Brinkley Chapter 18 Test Bank Exam
Questions with Guaranteed Pass
Solutions Graded A+.
Trends in urban growth - Answer cities grew a LOT in the half century after the civil war.
natural increase was not a major cause of this increase, but immigration was. geographic
mobility, the railroad, etc. made this immigration/urban growth easier.
Migratory trends/New Immigrants - Answer lots of young farm women went to the cities
because they were no longer needed on farms. the first wave of european immigrants tended to
be fairly educated and have a decent amount of money, but the later waves of immigrants were
neither educated nor did they have money, so they were unable to buy land or become a
professional. immigrants like these tended to settle in urban areas and take industrial jobs. no
one group of people dominated the immigration, leading to very diverse cities.
ethnic neighborhoods - Answer people that came from the same areas tended to settle
together. they would sell food and other items that reminded them of their homelands.
assimilation - Answer Assimilation was the idea that it was great was great to be as American
as possible. gender roles changed with this, because in other countries women had an even
more subordinate role than in the US, and these women experienced more freedom in the US.
Nativism - Answer the idea that immigration is negative
American Protective Association - Answer a group of nativists, founded by Henry Bowers, the
APA was committed to stopping the wave of immigration
Immigration Restriction League - Answer more sophisticated nativists, the IRL wanted
immigrants to be screened first
urban parks - Answer parks in the city, part of the beautiful city movement
Frederick Law Olmstead/Calvery Vaux - Answer designed Central Park, as well as many other
public parks in the country
, Columbian Exposition (1893) - Answer worlds fair that inspired the city beautiful movement
Back Bay - Answer a big construction project in boston that filled in a large marshy area
Streetcar suburbs - Answer The appearance of the streetcar made living within the heart of
the city unnecessary. People began moving to the edges of the cities and commuting to work by
streetcar. Led to growth of suburbs.
Tenement - Answer really cramped, awful living conditions conditions (no windows no
plumbing, the allies were where you dumped you chamber pots).in this time period in the lower
east side the population density in tenement buildings was 700 people per acre!
Jacob Riis - Answer a reporter and photographer who reported on how awful tenement
conditions were, however he offered no alternative solution other than tearing them down
subways - Answer first appeared in Boston, example of mass transit
elevators - Answer allowed for skyscrapers to emerge
skyscrapers - Answer new to the time period, possible with elevators
Alice Hamiltion - Answer investigator for the Bureau of Labor (identified problem with
air/water pollution, as well as workplace pollution)
Public Health Service - Answer created in 1912 to work to reduce workplace pollution
Salvation Army - Answer philanthropic organization that the expansion of poverty heavily
relied on
political machine - Answer arises to assist immigrants/mobilize immigrant voting power
William M. Tweed - Answer "Boss" Tweed: uses Tamney Hall to create the outcome where
immigrants feel indebted to the Democratic party for getting them started in the United States,
Questions with Guaranteed Pass
Solutions Graded A+.
Trends in urban growth - Answer cities grew a LOT in the half century after the civil war.
natural increase was not a major cause of this increase, but immigration was. geographic
mobility, the railroad, etc. made this immigration/urban growth easier.
Migratory trends/New Immigrants - Answer lots of young farm women went to the cities
because they were no longer needed on farms. the first wave of european immigrants tended to
be fairly educated and have a decent amount of money, but the later waves of immigrants were
neither educated nor did they have money, so they were unable to buy land or become a
professional. immigrants like these tended to settle in urban areas and take industrial jobs. no
one group of people dominated the immigration, leading to very diverse cities.
ethnic neighborhoods - Answer people that came from the same areas tended to settle
together. they would sell food and other items that reminded them of their homelands.
assimilation - Answer Assimilation was the idea that it was great was great to be as American
as possible. gender roles changed with this, because in other countries women had an even
more subordinate role than in the US, and these women experienced more freedom in the US.
Nativism - Answer the idea that immigration is negative
American Protective Association - Answer a group of nativists, founded by Henry Bowers, the
APA was committed to stopping the wave of immigration
Immigration Restriction League - Answer more sophisticated nativists, the IRL wanted
immigrants to be screened first
urban parks - Answer parks in the city, part of the beautiful city movement
Frederick Law Olmstead/Calvery Vaux - Answer designed Central Park, as well as many other
public parks in the country
, Columbian Exposition (1893) - Answer worlds fair that inspired the city beautiful movement
Back Bay - Answer a big construction project in boston that filled in a large marshy area
Streetcar suburbs - Answer The appearance of the streetcar made living within the heart of
the city unnecessary. People began moving to the edges of the cities and commuting to work by
streetcar. Led to growth of suburbs.
Tenement - Answer really cramped, awful living conditions conditions (no windows no
plumbing, the allies were where you dumped you chamber pots).in this time period in the lower
east side the population density in tenement buildings was 700 people per acre!
Jacob Riis - Answer a reporter and photographer who reported on how awful tenement
conditions were, however he offered no alternative solution other than tearing them down
subways - Answer first appeared in Boston, example of mass transit
elevators - Answer allowed for skyscrapers to emerge
skyscrapers - Answer new to the time period, possible with elevators
Alice Hamiltion - Answer investigator for the Bureau of Labor (identified problem with
air/water pollution, as well as workplace pollution)
Public Health Service - Answer created in 1912 to work to reduce workplace pollution
Salvation Army - Answer philanthropic organization that the expansion of poverty heavily
relied on
political machine - Answer arises to assist immigrants/mobilize immigrant voting power
William M. Tweed - Answer "Boss" Tweed: uses Tamney Hall to create the outcome where
immigrants feel indebted to the Democratic party for getting them started in the United States,
