USH - OC - US History - The Growing Pains of Urbanization - Ch19

Daniel Burnham and Frederick Law Olmsted believed EVERY city should be built with three core tenets in mind: 1. Inclusion of Parks. 2. Wide Boulevards. 3. Expansion of Suburbs. They called their movement what?

• City Design

• Modern City

• City Beautiful

• Cities 1900

President Biden's family is accused of giving political privileges to foreign people in exchange for $. What Chapter 19 term is used for this type of crime?

• Extortion

• Graft

• Pragmatism

• Realism

The "Great Migration" (as described in Chapter 19) refers to the movement of African Americans after the Civil War from the __________ and to the Northeast and Upper __________.

• North, South

• South, Midwest

• South, Northeast

• Midwest, West

Instrumentalism is a Chapter 19 term used to describe the theory by John Dewey concerning what field?

• Science

• Math

• Education

• Society

Which of the following best describes "Machine Politics" as defined in Chapter 19?

• Politicians dealing with factories (machines).

• Politicians using the threat of war to get their way with the people.

• Politicians who traded power in big cities for favors they would give to people of the city.

• A theory in which our government decisions would not be made by elected politicians, but buy "machines" programmed to make wise decisions.

Which of the following was a theory of "realism" that stated the laws of the natural world were the only relevant laws governing society?

• Realism

• Pragmatism

• Instrumentalism

• Naturalism

William James supported this philosophy. It DIMINISHED the importance of faith and instead emphasized experience when it came to institutions, religions, and ideas in American life.

• Instrumentalism

• Naturalism

• Pragmatism

• Realism

This was a COLLECTION of theories and ideas that sought to understanding the REAL underlying changes in the United States during the late 1800s.

• Pragmatism

• Naturalism

• Realism

• Instrumentalism

The Settlement House Movement offered services such as childcare and free healthcare to the working poor. It was largely spearheaded by who?

• The President of the United States

• White, middle-aged men

• Young men

• Women

The Social Gospel originated in the late 1800s in the Christian churches it said that Christians should be __________ concerned about conditions in the securlar world as it was with saving souls for the afterlife.

• more

• less

• as (same)

• never