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WorksheetsImmigration and Industrialization Quiz 2
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins
Which of the following would be a push factor for emigrants?
religious freedom
economic opportunity
poverty
political freedom
Why did new immigrants face discrimination?
they came through Ellis Island
they formed unions
they were paid higher wages
their language and customs were different
Why did many manufacturers build factories in urban, or city, areas?
there are a lot of people that need jobs in a city
many people there spoke different languages
they wanted to take advantage of cheap land
they wanted to help cities grow
The main message of this poem that is found at the bottom of the Statue of Liberty is to
welcome new immigrants into the U.S.
investigating immigrants questions takes place here
encouraging immigrants to go back to Europe
stop the number of immigrants coming into the U.S.
Who is an immigrant?
Person who moves to a country from another country
Person who moves from one state to another state
Person who works in the United States
Person who leaves the United States
Immigrants who came to New York in the late 1800s and early 1900s came through ___________________.
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Penn Station
LaGaurdia
What national landmark is located near Ellis Island?
Empire State Building
Freedom Towers
Statue of Liberty
Pentagon
A poor immigrant traveled in the ________________ part of a ship.
Upper Deck
Lower Deck
Middle Deck
Steerage
People traveled to the United States looking for which of the following? Choose all that apply.
Jobs
Land
A better Life
Discrimination
What problems did people living in the tenements face? Choose all that apply.
The tenements were small.
The rooms had lots of space and were very fancy.
The tenements were dirty and had very little clean water.
The tenements were crowded.
True of False: Immigrants made many positive contributions to the US, such as traditions, workers, inventions, and new customs.
True
False
December 17, 1903, they succeeded in flying the first free, controlled flight of a power-driven, heavier than air plane.
The Duryea Brothers
The Wright Brothers
He is credited for inventing the first practical incandescent light bulb.
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Andrew Carnegie
Alexander Graham Bell
The period of social and economic change from an agrarian society into an industrial one is known as ___.
Westward Movement
Industrialization
The Civil War
The Civil Rights Movement
What connected the east coast and west coast of the United States?
Covered Wagons
The Transcontinental Railroad
The Assembly Line
Model T's
People moved from the ______ to ______ where ______ are located.
countryside, cities, factories
city, countrysides, factories
countryside, cities, farms
city, countrysides, farms
Which of the following would be pull factors for immigrants? Choose all that apply.
religious freedom
economic opportunity
poverty
a new start
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
Eli Whitney
John Deere
Samuel Morse
George Washington Carver
Who invented the Steel Plow?
Alexander Graham Bell
George Washington Carver
John Deere
Robert Fulton
This invention led to longer working hours in the factories.
steam engine
steel plow
cotton gin
light bulb
"Old" immigrants, those who came before the 1890s and seemed to "fit in" easily, came from which part of Europe?
Northern and Southern
Northern and Western
Western and Southern
Eastern and Southern
"New" immigrants that came from countries like Russia, the Slavic States, and Italy after the 1890s seemed to have a hard time fitting in. What parts of Europe did they come from?
Western and Eastern
Southern and Eastern
Northern and Eastern
Western and Northern
This person monopolized the steel industry
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
JP Morgan
Henry Ford
This person monopolized the oil industry and created the Standard Oil Trust
John D. Rockefeller
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Ford
This person is credited with inventing the assembly line, improving and quickening production
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
Definitely Mr. Cipriano
Henry Ford
Sweatshops can best be described as
factories with very good working conditions
factories with terrible and dangerous working conditions
factories in which there are only men or only women working
factories in which the conditions are good but the pay is very low
The tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire resulted in
More safety measures being taken in the work place
Nothing, conditions stayed the same
Higher pay for factory workers
No new laws being made for factory safety
The new way of creating steel more cheaply and in large amounts was called the
Philanthropist process
Industry process
Carbon process
Bessemer Process
What were the major goals of the American Federation of Labor? Choose all that apply.
10 hour work day
end child labor
better wages
help factory owners
8 hour work day
The term used to describe the cheap production of goods in large quantities is known as
Large production
Great production
Mass production
Sweatshops
A monopoly is
One person controlling several industries
One person controlling an entire industry
When many people have an opportunity to compete with their businesses
A class board game played only among two players
Samuel Gompers is credited with leading the
American Railway Union
Carnegie Steel Company
Standard Oil Trust
American Federation of Labor
