8th Grade, Topic 9 Test

People that came to the U.S. for economic opportunities, industrial jobs, cheap land, and religious freedom would be immigrating because of a

• Push Factor

• Pull Factor

• X Factor

Which of the following were immigration processing centers used by the U.S. government? Choose two

• Statue of Liberty

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

• Alcatraz Island

By moving into their own neighborhoods, immigrants were able to

• Keep some of their traditions and their language

• Keep from assimilating

• Forget their traditions

• Forget their cultural heritage

Who sought to limit immigration and preserve the country for native-born, white Protestants?

• Democrats

• Natavists

• Populists

• Republicans

What barred Chinese laborers from entering the country in 1882?

• Morril Acts

• Anti-Asia Act

• The Anti-immigration act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

What is the movement of the population from farms to urban areas called?

• Immigration

• Urbanization

• Colonization

• Globalization

Small apartments shared by sometimes 10 people with no windows, heat, or indoor bathrooms are called

• Condos

• Dorms

• Tenements

• Townhouses

The period where the economic boom masked the greed and corruption of the government was known as the

• Dark Ages

• Gilded Age

• The Progressive Era

• Industrial Age

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was used to

• Promote competition

• Allow monopolies

• Bar African Americans from starting businesses

• Eliminate competition

Upton Sinclair's novel that described the horrid conditions of meat packing plants, including using meat from sick animals and how rats were often ground into the meat was called

• The Battle With The Slum

• The Jungle

• How the Other Half Lives

• Don Quixote