Unit 11 Test Review

Which statement best describes immigration to the U.S. in the late 1800s?

• Immigrants quickly assimilated to "American" life.

• Immigrants were coming from northwestern European countries like Ireland and Germany

• Immigrants were coming from southeastern European countries like Italy and Poland.

• Immigrants were quickly accepted by "native-born" Americans.

How were the lives of the Plains Indigenous people changed by U.S. westward expansion?

• The U.S. Government protected their lands

• They were forced to assimilate

• They were able to maintain their traditional culture.

• They could hunt buffalo

Who opened a settlement house for poor immigrants in Chicago?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Jane Addams

• Ida B. Wells

• Carry Nation

A policy of extending a country's power and influence over a weaker territory is called

• Urbanization

• Progressivism

• Imperialism

• Industrialization

What was the name of Teddy Roosevelt’s Progressive plan?

• Muckrakers

• Minimum wage

• The Knights of Labor

• The Square Deal

What was a goal of the Progressive Movement?

• Break up corporate monopolies

• Conservation of the environment

• Consumer safety

• Let businesses alone to do as they please

In addition to missionaries and the U.S. military, what other group sought to colonize other territories?

• Labor Unions

• Muckrakers

• Businessmen

• Homesteaders

The practice of one nation taking over a territory to gain more power and influence is called

• Progressivism

• Imperialism

• Urbanization

• Segregation

Why did workers organize into labor unions in the late 1800s?

• To make sure the best jobs went to white workers

• To help immigrants find jobs

• To protect child workers in mines and factories

• To demand better and safer working conditions

What was the purpose of Jim Crow laws?

• Keep the black and white races separate

• Keep immigrants in their own neighborhoods

• Protect the environment from pollution from factories

• Provide free land to white settlers to encourage them to settle the Plains.