Week 19 U.S. History: The Growing Pains of Urbanization 1870-1900

 

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U.S. History Week 19

The Growing Pains of Urbanization, 1870-1900

I designed a quiz related to chapter 19 at the bottom of this article.

Directions for the quiz:

1. Scroll down & click on the first thumbnail to enlarge to full screen.
2. Choose an answer for each question.
3. Click on the graphic to advance to the next screen.
4. The correct answer is on the screen following the question.
5. Compare your answers with those provided.
6. If you cannot easily see the correct answer, check the captions.

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Review the following Chapter 19 pages:

• Introduction
• Urbanization and Its Challenges
• The African American “Great Migration” and New European Immigration
• Relief from the Chaos of Urban Life
• Change Reflected in Thought and Writing
• Key Terms
• Summary

Practice learning Chapter 19 Key Terms on Quizlet.

Week 19 Videos:

• Why is Chicago the Birthplace of the Skyscraper? (9:27)
• Jane Addams Hull House (4:32)
• Jacob Riis (5:53)
• The City Beautiful Movement (5:44)

Additional Resources:

• Chapter 19 Review Questions
• Chapter 19 Critical Thinking Questions
• Chapter 19 Partial Answer Key

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U.S. History Week 19
The Growing Pains of Urbanization 1870-1900 

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Which of the following were harder to acquire
in cities than in rural areas in the late 1800s?
Answer choices include:
employment opportunities, nearby transportation,
fresh water & proper sanitation, electric power

The correct answer is fresh water & proper sanitation.

Which of the following was NOT an intercity
transportation system used in the late 1800s?
Answer choices include:
L-Train, Omnibus, Subway, Electric Cars

The correct answer is electric cars.

The first skyscraper was built in ___.
Answer choices include:
New York, Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh

The correct answer is Chicago.

Who wrote How the Other Half Lives, a book with photos
highlighting the plight of working class people in NYC.
Answer choices include:
Jacob Riis, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Agatha Christie

The correct answer is Jacob Riis.

President William Howard Taft appointed ___ to be the
first woman to head a federal government agency.
Answer choices include: Shirley Temple Black,
Sarah Remond, June Addams, Julia Lathrop

The correct answer is Julia Lathrop.

~2 million African Americans left the South for a better life
in the Northeast & Upper Midwest, called the ___.
Answer choices include: Great Migration,
Bantu Migration, Liberian Migration, Freedom Seekers Migration

The correct answer is Great Migration.

Urban life tends to have a lower cost of living than rural life.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is false.

The correct answer is redlining.

What was the primary entry port for most European
immigrants coming into the U.S. in the late 1800s?
Answer choices include:
Charleston, Ellis Island, New Orleans, Los Angeles

The correct answer is Ellis Island.

In ___, an alderman representing locals approached city politicians
who sped up improvements in exchange for votes.
Answer choices include: fox politics,
candy store politics, scallywag politics, machine politics

The correct answer is machine politics.

An amusement park named ___ opened
in 1895 along Brooklyn’s shore.
Answer choices include:
Hershey Park, Disney World, Coney Island, Dollywood

The correct answer is Coney Island.

Who was a famous solo magician that started
on the vaudeville circuit in the late 1800s?
Answer choices include:
Harry Houdini, David Blaine, David Copperfield, Shin Lim

The correct answer is Harry Houdini.

Which of the following was NOT a baseball stadium in 1912?
Answer choices include: Forbes Field (Pittsburgh),
Chase Field (Phoenix), Polo Grounds (New York), Fenway Park (Boston)

The correct answer is Chase Field (Phoenix).

Which of the following was NOT a common pastime
for Americans among the financial elite?
Answer choices include: prize-fighting,
social gatherings with friends, fine art collections, classical music concerts

The correct answer is prize-fighting.

The middle class working in cities often lived ___.
Answer choices include: in Manhattan tenement houses,
on Southern plantations, in Chinatown, in the suburbs

The correct answer is: in the suburbs.

The Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890 helped
people who wished to focus on ___.
Answer choices include:
education, religious beliefs, entertainment, land acquisition

The correct answer is education.

The ___ Movement’s leaders such as Olmstead and Burnham
were concerned with urban green spaces.
Answer choices include:
Social Register, Nickelodean, City Beautiful, Vaudeville

The correct answer is City Beautiful.

___ created the theory of instrumentalism that encouraged
the search of truth through education.
Answer choices include: Charles Darwin,
John Dewey, William James, William Graham Sumner

The correct answer is John Dewey.

Who wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
Answer choices include: Stephen Crane,
Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Charles Dudley Warner, Mark Twain

The correct answer is Mark Twain.

Author Henry George criticized industrial society, influencing
economic progressive reformers & the creation of the game of ___.
Answer choices include:
Life, Tic Tac Toe, Monopoly, Sorry!

The correct answer is Monopoly.

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