7questions 40 points
wrong answers will be reported
1-what was the main response of the middle class to the challenges of city living?
a. escape to the suburbs
b. move to high-rise apartments
c. rent out tenement buildings
d. attend vaudeville shows
2-which of the following was the most compelling reason for people to leave rural farms for dangerous, difficult work in industrial cities?
a. higher populations
b. increased job opportunities
c. better living conditions
d. more equal social status
3-what subjects did artists of the ashcan school depict?
a. active waterways with steamboats and ferries
b. busy street life and working-class leisure activities
c. middle-class women working in homes and factories
d. contemporary waste removal and recycling systems
4- why were nativists hostile to immigrants?
a. they resented that labor unions were immigrants.
b. they were concerned that immigrants were too americanized.
c. they believed that immigrants were loyal to their home countries.
d. they feared factories would close if immigrant populations declined.
5- what was the purpose of a poll tax?
a. to prevent african americans from voting in elections
b. to keep republican governments out of southern states
c. to ensure that disenfranchised voters can vote in elections
d. to prevent sharecroppers from leaving their farms with unpaid debts
6- how did african americans in the post-civil war era respond to the hostile environment of the south?
a. they confiscated land on abandoned plantations.
b. they disenfranchised voters who did not have residency.
c. they supported legislation to bring industry to the south.
d. they migrated to the northeast and midwest to work in factories.
7- which of the following would most influence hiring in a merit-based civil service system? select the two correct answers.
a. family relationships
b. personal friendships
c. prior job experience
d. political support
e. relevant skills