Structured Settlement Insurance

The tremendously rapid growth of American cities in the post-Civil War decades was

a. uniquely American.
b. fueled by an agricultural system suffering from poor production levels.
c. attributable to the closing of the frontier.
d. a trend that affected Europe as well.
e. a result of natural reproduction.

32. The major factor in drawing country people off the farms and into the big
cities was

a. the development of the skyscraper.
b. the availability of industrial jobs.
c. the compact nature of those large communities.
d. the advent of new housing structures known as dumbbell tenements.
e. the lure of cultural excitement.

33. One of the early symbols of the dawning era of consumerism in urban America was

a. the development of factories.
b. the Sears catalog.
c. advertising billboards.
d. public transportation systems.
e. the rise of large department stores.

34. Which one of the following has the least in common with the other four?

a. slums
b. dumbbell tenements
c. bedroom communities
d. flophouses
e. the “Lung Block”

35. The New Immigrants who came to the United States after 1880

a. had experience with democratic governments.
b. were numerous but never constituted a majority of the immigrants in any
given year.
c. were culturally different from previous immigrants.
d. received a warm welcome from the Old Immigrants.
e. represented nonwhite racial groups.

36. Most Italian immigrants to the United States between 1880 and 1920 came to
escape

a. political oppression.
b. famine.
c. the political disintegration of their country.
d. the military draft.
e. the poverty and slow modernization of southern Italy.

37. A “bird of passage” was an immigrant who

a. came to the United States to live permanently.
b. only passed through America on his or her way to Canada.
c. was unmarried.
d. came to America to work for a short time and then returned to Europe.
e. flew from job to job.

38. Most New Immigrants

a. eventually returned to their country of origin.
b. tried to preserve their Old Country culture in America.
c. were subjected to stringent immigration restrictions.
d. were quickly assimilated into the mainstream of American life.
e. were converted to mainstream Protestantism.

39. According to the social gospel,

a. workers should be content with their station in life.
b. the church should not concern itself in the social affairs of the world.
c. clergy should try to reach the socially prominent.
d. Christianity would replace socialism.
e. the lessons of Christianity should be applied to solve the problems
manifest in slums and factories.

40. The early settlement house workers, such as Jane Addams and Florence Kelley, helped to
blaze the professional trail for

a. language specialists.
b. social workers.
c. day-care workers.
d. criminal psychologists.
e. female politicians.

41. Settlement houses such as Hull House engaged in all of the following activities except

a. child care.
b. instruction in English.
c. cultural activities.
d. instruction in socialism.
e. social reform lobbying.

42. The place that offered the greatest opportunities for American women in the period 1865–
1900 was

a. the big city.
b. the West.
c. suburban communities.
d. rural America.
e. New England.
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