American Yawp Chapter 18 | Questions and Answers with complete solution

In the late nineteenth century, which American city had the largest meat processing industry? - Chicago How did railroads transform the American economy? - Inspired the development of organized labor to meet the needs of a permanent working class Which census first revealed that a majority of Americans were living in cities - 1920 By 1890, in most large northern cities, immigrants and their children amounted to what percent of the population? - 60% All of the following groups provided cultural space for immigrants to maintain their arts, languages, and traditions EXCEPT - Rotary clubs Immigrant Americans tended to vote for which political party? - Democratic All of the following statements regarding the boosters of the New South are true EXCEPT - They sought to move away from the South's dependence on cotton, believing that agricultural diversification would lead to economic development From 1880 to 1950, approximately _______ African Americans were murdered by white mobs. - 5,000 ________________, wrote an influential book, Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases and helped inspire the anti-lynching movement. - Ida B. Wells What tactics were used to disenfranchise black voters? - All of the above (a. Poll taxes b. Literacy tests c. Violence and intimidation)