Class 8235 Unit Test on A Changing Society

Class 8235 Unit Test on A Changing Society

8th Grade

26 Qs

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Class 8235 Unit Test on A Changing Society

Class 8235 Unit Test on A Changing Society

Assessment

Quiz

Social Studies

8th Grade

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Created by

Ms. Mayers

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26 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

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Base your answer to the question on the graph and on your knowledge of social studies. According to the graph, which was the first year in which more Americans lived in urban areas than in rural areas?

1860
1890
1920
1930

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

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Base your answer to the question on the graph and on your knowledge of social studies. What was a major cause of the trend shown in the chart?

availability of cheap farmland
increased industrialization
end of restrictions on immigration
completion of the interstate highway system

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

In the second half of the 1800s, which development led to the other three?
expansion of political machines
growth of American cities
development of tenement housing
increase in crime

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

Between 1890 and 1915, the majority of immigrants to the United States were labeled "new immigrants" because they were
considered physically and mentally superior to earlier immigrants.
forced to settle in the cities of the Midwest.
from China, Japan, and other Asian countries.
culturally different from most earlier immigrants.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

Between 1880 and 1920, where did the majority of the "new" immigrants to the United States come from?
northern and western Europe
southern and eastern Europe
Canada and Latin America
China and Southeast Asia

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

Along with economic troubles, what condition drove people to emigrate in the late 1800's?
High cost of housing
Ethnic group persecution
Weather
Poor Schools

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

At the turn of the century, why did most immigrants to the United States settle in cities?
Jobs were readily available.
Government relief programs required immigrants to settle in cities.
Labor union leaders encouraged unrestricted immigration.
Immigrants were not permitted to buy farmland.

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