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1. The building of skyscrapers was made possible by the development of all of the following except
A. durable plate glass.
B. passenger elevators.
C. durable brick building material.
D. structural steel.
2. All of the following are true about William Randolph Hearst except
A. he was the son of a California silver king.
B. he was one of the nation's leading news barons.
C. he watched his industry decline over time.
D. he practiced sensational or "yellow journalism."
3. The ultimate basis for the cohesion of urban political machines was
A. party loyalty.
B. the support of the business community.
C. the ethnicity of its constituents.
D. municipal corruption.
4. The muckraker Ida Tarbell exposed which of the following industrialists?
A. Andrew Carnegie
B. John D. Rockefeller
C. Upton Sinclair
D. Joseph Pulitzer
5. Immigrants to the United States occupied cheap housing near their
A. churches.
B. schools.
C. aid societies.
D. jobs.
6. By 1910, New York City boasted a population of
A. 2 million.
B. 5 million.
C. 10 million.
D. 20 million.
7. Before World War I, which of the following national regions became the most urbanized?
A. Midwest
B. Southwest
C. Northeast
D. Far West
8. On average, American cities in the 1890s compared to cities outside the United States
A. were more densely populated.
B. built more massive public projects.
C. contained larger populations.
D. were more industrialized.
9. The response of Americans to dispersed populations in the cities was to
A. concentrate building in downtown districts.
B. develop innovative transportation systems.
C. strictly control new development.
D. discourage immigration.
10. The dominance of private development in U.S. cities and the preference for business solutions to city needs produced the concept of the
A. "public city."
B. "private city."
C. "political machine city."
D. "heavily planned city."
11. In New York City, regulations on tenements
A. succeeded because of the cooperation of private interests.
B. failed to change older structures because reform was not profitable.
C. were never passed because of opposition from landowners.
D. pushed the wealthy out of the city.
12. All of the following are true regarding the gay subculture in New York City in 1900 except
A. gay subcultures developed in industrial cities.
B. gay subculture included gay clubs and drag balls.
C. straight men did not attend gay subculture events.
D. police frequently took bribes to allow gay bars to continue.
13. New York urban high culture included all of the following except
A. museums.
B. libraries.
C. vaudeville theaters.
D. opera theaters.
14. The nation's first major art museum was the
A. De Young.
B. Cororcan Gallery of Art.
C. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
D. Chicago Art Hall.
15. Joseph Pulitzer worked in which of the following industries?
A. oil
B. steel
C. newspaper
D. mining.