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WorksheetsUrbanization and Immigration
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The area inside the city is called ______.
a)
urban
b)
suburban
c)
rural
2.
The Bessemer Process was a technique that?
a)
increased importation of industrial equipment from Europe
b)
made steel stronger and at a lower cost
c)
made steel weaker and at a higher cost
3.
Who is this?
a)
John Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
General Grant
4.
Who is this?
a)
John Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Babe Ruth
5.
What did John Rockefeller become famous for?
a)
Oil Business man
b)
Invented the typewriter
c)
Expanding the Rail Road
d)
Invented the Telegraph
6.
What did Andrew Carnegie become famous for?
a)
Invented the light bulb
b)
Invented the typewriter
c)
Large Plantation Owner
d)
Founder of Macy's
7.
Would Flooding is a
a)
Push from a rural environment
b)
Pull to an urban environment
8.
War and disorder is a
a)
Pull factor
b)
Push factor
9.
Better employment opportunities in cities
a)
Economic reason for moving
b)
Social reason for moving
c)
Political reason for moving
d)
Environmental reason for moving
10.
More entertainment and recreational options in a city
a)
Economic reason
b)
Social reason
c)
Political reason
d)
Environmental reason
11.
What term is used for a tall building with many stories?
a)
entrepreneur
b)
tenement
c)
labor union
d)
skyscraper
12.
What term is used for a run-down and overcrowded apartment building?
a)
tenements
b)
entrepreneur
c)
corporation
d)
urbanization
13.
What group lived in the tenement areas of large cities?
a)
the poor
b)
the wealthy
c)
students
d)
the middle class
14.
Most immigrants went through this processing center in New York City...
a)
Pearl Harbor
b)
Long Island
c)
Ellis Island
d)
Angel Island
15.
This was the first law passed to limit immigration to the US...
a)
Immigration Act of 1917
b)
Chinese Exclusion Act
c)
Asian Exclusion Act
d)
European Exclusion Act
16.
The lower decks of ships that many immigrants stayed on while traveling to America...
a)
1st class
b)
2nd class
c)
Steerage
d)
Main Deck
17.
True or False: by the early 1900's, the majority of America's population lived in cities...
a)
True
b)
False
18.
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.
19.
A company that controls all or most of the business in a particular industry.
a)
entrepreneur
b)
trust
c)
corporation
d)
monopoly
20.
What attracted many immigrants to the United States?
a)
cheap land
b)
plentiful jobs
c)
the promise of freedom
d)
all of the these
21.
Mass production is___________
a)
Producing products in Massachusetts
b)
Producing a few items at a time until they are sold.
c)
Producing a lot of an item at the same time.
d)
Producing custom made items.
22.
Theory that says government should not interfere with business
a)
Laissez Faire
b)
Hands Off Policy
c)
Democratic system
d)
Republicanism
23.
What New York politician ran a political machine in New York City beginning in 1869, during the Gilded Age, that was incredibly corrupt. For example, a projected cost of $250,000 for a courthouse turned in to $13,000,000 because of kickbacks and bribes.
a)
Daley
b)
Grant
c)
Tilden
d)
Tweed
24.
Between 1860 and 1910, the U.S. population tripled due to:
a)
The Baby Boom
b)
Immigration
c)
The Homestead Act
d)
Better Healthcare
25.
Political bosses and Political machines used these methods of manipulation and coercion to maintain control in municipal and locally elected public offices during the nineteenth-century .
a)
Providing aid to citizens in exchange for political support
b)
Developing alliances among diverse immigrant populations
c)
Using police forces to protect organized labor
d)
Establishing local militias to prevent outside interference
26.
The Gilded Age would be best described as.....
a)
The US was on a Gold Standard as of 1873
b)
There were grave problems behind the seeming prosperity of the era
c)
It was a period of growth and intensive manual labor
d)
It resulted in only benefits for the nation
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