GIlded Age Quiz

During the late 19th century, most immigrants to the US found work as-

• Educated professionals
• skilled workers
• Factory/sweatshop workers
• Scientists

Which island did European immigrants register to live in the U.S?

• Galveston
• Long
• Ellis
• Angel

What country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States?

• England

• Germany

• Russia

• France

• China

What is a tenement?

• A run down apartment used to house low-income families

• A house

• A car

What was it like to work in a factory during this time

• Unsafe

• Nice

• Fun

• Safe

Which group of people came to the United States through Angel Island

• Chinese

• Italian

• Spanish

• Russian

What event made Irish immigrants come to the United States?

• The Great Potato Famine

• The Civil War

• The Potato War

• World War 1

This word means an increase in people moving to cities.

• Urbanization

• Industrialization

• Immigration

• Suburban

This word means the action of permanently moving to a foreign country

• Immigration

• Urbanization

• Industrialization

• Nativism

This railroad connected the East Coast to the West Coast

• Transcontinental Railroad

• American Railroad

• North to South Railroad

• The Great Railroad