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WorksheetsAn Urban Society
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 37mins
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1.
Describe the voyage to America.
a)
Great food & lodging
b)
Crowded, diverse, smelly
c)
Quick, exciting, fun
d)
Entertaining, crowded, quick
2.
Describe Immigrants from 1840-1885.
a)
Many could speak English - easier time blending into U.S.
b)
From Italy, Poland, Greece, China, & Japan
c)
Most could not speak English
d)
Most of them were elderly people
3.
Where did most immigrants live?
a)
Most lived in farming communities
b)
Most lived in the suburbs
c)
Most lived in big cities
d)
Most lived around lakes
4.
Give examples of immigrant "push" factors.
a)
Promise of a better life
b)
War or religious persecution
c)
Religious Freedom
d)
Religious Freedom
5.
How did immigrants decide to settle where they did?
a)
They settled in warmer climates
b)
They settled near water
c)
They settled by people of similar ethnic backgrounds
d)
They settled where immigrant officials sent them
6.
What problems could arise from immigrant groups living in the same area?
a)
Crime went up in certain areas
b)
There weren't enough jobs in the area
c)
It was harder for the immigrants to blend into Amer.culture.
d)
They couldn't share their culture with each other
7.
Give example of immigrant pull factors?
a)
Overpopulation
b)
Political Persecution
c)
Abundance of Land & job opportunities
d)
War
8.
What challenges did immigrants face in the US?
a)
They were not allowed to practice their religion.
b)
Had trouble learning the language/faced prejudice
c)
Uncomfortable in the large homes in the US
d)
Difficult to study for the citizenship test
9.
True of False: Immigrants made many positive contributions to the US.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Who was the African American scientist who created more than 300 products from peanuts and sweet potatoes?
a)
The Wright Brothers
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
George Washington Carver
d)
Thomas Edison
11.
In late nineteenth-century cities, doctors, lawyers, engineers, managers, social workers, architects, and teachers made up a growing
a)
middle class.
b)
tenement class.
c)
wealthy society.
d)
working class.
12.
Most urban working-class families lived in multifamily apartment buildings called
a)
suburbs.
b)
skyscrapers.
c)
tenements.
d)
work houses
13.
False, exaggerated news stories were called -
a)
yellow journalism
b)
fake news
c)
untrue articles
d)
lies
14.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s . . . ___________ became America's national pastime.
a)
football
b)
soccer
c)
basketball
d)
baseball
15.
A theater stage show that featured comedy, singing, dancing, and magic acts.
a)
Ragtime
b)
Nickelodeons
c)
Big Band
d)
Vaudeville
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