Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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During
the late 1800s, public elementary schools emphasized all of the following
except a. | strict
discipline. | c. | rote memorization | b. | citizenship
skills | d. | job-training
courses | | | | |
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In the
late 1800s, suburbs grew rapidly with the development of a. | suspension
bridges | c. | new railroad lines. | b. | subways. | d. | electric streetcars. | | | | |
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The
main purpose of World reporter Nellie Bly’s trip around the world was to a. | get publicity for the World
newspaper | c. | prove that air travel was
safe | b. | show its support
for women’s issues | d. | get international
news before its competitors | | | | |
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4.
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Booker
T. Washington was known for supporting the idea of a. | maintaining things as they
were | c. | separating the races, but with true equality
of services. | b. | rapid movement toward
integration | d. | gradual movement toward
integration | | | | |
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All of
the following became popular right around the turn of the century except a. | amusement
parks | c. | vaudeville | b. | air travel. | d. | the circus. | | | | |
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The
Linotype machine greatly improved the efficiency of a. | producing pulp
paper | c. | typesetting. | b. | two-sided
printing | d. | printing
photographs | | | | |
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In the
case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that a. | school segregation was
unconstitutional | c. | voting rights could not be tied to any form
of tax | b. | racial segregation in public accommodations such as trains
and busses was legal | d. | lynching was a federal
crime | | | | |
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8.
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What
did the first Kodak camera make possible? a. | instant picture
development | c. | delayed photo
processing | b. | photographic portraits | d. | color photography | | | | |
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W. E.
B. Du Bois was known for advocating a. | maintaining things as they
were | c. | separating the races, but with true equality
of services | b. | rapid movement toward
integration | d. | gradual movement toward
integration | | | | |
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Southern states sometimes used a grandfather clause to allow them to a. | distinguish between recent immigrants and
established citizens | c. | deny voting rights to African Americans who
passed the literacy test. | b. | keep African Americans from voting while allowing whites
to do so | d. | keep poor whites from exercising their right
to vote | | | | |
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Use of
the web-perfecting press resulted in reading materials that were a. | less
expensive | c. | more lavishly
illustrate | b. | sturdier | d. | printed on glossy paper. | | | | |
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Jim
Crow laws a. | separated the
races | c. | denied voting rights to African
Americans | b. | denied citizenship to Asian
immigrants | d. | promoted discrimination against
women. | | | | |
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What
formally legalized racial segregation? a. | United States v.
Reese | c. | grandfather clauses | b. | Jim Crow laws | d. | Plessy v. Ferguson | | | | |
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Matching
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a. | Mark Twain | g. | Thomas Eakins | b. | Ida B. Wells | h. | Daniel Burnham | c. | Marshall
Field | i. | George Eastman | d. | Joseph
Pulitzer | j. | Booker T.
Washington | e. | W. E. B. Du Bois | k. | Frederick Law Olmsted | f. | Louis
Sullivan | l. | Orville and Wilbur
Wright | | | | |
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14.
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Who
was forced to flee the South after editorializing against lynching?
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15.
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Who
opened the first department store?
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16.
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Whose
invention replaced glass photographic plates with film?
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Who
believed that well-educated African-American leaders should attempt to be immediately included in
mainstream American life?
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18.
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Who
competed with William Randolph Hearst to capture a mass audience for his newspapers?
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19.
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Who
studied anatomy in order to make his paintings realistic?
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20.
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Who
was a prominent designer of urban parks and worked on plans for them in Boston and New
York?
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21.
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Who
described the skyscraper he designed as “a proud and soaring thing” and taught Frank Lloyd
Wright?
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22.
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Who
founded a school that emphasized practical skills in such areas as farming and
teaching?
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23.
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Who
designed the biplane that flew successfully at Kitty Hawk?
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24.
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Who
scorned “literature and all that bosh” yet wrote books that are
today considered
classics?
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25.
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Who
planned Chicago’s lakefront and operated under the belief that little plans “have no magic
to stir men’s blood”?
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