American Yawp, Chapter 18: "Life in Industrial America" Quiz 1

In the late nineteenth century, which American city had the largest meat processing industry?

• Chicago

• New York

• St. Louis

• Dallas

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How did railroads transform the American economy?

• Created a new white collar middle class of manager

• Inspired the development of organized labor to meet the needs of a permanent working class

• Increased the role of government in the economy

• All of the above

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Which census first revealed that a majority of Americans were living in cities

• 1880

• 1900

• 1910

• 1920

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By 1890, in most large northern cities, immigrants and their children amounted to what percent of the population?

• 20%

• 33%

• 50%

• 60%

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All of the following groups provided cultural space for immigrants to maintain their arts, languages, and traditions EXCEPT

• Rotary clubs

• Workmen’s clubs

• Mutual-aid societies

• Parish churches

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Immigrant Americans tended to vote for which political party?

• Democratic Party

• Republican Party

• Progressive Party

• Immigrant voters were nearly equally divided in their party allegiance

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