APUSH AMSCO CH 17-18

Who was a well known leader of the settlement house movement and the creator of Hull House?

• Charles Guitteau

• Jane Addams

• Jacob Riis

• Upton Sinclair

Where did most of the European immigrants enter the country and get registered when they arrived in America?

• Angel Island

• Los Angeles

• Manhattan Island

• Ellis Island

During the late 1800’s political machines gained tremendous power in politics. What was one reason for this?

• They did not accept graft as part of their income

• They demanded many needed political reforms

• They provided jobs and assistance to many immigrants

• They were honest and attracted support

Which BEST describes the idea of the social gospel?

• belief that certain cultures will be unable to sustain existence

• emphasis on Christian principles to help the poor and needy

• belief that capitalism helps the lower class

• emphasis on spreading Christianity to the Native Americans

Which Supreme Court decision declared that segregation was legal, as long as it was “separate, but equal?”

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Boynton v. Virginia

• Brown v. Board of Education

The Interstate Commerce Act:

• Effectively curbed the railroads

• Was the first major federal effort to regulate business

• Established maximum railroad rates

• Led to the collapse of watered railroad stocks

The Farmer's Alliance, the Grange, and the ______________ stood for additional government regulation of trade, currency, and the protection of other farmers' interests.

• Progressives

• Free Soil Party

• Knights of Labor

• Populists

Which of these best describes life in a turn of the century tenement?

• Very crowded

• Spreading sickness and disease

• No windows, heat, or plumbing

• All of the above

Changing their names, cutting their hair, forcing them to adopt Christianity, requiring them to learn English, etc. These are all examples of what pushed on many Immigrants, but especially Native Americans.

• Assimilation

• Nativism

• Protectionism

• Temperance

"New Immigrants" that came to the United States in the early 1900s were from which part of Europe?

• South Europe

• North Eastern Europe

• Southern and Western Europe

• Southern and Eastern Europe