Reading quiz chapter 24 Flashcards


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1

All of the following are true of "New Immigrants" except:

They primarily immigrated from western Europe.

2

Who primarily ran settlement houses?

Middle-class, native-born women

3

Which of the following best represents organized labor's views toward new immigrants?

American workers deserved protection from these foreign laborers.

4

Which two religious groups gained greatly from the mass immigration of the late nineteenth century?

Catholics and Jews

5

After 1875, most natural scientists did which of the following?

Came around to espouse organic evolution after having initially opposed it

6

What did the "normal schools" that grew dramatically in the late nineteenth century specialize in?

Educating teachers

7

All of the following were true of daily newspapers in the late nineteenth century except:

The day of slashing journalistic giants like Horace Greeley was returning.

8

Who was the journalist-reformer who advocated a single tax?

Henry George

9

Anthony Comstock was best known for his crusade against which of the following?

Sexual explicitness and obscenity

10

Which of the following aimed to promote order, harmony, and virtue while beautifying the nation's new urban spaces?

The City Beautiful movement

11

Which American author is known for carrying literary realism to new heights?

Mark Twain

12

Which author took a magnifying glass to the inner turmoil and moral shortcomings of post-Civil War high society?

Edith Wharton