Saturday, February 4, 2012

U.S. History Questions about African Americans.?

City public services were paid for by



the federal government.

tax money.

charity from the wealthy.

political machines.

Why did African-Americans migrate to northern cities?



escape Jim Crow

find jobs

find their American dream

all of the above

Which form of transportation made it possible for people to move to the suburbs in the late 1800s?



subways

trolleys

cable cars

all of the above



The boss of a political machine



controlled a voting block of immigrants.

made money for the machine.

took money from contractors.

all of the above

What were low-cost apartment buildings commonly called?



slums

ghettos

tenements

settlement houses



Where did the settlement house movement begin?



Chicago

the United States

England

New York City

In what industry did most African-Americans find jobs?



steel

domestic services

automobile

cotton mill

What was the first Chicago settlement house called?



Hull House

Tammany Hall

Homestead Square

none of the above

What was it called when groups organized to back a political official?



boss

political machine

settlement

illegal organizationU.S. History Questions about African Americans.?
tax money

idk

all of the above

all of the above

tenements

DU bois

England

idk

Hull House

idk

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