Question 1
Industrial production in the New South:
A) returned very few profits to southerners.
B) moved the south toward a new slavery.
C) successfully challenged northern industry.
D) stimulated the development of a less racist society.
Question 2
The proponents of a New South envisioned the South as:
A) a vast agrarian area supplying needed cash crops.
B) an area of sturdy yeoman farmers.
C) the primary supplier of raw materials to northern industry.
D) an area that promoted industrial development and welcomed northern investors.
Question 3
As American cities grew during the Gilded Age:
A) everyone enjoyed a better standard of living.
B) few urban leaders did any long term planning.
C) new city departments dealt efficiently with garbage and utility services.
D) a lack of transit systems limited outward growth.
Question 4
What group of immigrants had the most experience with urban life and forming thriving urban communities in Europe?
A) Germans
B) Irish
C) Italians
D) Jews
Question 5
America's growing cities attracted all of the following in large numbers except:
A) African Americans from the South.
B) young women from the farms.
C) young men from the farms.
D) European immigrants.