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WorksheetsCH. 14 Quizzz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following statements is NOT a reason for the rapid urbanization of the late 1800s?
a)
Steel was used to build skyscrapers and bridges.
b)
City life offered attractions such as leisure activities and excitement.
c)
More and more Americans moved out of cities to look for jobs.
d)
Electricity was used in new forms of transportation like the subway and elevated train.
2.
Which of the following problems was not associated with the rapid urbanization of the late 1800s?
a)
fire
b)
disease
c)
political unrest
d)
unemployment
3.
Which of the following that did not help children of immigrants assimilate more quickly than their parents?
a)
schools
b)
ethnic neighborhoods
c)
nativism
d)
factories
4.
Carnegie and Rockefeller said that_________________, or “survival of the fittest” applied to industry as well as nature.
a)
steel baron
b)
social Darwinism
c)
robber baron
d)
entrepreneur
5.
A company that controls all or most of the business in a particular industry.
a)
entrepreneur
b)
trust
c)
corporation
d)
monopoly
6.
Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island in New York might be returned home if they...
a)
did not have enough money for one month's rent.
b)
were handicapped or seriously ill.
c)
could not speak, read, or write English.
d)
could not prove they had a relative living in New York.
7.
In the late 1800s, which of the following beliefs contributed most to the rise of nativism?
a)
New immigrants were depriving their native countries of needed labor.
b)
New immigrants were too unfamiliar with the workings of democracy.
c)
New immigrants had languages and customs that seemed too different.
d)
Most new immigrants were skilled workers who took too many high-paying jobs in law, medicine, and business.
8.
Which of the following conditions in Europe pushed some European immigrants to leave their home countries?
a)
the growth of farms
b)
the rise of democratic governemnts
c)
religious persecution
d)
cheap land
9.
How did immigrants adapt to life in the United States?
a)
through assimilation
b)
by joining nativist movements
c)
by building tenements
d)
by moving frequently
10.
What attracted many immigrants to the United States?
a)
cheap land
b)
plentiful jobs
c)
the promise of freedom
d)
all of the these
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