Sunday, January 29, 2012

Need help with american history questions best answer 10 points:)?

1. Why did African-Americans migrate to northern cities? (Points : 1)


escape Jim Crow


find jobs


find their American dream


all of the above





2. In what industry did most African-Americans find jobs? (Points : 1)


steel


domestic services


automobile


cotton mill





3. Who published the book The Philadelphia *****? (Points : 1)


W.E.B. Du Bois


Jacob Riis


William Tweed


Jane Adams





4. Which form of transportation made it possible for people to move to the suburbs in the late 1800s? (Points : 1)


subways


trolleys


cable cars


all of the above





5. What were low-cost apartment buildings commonly called? (Points : 1)


slums


ghettos


tenements


settlement houses





6. City public services were paid for by (Points : 1)


the federal government.


tax money.


charity from the wealthy.


political machines.





7. The boss of a political machine (Points : 1)


controlled a voting block of immigrants.


made money for the machine.


took money from contractors.


all of the above





8. What was it called when groups organized to back a political official? (Points : 1)


boss


political machine


settlement


illegal organization





9. Where did the settlement house movement begin? (Points : 1)


Chicago


the United States


England


New York City





10. What was the first Chicago settlement house called? (Points : 1)


Hull House


Tammany Hall


Homestead Square


none of the above

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