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WhattoUnderstand · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

During the late nineteenth century, all of the following innovations occurred in consumer goods EXCEPT the

A. formation of credit card companies.

B. development and mass production of tin cans.

C. emergence of ready-made clothing.

D. ability to refrigerate foods artificially.

E. opening of large department stores.

Question 2

In the late nineteenth century, leisure activities tended to be divided by

A. class.

B. race.

C. gender.

D. both race and gender.

E. All these answers are correct.

Question 3

The national network of grocery stores that started in the 1870s was

A. Seven-Eleven.

B. Food Lion.

C. Harris Teeter.

D. A&P.

E. Piggly Wiggly.

Question 4

During the early decades of the twentieth century, most Americans began to view leisure time as

A. the equivalent of laziness.

B. the province solely of children and the elderly.

C. something reserved for the extremely wealthy.

D. something not attainable for the average worker.

E. increasingly desirable.

Question 5

In the late nineteenth century, crime in large American urban centers

A. was often blamed on the violent proclivities of immigrant groups, and led many city governments to create larger and more professional public police departments.

B. All these answers are correct.

C. was often blamed on the violent proclivities of immigrant groups.

D. swelled in the twenty years between 1880 and 1900.

E. led many city governments to create larger and more professional public police departments.