Chapter 5 Test

By the 1900s, where were middle-class Americans most likely to live?

• in a mansion

• in the suburbs

• in tenements

• in settlement houses

Why were skyscrapers built?

• They replaced the tenements.

• They allowed the city to grow, but upward.

• City leaders understood that the cities had to have a better image.

• The land set aside for parks had to be made up for.

Which answer best describes "progressive education"?

• Most children were required by law to fo to school.

• School was possible only for the middle class and wealthy.

• Teachers stressed memorization of facts.

• Teachers sought to encourage "learning by doing".

What change in people's lives caused them to have increased leisure time?

• Incomes increased sharply.

• Immigrants took most of the jobs.

• Farms became smaller because of a shortage of land.

• Industrial jobs did not require round-the-clock work as farms did.

Which style of music was related to jazz?

• ragtime

• symphony orchestra

• rousing marches

• opera

Which type of music is characterized by syncopated musical accents?

• ragtime

• symphony orchestra

• rousing marches

• jazz

The message of this cartoon is that

• rich Americans should remember their roots.

• the new immigrant will get rich.

• immigration should be halted.

• all immigrants are poor.

What does the artist think about rich Americans?

• They are right to stop new immigrants.

• They should go back to their homelands.

• They have forgotten their past.

• The artist prefers new immigrants to rich Americans.

Which type of music is combined elements of work songs, gospel music, spirituals, and African rhythms?

• ragtime

• symphony orchestra

• rousing marches

• jazz

Which answer characterizes immigration to the United States in the late 1800s?

• People came mainly from northern and western Europe.

• Many enslaved Africans arrived.

• People came mainly from southern and eastern Europe.

• All immigration was blocked by law.