History

Question 19 2 pts "New" immigrants would NOT have come from Russia. Italy Turkey. Scotland. Question 20 2 pts All of the following are features of the late nineteenth century EXCEPT ordinary workers' incomes were rising. the rich were getting richer. the gap between the rich and the ordinary workers' wealth was narrowing. more people were getting richer. Question 21 2 pts The upward mobility of America's workers in the late nineteenth century was the result of all of the following EXCEPT higher attendance and completion rates in high schools. national economic growth. heavy spending on public education. the energy and ambition of the workers themselves. Question 22 2 pts The main motive for immigration to the United States in the late nineteenth century was political oppression religious persecution. overcrowding desire for economic improvement. Question 23 2 pts Some "native Americans complained that "new" immigrants were all of the following EXCEPT undermining wage rates. political radicals. racially inferior. ethnically alike. Question 24 2 pts The chief cause of city growth in the late nineteenth century was the establishment of a national transportation network. expansion of industry. growth of commerce. invention of skyscrapers. Question 25 2 pts Most "new" immigrants did NOT move to agricultural regions and become farmers. become U.S. citizens. tend to settle in ethnic neighborhoods of cities. try to maintain their traditional culture. Question 26 2 pts The practical considerations that eventually led to city improvements included all of the following EXCEPT slower urban growth tax reduction opportunities. inter-city competition public health considerations. Question 27 2 pts Which statement about Social Darwinism is NOT true? The first major proponent of this ideology was not an American, but an Englishman It was an ideology which aptly described the realities of the late 19th century American economy Ideas of Social Darwinism stemmed from Charles Darwin's study of the biological origin of the species Question 28 2 pts In the latter days of the nineteenth century, it was generally true that the locus of political power was: Congress The president The federal bureaucracy The federal courts Question 29 2 pts The unwillingness of politicians to fully address the major political issues in the nineteenth century can, in part, be explained by the diversion of foreign threats. the strength of postwar intersectional harmony. middle-class complacency. the lack of any significant problems facing the country. Question 30 2 pts Political indecision was a feature of late-nineteenth-century politics because of all the following EXCEPT both parties wanted to appeal to as wide a segment of the electorate as possible. the strength of the two major political parties was so out of balance. rational and consistent governmental actions were not well defined