Chapter 18: The Victorians Meet the Modern,
1880–1917
iClicker Questions for America’s History,
Seventh Edition and America: A Concise
History, Fifth Edition
1. American intellectuals and researchers in
the late nineteenth century became converts to
the doctrine of
A.
B.
C.
D.
positivism.
scientology.
romanticism.
blitzkrieg.
2. Until the 1870s, most amateur baseball
players were clerks and
A.
B.
C.
D.
white-collar workers.
blue-collar workers.
homeless people.
the ultra elite.
3. Which of the following religions or religious
sects did most Americans adhere to during the
early 1900s?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Catholicism
Protestantism
Islam
Judaism
4.
A.
B.
C.
D.
What pastime captivated the nation in 1890?
bowling
ping-pong
bicycling
tennis
5.
In San Francisco, elite white women built a
rescue home for
A.
B.
C.
D.
Chinese women.
Native American women.
Anglo American women.
African American women.
6. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908
preserved which of the following major
American national parks?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Yellowstone
Grand Canyon
Yosemite
Grand Tetons
7.
The influential book On the Origin of Species
was written by
A.
B.
C.
D.
Theodore Roosevelt.
John Muir.
Woodrow Wilson.
Charles Darwin.
8.
The main figure in the early environmental
movement was
A.
B.
C.
D.
Woodrow Wilson.
Theodore Roosevelt.
John Muir.
Mary Austin.
9.
The rise of which of the following technologies
challenged the dominance of painting within the art
world?
A.
B.
C.
D.
the railroad
the automobile
the airplane
the camera
10. Which of the following parties sought to ban
alcohol in the United States?
A.
B.
C.
D.
the Democratic Party
the Republican Party
the Socialist Party
the Prohibition Party
Answer Key for Chapter 18
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10.
Answer is A
Answer is A
Answer is B
Answer is C
Answer is A
Answer is B
Answer is D
Answer is C
Answer is D
Answer is D