Author Question: Lydia Finney established the New York Moral Reform Society in 1834 in order to __________. A) ... (Read 89 times)

Pea0909berry · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

After indigenous workers on the Caribbean islands were nearly wiped out by deadly diseases, the Spanish turned to __________ for a new supply of labor.

A) Aztec prisoners of war captured after the conquest of Mexico
B) the African slave trade
C) Spanish prisoners and debtors
D) Jews, Muslims, and others who were expelled from Spain

Question 2

What was photographer Jacob Riis's intent in juxtaposing his photograph In the Home of an Italian Ragpicker, Jersey Street with Sandro Boticelli's Renaissance painting Madonna and Child?

A) He wanted to associate 1890s Italian immigrants with the values of the Italian Renaissance.
B) He wanted to focus on the Catholic beliefs of Italian immigrants.
C) He wanted to show that immigrants had the same maternal instincts as others.
D) He wanted to connect the plight of immigrants to religious imagery in order to gain sympathy
for them.

Question 3

Lydia Finney established the New York Moral Reform Society in 1834 in order to __________.

A) criminalize prostitution
B) support alcoholics
C) abolish slavery
D) fight for equal pay rights