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U.S. 1 - Urban America

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Anti-immigrant feeling resulted in

a)

benevolent societies

b)

the Chinese Exclusion Act

c)

tenements

d)

the Tenement House Act

2.

The Chinese Exclusion Act

a)

Banned Chinese people from immigrating to the U.S. for 10 years

b)

Was the first time America banned a single group from America

c)

Made Chinese people keep identification on them

d)

All of the above

3.

Skyscrapers were built to resolve the issue of

a)

Plumbing and water purification systems

b)

Traffic and transportation

c)

Sanitation and trash pile up

d)

Overcrowded populations that ran out of building space

4.

Mass transit is

a)

residential neighborhood outside of downtown areas

b)

leisure and cultural activities shared by many people

c)

giant retail shops

d)

public transportation designed to move many people

5.

Mass transit networks made the suburbs possible, suburbs are

a)

residential neighborhood outside of downtown areas

b)

neighborhood centers in poor areas that offered education, recreation, and social activities

c)

the most famous settlement house

d)

area below a ship's deck where steering mechanisms were located

6.
What term means the growth of cities?
a)
laissez-faire
b)
urbanization
c)
rural
d)
initial
7.
Which of the following terms describes an area with low population?
a)
urban
b)
tenement
c)
rural
d)
initial
8.
What term is used for a run-down and overcrowded apartment building?
a)
tenements
b)
entrepreneur
c)
corporation
d)
urbanization
9.
What was the name of the organizations that often ran city, county, and state politics during the late 1800s?
a)
political machines
b)
monopolies
c)
power brokers
d)
the mafia
10.
What were the very top leaders of political machines called?
a)
precinct captains
b)
party bosses
c)
ward bosses
d)
lieutenants
11.
One of the most infamous party bosses was __.
a)
Boss Tweed
b)
Boss Hogg
c)
Boss Don Corleone
d)
Boss Al Pacino
12.
Members of the machines rallied ______________to vote for them by offering services such as jobs, housing, etc.
a)
Immigrants
b)
rural workers
c)
African Americans
d)
Chinese
13.
The most notorious of the political machines was --------------------in New York City.
a)
Hull House
b)
Pendergast Hall
c)
Daly Machine
d)
Tammany Hall
14.
Reward for loyalty to a political party is called
a)
initiative
b)
favors
c)
patronage
d)
corruption
15.
This political cartoonist made it his mission to bring down Boss Tweed.
a)
George Plunkitt
b)
Roscoe Conkling
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Thomas Nast
16.
Which group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages. 
a)
Nativists
b)
Political bosses
c)
Miners
d)
Labor leaders
17.
Which group provided basic services for immigrants & the poor for votes & made illegal fortunes
a)
Nativist
b)
Labor Unions
c)
Political Machines
d)
Robber Barons
18.
During the late 19th century, most immigrants to the US found work as-
a)
Educated professionals
b)
skilled workers
c)
Factory/sweatshop workers
d)
Scientists
19.

This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for it's rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.

a)

World War I

b)

Progressive Era

c)

The Gilded Age

d)

Roaring Twenties

20.
This term refers to the process of teaching immigrants about U.S. culture and our beliefs and customs, all the while assimilating into American society.
a)
Americanization
b)
Nativism
c)
American
d)
MexiCAN
21.
A form of political corruption; using political authority for personal gains. 
a)
Graft
b)
Scab
c)
Carpetbagger
d)
Scalawag
22.

The belief that anybody can be successful despite their background with enough effort and hard work.

a)

Nationalism

b)

Individualism

c)

Collectivism

d)

Totalitarianism

23.
What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?
a)
Redskins vs Giants
b)
Aylor vs Byrd
c)
Brown vs Board of Education
d)
Plessy vs Ferguson
24.
 In the late nineteenth century, southern states passed Jim Crow laws in order to...
a)
ban the Populist Party.
b)
enforce discrimination.
c)
protect African Americans.
d)
put limits on voting rights.
25.
What best describes Jim Crow laws?
a)
better opportunities for women
b)
African Americans gaining full civil and political rights
c)
discrimination laws focused on Native Americans
d)
unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education
26.

The separation of people based upon race or some other characteristic is referred to as?

a)

Assimilation

b)

Civil Rights

c)

Segregation

d)

Desegregation

27.
This man was asked to sit in the "colored" train car. He refused and was arrested.
a)
Homer Plessy
b)
Dred Scott
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Rosa Parks
28.
What areas were racially segregated?
a)
Schools
b)
Housing
c)
Public Transportation
d)
All of these answers
29.

Laws enacted by Southern state and local governments that segregated people by race, and oppressed African-Americans in the South.

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Black Codes

c)

Separation laws

d)

Racial Segregation

30.
A tax that had to be paid before a citizen was able to vote
a)
Poll tax
b)
Vote tax
c)
Literacy tax
d)
Segregation tax
31.

This president was shot by an office-seeker who was upset that he had not been given a government job (patronage).

a)

Zachary Taylor

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

James Garfield

d)

William Henry Harrison