WorksheetsUnit 6 - Emergence of Modern America
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
All of the following were cities that rapidly grew during the early 20th century EXCEPT —
a)
Cleveland
b)
Atlanta
c)
Detroit
d)
Chicago
2.
What law offered free land in the west to anyone who would sign on and cultivate the land for a minimum of five years?
a)
Headright Act
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Tenant Farming
d)
Freedman's Act
3.
What is the name of the immigrant processing center located in New York Harbor?
a)
Long Island
b)
Chincoteague Island
c)
Angel Island
d)
Ellis Island
4.
Mounting resentment to immigrants led Congress to create two laws that limited immigration into this country. They were the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the —
a)
Immigration Act of 1890
b)
Immigration Restriction Act of 1921
c)
Labor Law 1910
d)
Irish Restriction Act of 1910
5.
Which of the following immigrants did NOT work in the coal mines of the East?
a)
Italians
b)
Poles
c)
Slavs
d)
Chinese
6.
After 1871, where did most immigrants come from as they arrived in America?
a)
Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia
b)
Asia, Africa and South America
c)
Africa, Asia and Northern Europe
d)
Southern Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia
7.
Which was NOT a job the immigrants had in the late 1800s?
a)
Plantation worker
b)
Railroad Construction
c)
Textile worker
d)
Coal mining
8.
Where did most immigrants live in the early 20th century?
a)
High rise apartments
b)
Public housing
c)
Ethnic neighborhoods
d)
In rural areas
9.
This type of immigrant housing was called —
a)
public
b)
high rise
c)
tenement
d)
apartment
10.
After the Civil War, which group of individuals moved west in droves?
a)
Women
b)
African-Americans
c)
Northern industrialists
d)
American Indians
11.
What technology helped open the West for occupation?
a)
Railroad
b)
Telegraph
c)
Mining
d)
Steam Engine
12.
Following the Civil War, the westward movement of settlers intensified into which region?
a)
Texas
b)
Great Plains and Southwest
c)
Pacific Northwest
d)
Great Lakes
13.
After the Civil War, what technological improvement helped make farming more economical in the West?
a)
Tractors
b)
Steam Engine
c)
Mechanical Reaper
d)
Cotton Gin
14.
What served as an essential role in the process of assimilating immigrants into American society?
a)
Public School
b)
Private Universities
c)
Rail Travel
d)
Markets
15.
Which large United States city began construction of the world's first subway system around the turn of the 20th century?
a)
New York
b)
Philadelphia
c)
Washington, D.C.
d)
Boston
16.
Which of these factors contributed most to the increase in population in cities such as Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh and New York?
a)
Settlement of the frontier
b)
End of slavery in the South
c)
Industrialization in the North
d)
Growth of suburbs
17.
In a laissez-faire economy, the government —
a)
keeps out of the affairs of business
b)
regulates business
c)
gives aid to business
d)
opposes business
18.
Which industry did the Bessemer Process revolutionize?
a)
Oil
b)
Mining
c)
Steel
d)
Automobile
19.
In the late 1800s, large numbers of immigrants supplied American industry with —
a)
investment capital and raw products
b)
natural resources and markets
c)
innovations and production methods
d)
laborers and consumers
20.
Who invented the light bulb?
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Morgan Wilson
c)
J. P. Morgan
d)
Thomas Edison
21.
Which industrialist revolutionized this industry?
a)
J. P. Morgan
b)
The Wright Brothers
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Henry Ford
22.
The “separate but equal” doctrine which supported the legality of “Jim Crow” laws was ruled constitutional by the Supreme Court in the case of —
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Williams v. Mississippi
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Terry v. Ohio
23.
Which leader helped establish the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1908?
a)
Lester Maddox
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
W.E.B. DuBois
d)
Susan B. Anthony
24.
Who was the civil rights leader that led an anti-lynching crusade, and called on the federal government to take action, especially against the violence seen in the South?
a)
Jane Addams
b)
W. E. B. DuBois
c)
Ida B. Wells
d)
Booker T. Washington
25.
What social practice did the “Jim Crow” laws enforce?
a)
Integration
b)
Equal Rights
c)
Segregation
d)
Black Codes
26.
Which African-American leader discouraged demonstration against discrimination, and believed the path to equality was through vocational education and economic success?
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
W.E.B. DuBois
d)
Samuel F. B. Morse
27.
The Great Migration of the early 20th century refers to the movement of —
a)
European immigrants to western cities
b)
European immigrants to northeastern cities
c)
African Americans from the South to northern cities
d)
African Americans from the Midwest to eastern cities
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