set of push and pull factors tied to immigration that are most directly related?

A
famine and jobs
B
war and peace
C
poverty and religious freedom
D
famine and peace
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During the late 1800s, the Chinese immigration rate

A
decreased as a result of US government legislation.
B
decreased as a result of improved living conditions in China.
C
increased as a result of the California Gold Rush.
D
increased as a result of job opportunities in the US.
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Which statement best explains why immigrants and factory owners worked together but often lived in different parts of a city?

A
Immigrants usually lived in the outskirts of cities, far from the places where they worked.
B
Legal restrictions forced immigrants and factory owners to live in separate parts of most cities.
C
Factory owners preferred to live in the outskirts of a city in neighborhoods that reminded them of rural areas.
D
Public transportation made it possible for factory owners to live in parts of a city that immigrants could not afford.
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The Brooklyn Bridge is significant because it was the first suspension bridge built

A
in the United States.
B
in the world.
C
with steel cables.
D
with cast-iron cables.
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Recalls, referendums, and initiatives were primarily designed to bring power to

A
trusts.
B
political machines.
C
voters.
D
monopolies.
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What is one way that city landscapes changed in the beginning of the twentieth century?

A
The first skyscrapers were built.
B
The first tenement apartments were built.
C
The first structures using steel were built.
D
The first transportation systems were built.
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The majority of people who immigrated to America in the late 1800s and early 1900s

A
adopted America’s established religions.
B
started businesses with their own resources.
C
bought land and became farmers.
D
worked at challenging jobs in the cities.
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Which of the following best illustrates a direct consequence of the social gospel movement?

A
Hundreds of settlement houses opened across the United States.
B
Social Darwinists began encouraging people not to help less-fortunate people.
C
The Salvation Army offered different kinds of services to less-fortunate people.
D
Protestant Christians formed groups that opposed drinking alcohol.
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Who received benefits from settlement houses in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

A
young women from wealthy families
B
immigrants who had recently come to America
C
reformers like Jacob Riis and Lincoln Steffens
D
members of the middle-class people who needed a place to live

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