Lyra Chapter 5: An Urban Society

Lyra Chapter 5: An Urban Society

8th Grade

42 Qs

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Lyra Chapter 5: An Urban Society

Lyra Chapter 5: An Urban Society

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What City opened the first subway or underground railway?

San Francisco

Boston

New York

Chicago

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Where is Ellis Island?

New York City

California

Florida

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Immigrants enter US. This entrance was for Europeans.

Ellis Island

Angel Island

Europeans immigrants did not come to US.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Asian immigrants entered US at the place.

Ellis Island

Angel Island

Asian immigrants did not come.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which were two pull factors that drove many European immigrants to America in both the 1600s and the early 1800s?

major famines and poverty

available land and economic opportunity

religious persecution and unfair treatment

available jobs and lack of perceived political problems

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Base your answer to the next question on the poem below and your knowledge of social studies.
… “Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost [tossed] to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” -Emma Lazarus, “The New Colossus”
In this poem, the phrase “homeless, tempest-tost” refers to

Soldiers
Immigrants
Survivors of a shipwreck
Unemployed workers

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the late 1800s, the increase in the number of tenement buildings resulted directly from the

Changing role of women in the home
Increased federal aid for housing
Need for health care facilities
Rapid growth of urban populations

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