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Spanish_American War, Big Business, and Immigration Review

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name for an apartment shared by several families?
a)
melting pot
b)
skyscraper
c)
tenement
d)
condominium
2.
Where did immigrants first stop when they came to San Francisco in the early 1900's? 
a)
Coney Island
b)
Ellis Island
c)
Angel Island
d)
Alcatraz Island
3.
Which of the following is a good reason why a worker in 1895 made low wages?
a)
Labor unions were strong
b)
Immigrants couldn't speak English
c)
Reformers were making gains
d)
Many people were looking for work
4.
A crowded factory where people work long hours for low wages is an example of which of the following?
a)
tenement
b)
piecework
c)
urbanization
d)
sweatshop
5.
Which of the following were often blamed for poverty, crime, overcrowding, and violence?
a)
Labor unions
b)
Americans
c)
Women
d)
Immigrants
6.
What interest inspired Alexander Graham Bell to invent the telephone?
a)
money
b)
changing the world
c)
deaf people and hearing
d)
calling his mother
7.
Why are monopolies bad for the economy?
a)
they employ few workers
b)
they make the owners too much money
c)
they don't allow competition
d)
all of the answers
8.
Andrew Carnegie is known for which of the following?
a)
inventing a new method for making steel
b)
building a huge steel empire
c)
building oil refineries
d)
forming Westinghouse Electric Company
9.
Which business leader founded Standard Oil Company?
a)
Edwin Drake
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
William Randolph Hearst
d)
Madame CJ Walker
10.
Angel Island differed from Ellis Island in that
a)
it was the main immigrant station for European immigrants
b)
it was the main immigrant station for Chinese immigrants
c)
Angel Island was located on the East Coast
d)
most people stopped there for only a few hours
11.
Immigrants often lived in communities with others from their home country because
a)
it was illegal for them to live elsewhere
b)
they had no interest in building new lives in the United States
c)
it was a way to help make the adjustment to the United States easier
d)
housing was not available in other areas
12.
Which of the following was a common reason for people to immigrate to the United States?
a)
to work on a farm
b)
to find political and religious freedom
c)
to live in a bigger city
d)
to fulfill a desire to live in a tenement
13.
Which of the following best describes the main goals of labor unions such as the American Federation of Labor?
a)
to get higher pay, shorter working hours, and safer working conditions
b)
to hire new workers and start new holidays
c)
to organize strikes and find new jobs
d)
to pass child labor laws
14.
the Wright brothers flew the first airplane in 1903 in Kitty Hawk.  In which state is Kitty Hawk?
a)
Massachusetts
b)
Florida
c)
Virginia
d)
North Carolina
15.
The Wright brothers picked Kitty Hawk, NC because
a)
it had strong wind and soft sandy beach
b)
it was close to home
c)
it was their favorite place
d)
their parents suggested it
16.
Madame CJ Walker was the first
a)
African American women millionaire
b)
oil baron
c)
steel millionaire
d)
African American male millionaire
17.
William Randolph Hearst
a)
sold papers using yellow journalism
b)
created a steel company
c)
created an oil company
d)
created a railroad company
18.
Alexander Graham Bell invented
a)
light bulb
b)
new farming methods
c)
airplane
d)
telephone
19.
Thomas Edison invented
a)
light bulb
b)
automobile
c)
airplane
d)
telephone
20.
George Washington Carver invented
a)
new farming methods
b)
telephone
c)
automobile
d)
light bulb
21.
Frank and Charles Duryea invented
a)
automobile
b)
airplane
c)
light bulb
d)
new farming methods
22.
Orville and Wilbur Wright invented
a)
airplane
b)
automobile
c)
new farming methods
d)
telephone
23.
Share of a company
a)
stock
b)
investor
c)
monopoly
d)
corporation
24.
when workers refuse to work to try to force business owners to meet their demands
a)
strike
b)
labor union
c)
sweat shop
d)
investor
25.
business that is owned by investors
a)
corporation
b)
investor
c)
stock
d)
monopoly
26.
group of workers who join together to fight for improved working conditions and better wages
a)
labor union
b)
strike
c)
sweat shop
d)
monopoly
27.
unfair negative opinion about a group of people
a)
prejudice
b)
labor union
c)
strike
d)
investor
28.
hot, cramped workshop
a)
sweat shop
b)
labor union
c)
corporation
d)
monopoly
29.
person who gives money to a business or project hoping to gain a profil
a)
investor
b)
stock
c)
corporation
d)
monopoly
30.
company that has control of an entire industry
a)
monopoly
b)
corporation
c)
sweat shop
d)
labor union
31.

Hot, cramped workshop

a)

corporation

b)

labor union

c)

sweat shop

d)

investor

32.

One reason for building the Panama Canal was to help ships travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean in less time to get to America's new territories.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

The Rough Riders were led by William McKinley.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Yellow Journalism is a name for false or exaggerated reporting.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Queen Liliuuokalani "Lili" was excited about America taking control of Hawaii because she wanted the planters to have power.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Most Americans did not care about the rebellion and conditions in Cuba until William Randolph Hurst used yellow journalism to create concern.

a)

True

b)

Falsi

37.

Workers built the Panama Canal using a series of locks to raise the ships up to the Lake of Gatun, then back down the other side.

a)

True

b)

Falso

38.

Teddy Roosevelt became President when William McKinley was assassinated.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Americans were excited about gaining an empire and wanted the US to engage in the Spanish-American War.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Some of the problems workers faced while building the Panama Canal were

a)

disease spread by mosquitoes, the need to excavate vast areas, rain and mudslides

b)

the people of Panama did not want them there and sabotaged the effort

c)

soldiers had to guard them

d)

drought conditions that made the soil hard so that it was hard to dig

41.

Who invented the assembly line, which made cars affordable?

a)

Henry Ford

b)

Orville and Wilbur Wright

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

Thomas Edison

42.

Why was the assembly line an important technology advance?

a)

It made manufacturing products faster and made them less expensive and more available.

b)

It made the work harder to accomplish.

c)

It made the products less available to consumers.

d)

It made the products more expensive.

43.

When Henry Ford made the Model T available to a wide range of people, the effect was that people could live farther from work and thes was the beginning of suburbs.

a)

True

b)

False

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