HST 303 & 304 B Final

How did the U.S. population distribution change between the Civil War and the 1920s?

• Rural areas and farms multiplied.

• Cities stabilized as immigration slowed.

• Suburbs appeared and prospered.

• Cities grew rapidly.

How did ethnicity and race contribute to changes in the United States in the late nineteenth century?

• They played a limited role.

• They contributed to social stratification.

• They caused separate schools to develop for different ethnic groups.

• They contributed to the view of America as a melting pot.

What project used the concept of incorporating areas for recreation into an urban plan?

• Gateway National Recreational Area

• The Columbia Exposition

• New York's Central Park

• Maryland's Gwynn Falls Park

Who was not a nineteenth-century urban planner who promoted the orderly growth of cities?

• Louis Sullivan

• James Sherman

• Frederick Law Olmstead

• Daniel Burnham

What unofficial organization helped immigrants and others cope with nineteenth- and early twentieth-century city life while also accepting bribes in exchange for favors?

• Plunkitt's Party

• Fair Deal Exchange

• Tweed Machine

• Tammany Hall

Who opened a settlement house in Chicago to assist the urban poor?

• Lillian Wald

• Alexander Zelenko

• Jane Addams

• Dorothy Day

What is one reason that the Populist Party failed?

• Populists looked to the past and did not develop an agenda for an industrial economy.

• Populists pushed for a change in the tax structure.

• Populists neglected present needs in favor of future plans.

• Populists promoted an economy that did not regulate business.

Which turn of the century political movement emphasized conservation?

• Republican

• Democratic

• Populist

• Progressive

Who were the muckrakers?

• the first gossip columnists, especially those who focused on politicians

• investigative journalists who uncovered corruption in business and government

• people who cleared the land before skyscrapers were built

• political party members who practiced dirty politics

Why did the Progressive movement want the direct election of senators?

• Senators elected indirectly made little effort to represent the people.

• Progressives believed that direct election of senators gave more control of government to the people

• Progressives believed that having representatives elected by state legislatures was sufficient.

• Progressives wanted to eliminate the Electoral College in all elections except presidential ones.