HIS CST CH-8 THE CITIES

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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

What does this map show?

a.	total U.S. population from 1790 to 2000	c.	population of the 22 largest U.S. cities
b.	centers of U.S. population from 1790 to 2000	d.	change in U.S. population between 1790 and 2000

In which state was the center of population located in 1900?

a.	West Virginia	c.	Indiana
b.	Ohio	d.	Illinois

In which general direction did the center of population shift from 1790 to 1900?

a.	north	c.	south
b.	east	d.	west

Approximately how far, in miles, did the center of population shift between 1790 and 1900?

a.	about 100 miles	c.	about 575 miles
b.	about 275 miles	d.	about 700 miles

In which direction did the center of population shift between 1890 and 1900?

a.	northwest	c.	southwest
b.	Northeast	d.	southeast

What does a single square on the map represent?

a.	the western limit of the population of the nation	c.	the city with the largest population in the nation
b.	the point around which people in the nation are equally distributed	d.	the point that lost the most population in the year indicated

Where was the center of population in 1900?

a.	in Ohio, about 60 miles east of Cincinnati	c.	in Indiana, about 400 miles west of Cincinnati
b.	in Indiana, about 90 miles west of Cincinnati	d.	in Missouri, about 50 miles southwest of St. Louis

During which period did the center of population shift the least?

a.	1790-1840	c.	1880-1910
b.	1840-1880	d.	1910-1940

Which city shown on the map was closest to the center of population in 1880?

a.	Cincinnati	c.	Indianapolis
b.	Charleston	d.	Louisville

10.

Which city would have been least justified in calling itself a center of population?

a.	Annapolis	c.	E. St. Louis
b.	Washington, D.C	d.	Richmond V

11.

The factor that prevented the greatest number of children from attending public high schools was

a.	racism	c.	language differences
b.	poverty	d.	transportation problems

12.

Southern states sometimes used a grandfather clause to allow them to

a.	keep uneducated whites from exercising their right to vote	c.	keep African Americans from voting while allowing whites to do so
b.	distinguish between recent immigrants and longtime citizens	d.	deny voting rights to African Americans who passed the literacy test

13.

Cities in the late 19th century expanded with the development of all of the following except

a.	subways	c.	airplanes
b.	skyscrapers	d.	suspension bridges

14.

Daniel Burnham's plan for the city of Chicago emphasized

a.	blocks of skyscrapers	c.	a network of bicycle paths.
b.	a lakefront park system	d.	hidden electric lines

15.

Skyscrapers were made possible by the invention of

a.	safer fire escapes	c.	the elevator and a steel framework
b.	larger bricks and stronger cement.	d.	the airplane and the bicycle

16.

In the Southwest, many Mexicans earned a living as

a.	railroad workers and agricultural laborers	c.	dockworkers and canal diggers
b.	small business owners	d.	household servants and mail carriers

17.

All of the following became popular around the turn of the 20th century except

a.	European literature	c.	vaudeville theater
b.	professional baseball	d.	amusement parks

18.

Jim Crow laws were laws that

a.	separated the races	c.	taxed voters
b.	denied citizenship to Asian immigrants	d.	promoted discrimination against women

19.

All of the following were trends in education around 1900 except

a.	more students attending both elementary and high school	c.	growth of kindergartens
b.	immigrants becoming "Americanized" by attending public schools	d.	most African Americans attending high school

20.

In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that

a.	lynching was a federal crime	c.	voting rights could not be tied to any form of tax
b.	school segregation was unconstitutional.	d.	racial segregation in public facilities was legal

21.

49. Which development in the late 1900s allowed cities to expand outward?

a.	skyscrapers	c.	horse-drawn streetcars
b.	new railroad lines	d.	four-lane highways

22.

Which development lowered the price of newspapers to a penny a copy?

a.	a printing press that simultaneously printed both sides of the paper	c.	a drop in the wages of newspaper delivery boys
b.	a lower price for American timber used by paper mills	d.	a new lightweight engine developed for use in aircraft

23.

Which of the following was not true of public education around 1900?

a.	High school curriculums were expanding to include science and civics.	c.	The number of blacks attending public school was rapidly catching up with whites
b.	Kindergartens were being added to elementary school programs	d.	State laws required students to attend school from ages 8 to 14

24.

Who expressed the belief that racism would end as blacks acquired practical work skills and proved their economic value to society?

a.	W. E. B. Du Bois	c.	Booker T. Washington
b.	Ida B. Wells	d.	William Torrey Harris

25.

Which of the following did not keep African Americans in the South from voting?

a.	poll taxes	c.	the separate-but-equal doctrine
b.	grandfather clauses	d.	literacy tests

26.

The popularity of bicycling and amusement parks reflected which trend of the 1900s?

a.	wider public access to the fine arts	c.	a rising literacy rate
b.	an interest in leisure activities	d.	new ways of shopping and advertising

27.

Which effect can be traced directly to the Supreme Court's ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?

a.	Southern blacks lost their voting rights for 60 years	c.	Racial segregation was permitted for nearly 60 years
b.	Lynching of African Americans continued into the 1920s	d.	Race riots broke out in New York and other large cities

28.

How did George Eastman contribute to an explosion in the popularity of photography?

a.	by taking photographs of the Wright brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk	c.	by inventing a camera that could develop pictures on the spot
b.	by inventing a camera that was larger and heavier than most	d.	by inventing a camera that used roll film instead of heavy glass plates

29.

How did the introduction of the bicycle affect women's lives?

a.	It led to numerous injuries among women riders	c.	It gave women more time to spend with their children
b.	It made many women feel more independent.	d.	It started a fitness craze among women

30.

Which type of fiction was very popular around the turn of the 20th century?

a.	realistic portrayals of American life	c.	novels about the grand life of the upper class
b.	Western adventure tales	d.	stories about sports heroes

Matching

Select the letter of the term, name, or phrase that best matches each description. Note: Some letters may not be used at all. Some may be used more than once.

a.	skyscraper	f.	Boston
b.	Central Park	g.	George Eastman
c.	Louis Sullivan	h.	Richmond
d.	Brooklyn Bridge	i.	Frederick Law Olmsted
e.	Daniel Burnham	j.	Orville and Wilbur Wright

31.

He invented the Kodak camera

32.

These pioneer aviators helped make airmail possible

33.

This city's Back Bay area was originally a 450-acre swamp

34.

Elevators and steel supports helped make this land-saver possible

35.

This landscape architect spearheaded the movement for planned urban parks

36.

Completed in 1883, this "eighth wonder of the world" that connected Brooklyn to Manhattan took 14 years to build

37.

This was intended to soothe the inhabitants of New York City and let them enjoy a "natural setting."

38.

This architectural pioneer designed the "proud and soaring, " ten-story Wainwright building in St. Louis, Missouri

39.

This architect created an overall plan for Chicago that included a lakefront of elegant parks

40.

This was the first American city to electrify its urban transit

Select the letter of the term, name, or phrase that best matches each description. Note: Some letters may not be used at all. Some may be used more than once.

a.	poll tax	g.	Jim Crow laws
b.	lynching	h.	grandfather clause
c.	segregation	i.	Plessy v. Ferguson
d.	literacy test	j.	Booker T. Washington
e.	Ida B. Wells	k.	United States v. Reese
f.	debt peonage

41.

This term is used to refer to any system of separating people on the basis of race

42.

This African-American journalist began crusading for racial justice after the lynching of three friends

43.

These laws were passed in the South to prevent white and black people from intermixing and to prevent blacks from achieving equality

44.

This had to be paid to gain access to the voting booth in many Southern states. It effectively kept both poor blacks and poor whites from voting

45.

This was added to the constitutions of several Southern states to enable white people to vote who may have been kept from doing so by other restrictions

46.

This was given in the South to African Americans by voter registration officials. Some versions were in foreign languages; others were more difficult than the versions given to white voters.

47.

This is a system of involuntary labor. After slavery was abolished, Mexicans and African Americans living in the West and Southwest were often forced into this system

48.

This Supreme Court decision ruled that separation of the races in public accommodations was legal and did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment. It established the principle of "separate but equal" that would rule Southern racial relations for almost 60 years

Select the letter of the term, name, or phrase that best completes the statement.

a.	Frederick Law Olmsted	f.	Louis Sullivan
b.	Mark Twain	g.	W. E. B. Du Bois
c.	George Eastman	h.	Marshall Field
d.	Ida B. Wells	i.	Booker T. Washington
e.	William Randolph Hearst	j.	Orville and Wilbur Wright

49.

The inventor of the popular roll-film camera was

50.

In Chicago, _______________________ opened the first department store in the nation

51.

The landscape architect _______________________ led the movement for planned urban parks

52.

The first skyscraper was designed by

53.

According to _______________________, educated blacks should immediately join the mainstream of society

54.

The first powered airplane was developed by

55.

By writing and lecturing, _______________________ tried to end the lynching of African Americans

56.

Novelist and humorist _______________________ wrote books that have become American classics

57.

The Tuskegee Institute was founded by _______________________ to help African Americans develop useful job skills

58.

Competing with Joseph Pulitzer, _______________________ published sensational stories in his newspapers.