How did cultural activities change between the early nineteenth and late nineteenth century?

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Brinkley, The Unfinished Nation, Chapter 18: The Age of a City

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Despite the differences in the various immigrant communities, virtually all groups had certain characteristics in common, including which of the following?

-Most of the immigrants were young.
-The immigrants settled in cities.
-Ethnic ties had to compete with the desire for assimilation.

By the late nineteenth century, ____ had become synonymous with slum dwellings.

tenement OR tenements

As compared to rural areas, late-nineteenth-century cities had

more respiratory disease from poor air quality.

Which best describes the middle-class response to late-nineteenth-century urban poverty?

limited

Immigrants to U.S. cities tended to settle

in clusters or neighborhoods.

American Jewish leaders adopted _____ Judaism to make their faith less "foreign" to the dominant culture.

Reform

Which of the following were urban immigrants' primary source of help in adjusting to life in America?

political machines

Why were the first tenements built?

to improve the cheap housing available to the poor

Which of the following was an advantage department stores had over other stores?

They made shopping alluring and glamorous.

What destroyed much of Chicago and Boston in 1871?

fires

True or false: The rise of consumerism had little impact on the lives of American women.

False (Reason: The rise of mass consumption dramatically affected the lives of American women.)

The charitable society that began operating in 1879, the ____ ____, concentrated more on religious revivalism than on relief of the homeless and hungry.

Salvation Army

By 1900, many farmers had more free time due to the

mechanization of agriculture.

Settling in ethnic communities helped immigrants adjust to life in the United States by

giving them access to information in their own languages.

Which of the following were among the activities most women preferred to spend their time on in the early twentieth century?

-going to tea rooms
-going to luncheonettes
-shopping

Which of the following were activities of nineteenth-century urban political bosses?

-provide material assistance to the poor
-give out patronage
-win votes for their political organization

How did cultural activities change between the early nineteenth and late nineteenth century?

Elites began developing a cultural life apart from the masses.

Early department stores in the United States tended to be in

large cities.

The theory of evolution initially encountered

resistance from educators, scientists, and theologians.

The consumer economy had which of the following effects on women?

new employment opportunities

Newfound leisure time resulted in

new forms of recreation and entertainment.

Which statement about education in the late nineteenth century is false?

Free public primary and secondary education was universal.

In his books The Theory of Prosperity and The New Basis of Civilization, economist Simon Patten challenged long-standing views of

leisure.

True or false: By doing research that was directly applicable to the problems of the time, universities played a vital role in the economic development of the United States.

True (Reason: Universities became the source of many of the discoveries that helped American industry and commerce advance.)

Which of the following best describes a cultural change that accompanied the rise of cities and industry by the late nineteenth century?

People began to see a distinction between "highbrow" and "lowbrow" culture.

The use of blood transfusions in medical treatments allowed for

longer and more elaborate operations.

Which of the following Christian movements harmonized scientific discoveries with their religious beliefs?

liberal Protestantism

Women who attended college, after the Civil War, tended to

marry later than women who did not attend college.

What spurred the rise of public schooling?

an increasing demand for specialized skills and scientific knowledge

The land-grant institutions were specifically meant to further knowledge in

agriculture and mechanics.

Which of the following was an advance in medical practice in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century?

Doctors began to accept the assumption that a symptom was not itself a disease.

During the late nineteenth century, college education for American women

produced a spirit of collective identity and access to communities outside the family.

What was the purpose of the National Consumers League?

to utilize the power of female consumers to improve working conditions

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