VUS.8 Review Quiz

Look at the image from 1904. In which location are the immigrants in the image most likely gathered to enter the United States?

• San Diego, California

• Ellis Island, New York

• Pensacola, Florida

• New Orleans, Louisiana

Why did many Southerners, especially African-Americans, move westward after the Civil War?

• To escape poverty and prejudice

• To mine gold

• To expand interstate trade

• To start a new wave of secession

New York City's population rose from 1.2 million people in 1880 to 4.8 million people in 1910. What best explains this change in population?

• Southern states experienced a decline in agriculture.

• Industries provided steady wages for workers.

• Western regions suffered an environmental collapse.

• Petroleum production increased in urban areas.

Read the quote by Henry Ford: "I will build a car for the great multitude. It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for the individual to run and care for. It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise. But it will be so low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one." How was Henry Ford able to accomplish this economic goal?

• By moving his company overseas

• By constructing an assembly line

• By hiring only skilled workers

• By rejecting the use of new technology

When immigrants entered the United States, they faced discrimination from the native-born Americans. Which of the following is a result of the discrimination immigrants encountered?

• Federal Employer's Liability Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• National Quarantine Act

During the mid-1800s, what was one reason some citizens of the United States were against immigration?

• Immigrants refused to become United States citizens.

• Immigrants accepted jobs that American citizens wanted.

• Immigrants did not understand the English language.

• Immigrants had more money than American citizens.

Look at the chart. What business employed the workers shown in the chart?

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• New England textile mills

• Gold mines in California

• Plantations in the South

How can life for some immigrants living in New York City during the early twentieth century best be described?

• Most immigrants were separated from their families when they arrived.

• Many immigrants worked for low pay and lived in slums.

• Most immigrants and their families lived extravagant lifestyles.

• Many immigrants achieved their dream of becoming wealthy in America.

Look at the political cartoon. What message is this political cartoon sending?

• Under Jim Crow laws public facilities were not "separate but equal."

• Under Jim Crow laws African Americans had nicer public facilities.

• Under Jim Crow laws public facilities were not segregated.

• Under Jim Crow laws public facilities were mostly "separate but equal."

Who was the civil rights leader that led an anti-lynching crusade, and called on the federal government to take action, especially against the violence seen in the South?

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Ida B. Wells

• Jane Addams

• Booker T. Washington