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Period 6: Years 1877-1898

Chapter 18

Test for Period 6 is broken down in two parts. Mark your calendars!

  • Part B: Chapter 17 (Industrial Supremacy) and Chapter 18 (Age of the City)

Test Date: ______

This is the reading Guide Brinkley Textbook Chapter 18: Age of the City

Directions: Your answers to the questions below must be handwritten on your own paper and turned in the day of the test for full credit. All answers must be in complete sentences unless otherwise directed. Staple this to your handwritten answers and turn in on test date.

  1. As you read the intro, fill in the chart below with advantage and disadvantages to living in the cities during this time period. BE DETAILED FOR YOUR STUDY REVIEW!

Advantages / Disadvantages
  1. Study the map on page 490. List at least 5 cities where the population was over 1 million.
  2. Study the charts on page 491. Answer the questions in the inset for BOTH charts.
  3. Study the pie graph on page 492. Answer the question in the inset.
  4. LIST some benefits of ethnic communities.
  5. What was Americanization?
  6. List some examples of assimilation in the cities.
  7. List some examples of nativism in the cities.
  8. What were the goals of the Immigration Restriction League?
  9. What were the accomplishments of Fredrick Law Olmstead?
  10. What were the accomplishments of Daniel Burnham?
  11. Why were the suburbs attractive?
  12. Describe a typical tenement.
  13. What was the goal and name of Jacob Riis book?
  14. What developments led to the increased ability to build skyscrapers?
  15. After reading pages 502-503 (through crime and violence), add to your advantages/disadvantages chart in question #1 some of these problems.
  16. Explain political “bosses” and their role in politics. (include positives)
  17. Define graft.
  18. For what reasons were political machines able to thrive during this time?
  19. Which types of professions saw an increase in income during this time?
  20. Explain some of the ways consumerism was increased? (pages 505-506)
  21. LIST some spectator sports on the increase during this time.
  22. What was significant about Coney Island?
  23. Describe Vaudeville Theater.
  24. LIST other types of entertainment during this time.
  25. What was significant about Birth of a Nation?
  26. Define dime novels.
  27. Define pragmatism.
  28. Define anthropology.
  29. Explain how views on schooling changed during this time period.