How did the 1893 Chicago World's Exposition, which was known as the White City, reflect a paradox that was typical of urban growth in the late nineteenth century?
A) The Beaux-Arts style of architecture contradicted the homage paid to the ancient world.
B) Urban planning transformed a swamp by Lake Michigan into a state-of-the-art site.
C) The grand vision of urban planning never fully caught on with other large cities.
D) This ornate location was occupied by displaced urban squatters during the Panic of 1893.
D
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By 1860, free blacks accounted for what percentage of the South's African-American population?
A) less than 25 percent B) less than 15 percent C) less than 20 percent D) less than 5 percent E) less than 10 percent
Compared to the British, the French in North America:
A) had much worse relations with the Indian populations. B) did not respond to Indian opposition with violence. C) tended to have better relations with the Indians. D) were successful in promoting their religion among the Indians.
Which one of the following had slaves but no cotton production in 1860?
A) Maryland B) South Carolina C) Tennessee D) Florida
Some Native Americans denounced the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 because its provisions
a. encouraged Native Americans to create and promote a faux museum piece livelihood and embrace certain native traditions and lifestyles incompatible with the modern twentieth-century world. b. continued to promote coercive assimilation policies. c. discouraged the establishment and sound management of local self-governments. d. ignored the increasing loss of Indian lands to real estate and commercial development and environmental degradation. e. None of these choices are correct.