US Urban History Test 3

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History Test 3 (Us Urban History) K-12 to University (USA History) USA — Us Urban History USA History Standards & AP

What is this test? for History practice (US/World/State), USA — K-12 to University (USA History) level, USA — Us Urban History.
For all levels (Elementary to University) studying History in the USA
Section: History Test 3 (Us Urban History) · Education: K-12 to University · Part: History Test 3 (Us Urban History) · Country: USA · Region: USA — Us Urban History

Knowledge of history is essential for understanding the vast accumulation from past to present and for establishing cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.

This test will help you develop chronological thinking and prepare for history questions on your exams.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1

What took sewage?

A) Combined sewers

B) Open gutters

C) Rivers only

D) No system

Question 2

What was Home Insurance Building?

A) NY tower

B) 1885 Chicago first

C) St. Louis arch

D) Philly hall

Question 3

What was the Triple Decker?

A) Skyscraper

B) Bungalow

C) New England three-flat

D) Tenement only

Question 4

What elevated trains?

A) Subways only

B) Buses

C) Trams only

D) Els in New York Chicago

Question 5

Where was first juvenile court?

A) Chicago 1899

B) New York

C) Boston

D) Philly

Question 6

What are department stores?

A) Corner shops

B) Big retail palaces

C) Catalogs only

D) Markets only

Question 7

Who funded libraries?

A) Rockefeller

B) Morgan

C) Andrew Carnegie

D) Pullman

Question 8

Which of the following best defines juvenile courts?

A) Adult trials

B) No courts

C) Jail all

D) 1899 child justice

Question 9

What best defines bosses?

A) Machine politicians

B) Reformers

C) Judges

D) Bankers

Question 10

What best defines scientific charity?

A) Random alms

B) Casework reform

C) No records

D) Cash only

Question 11

In which year did cities explode?

A) 1820 to 1850

B) 1920 to 1950

C) 1870 to 1920

D) 1950 to 1980

Question 12

Which term means "Grand theaters"?

A) tenements

B) dumbbell flats

C) the Triple Decker

D) movie palaces

Question 13

Which of these did reformers attack?

A) Graft and bosses

B) Voters

C) Immigrants

D) Workers

Question 14

What best defines Wanamaker's?

A) NYC tower

B) Philly grand store

C) Chicago fair

D) Boston hall

Question 15

What best defines tenements?

A) Parks

B) Subways

C) Crowded apartments

D) Factories

Question 16

What best defines automats?

A) Diners

B) Drive-ins

C) Cafeterias

D) Coin food walls

Question 17

What best defines mass transit?

A) Shared city rides

B) Private cars

C) Walking only

D) Bikes only

Question 18

What best defines playgrounds?

A) Empty lots

B) Supervised play lots

C) Streets

D) Alleys

Question 19

Which of the following best defines City Beautiful?

A) Slum praise

B) Factory zones

C) Grand civic design

D) No parks

Question 20

What best defines the 1832 cholera?

A) Farm plague

B) Ship fever

C) Cattle disease

D) City epidemic

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