IImmigration/Urbanization/Gilded Age Politics test

Which best describes the living conditions of most immigrants during the Industrial Revolution? 

• Most immigrants lived in rural areas with few other people around
• Most immigrants lived in cities in extremely crowded buildings
• Most immigrants lived in single-family homes
• Most immigrants lived in homeless shelters year-round

Which best describes the working conditions of most immigrants during the Industrial Revolution? 

• Most immigrants worked long hours in low-paying industrial jobs
• Most immigrants worked as farmers in rural areas
• Most immigrants worked as bookkeepers or other professional jobs
• Most immigrants worked as tailors or other skilled jobs

The transfer from the handy-craft system to machine technology and factories is called:

• Urbanization
• Revolution
• Industrialization
• Civilization

Before the Industrial Revolution all products were created by

• Factories
• Hand
• Slaves
• Royalty

How did the Industrial Revolution affect the cities?

• Made the crime rate decrease
• Led to an increase in farm workers
• Make the cities cleaner and safer
• Led to an increase in population in the cities

Chinese Exclusion Act:

• Allowed more immigrants
• Banned freedom of speech
• Restricted working conditions
• Prevented people from immigrating to the U.S.

How were cities built to conserve space?

• Skyscrapers were built

• Tenements apartments were built

• Buildings were built in unique shapes

• All of these happened

Which term describes the mixture of cultures we have here in the United States?

• Nativism
• Melting Pot
• Steerage
• Open Border

Which group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages. 

• Nativists
• Political bosses
• Miners
• Labor leaders

Which law gave farmland to citizens in order to move to the Great Plains?

• Sherman Antitrust Act
• Stamp Act
• Great Plains Act
• Homestead Act