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Question 1
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In the late nineteenth century, which American city had the largest meat processing industry?
Question 1 options:
a)
St. Louis
b)
Dallas
c)
New York
d)
Chicago
Question 2
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How did railroads transform the American economy?
Question 2 options:
a)
created a new white-collar middle class of managers
b)
inspired the development of organized labor to meet the needs of a permanent working class
c)
increased the role of government in the economy
d)
all of the above
Question 3
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Which census first revealed that the majority of Americans were living in cities?
Question 3 options:
a) 1920
b)
1880
c) 1900
d)
1910
Question 4
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By 1890, in most large northern cities, immigrants and their children amounted to what percent of the population?
Question 4 options:
a)
33 percent
b)
60 percent
c)
50 percent
d)
20 percent
Question 5
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All of the following groups provided cultural space for immigrants to maintain their arts, languages, and traditions EXCEPT:
Question 5 options:
a)
Parish churches
b)
Rotary clubs
c)
Mutual aid societies
d)
Workmen's clubs
Question 6
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All of the following statements regarding the boosters of the New South are true EXCEPT:
Question 6 options:
a)
They sought to move away from the South's dependence on cotton, believing that agricultural diversification would lead to economic development.
b)
They saw economic independence as a means of limiting connections between North and South.
c)
They were exclusively white and sought to maintain the racial status quo.
d)
They embraced industrialization as a tool to encourage economic development.
Question 7
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From 1880 to 1950, approximately ______ African Americans were murdered by white mobs.
Question 7 options:
a)
one thousand
b)
five thousand
c)
one hundred and fifty
d)
five hundred
Question 8
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What was the most important aspect of the southern economy
in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
Question 8 options:
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