Quiz on Historical Images

What is shown in the photo?

• an ethnic neighborhood

• A Midwest city

• farm life in the 1800's

• a city in the South

Between 1860 and 1910 the U.S. population tripled. Why did so many immigrants choose to come to the U.S. during this period?

• Russian Poles (Poland) and other eastern Europeans fled oppressive governments

• 1 and 2

• Jews fled growing religious persecution in Eastern Europe

• All of the above.

• Poor eastern and southern Europeans were attracted by new economic opportunities in America's growing cities and industries.

The photo below was taken in the late 1800's in an area of the United States known for the textile industry. In what area on the map was the photo taken?

• A

• B

• C

• D

In this quotation, Charles Sorenson is referring to ___

• Henry Ford's Model T automobile

• Henry Ford's Model S automobile

• Henry Ford's Model N automobile

• Henry Ford's Model A automobile

Who invented many practical and mechanical uses of the light bulb in the late 1800's?

• George Westinghouse

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Ford

Whose invention does this chart best refer to?

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Ford

• George Westinghouse

• Alexander Graham Bell

During the Second Industrial Revolution, advances in transportation linked resources to factories and then to...

• railroads

• small towns

• international markets

• national markets

Which of these groups was discriminated against during the Second Industrialization era?

• Chinese

• Irish

• Jews

• Italians

• Polish

This person is credited with creating the Hull House, which was a settlement house that provided education, recreation, and social activities for many immigrants.

• William Tweed

• Jacob Riis

• Susan B. Anthony

• Jane Addams

The majority of the immigrants that came to the United States in the late 1800's...

• settled in rural areas because they were farmers

• were wealthy and well educated, and Protestant

• settled in cities to look for work because of the Industrial boom

• were Irish Catholic and came seeking religious freedom