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WorksheetsGrowing Pains Review Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
What does assimilation mean?
Be independent and unique
To be absorbed into a culture; be like everybody else
To move to a new country
To live in a city
Who was Boss Tweed?
Creator of the Hull House in Chicago
Fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn
Party Boss in New York that stole millions of dollars
Leader that tried to take his people to Canada
How did this invention help settlers in the Great Plains adapt to their new surroundings?
replaced wooden fences in an area where trees were limited
decorated sod houses due to lack of other choices
helped to provide protection from other settlers
used to surround prisons in the west to prevent escapes
What type of housing, displayed in the photo here, allowed settlers to live on the Great Plains?
board and stick
adobe
steel
sod
Select the TWO immigrant groups helped work to create the Transcontinental Railroad.
Irish
Chinese
Korean
German
Identify THREE adaptations that helped settlers thrive in the Great Plains.
Wood framed houses to withstand tornadoes
Steel Plow for tilling the hard-packed soil
Windmills to draw water to the soil for crops
Barbed wire for creating boundaries for livestock
This American Indian Chief famously said that he will "fight no more forever" after surrendering to the US army while trying to take his tribe to Canada.
Chief Joseph
Chief Sitting Bull
Big Foot
Crazy Horse
All of the following are reasons immigrants arrived in the United States between 1870 and 1900 EXCEPT-
escape oppressive governments
religious freedom
better climate
better opportunities
What did the Homestead Act promise settlers?
A free two story farmhouse
Free travel by train to the West Coast
A free apartment on the East Coast
160 acres of free land after you lived and farmed on the land for 5 years
What is the meaning of urbanization?
The growth of farm land
The growth of cities
An increase of people leaving the United States
The decrease of people traveling
Which one of these images depicts a tenement house-- dirty, overcrowded, and unsafe housing?
The Hull House was created in Chicago by Jane Addams to help immigrants. Select THREE things that this settlement house offered as help-
Money Management Courses
English Classes
Free transportation to the West Coast
Daycare and Kindergarten
This tragedy involved the murder of over 200 American Indian men, women, and children for practicing the Ghost Dance
The Battle of Little Bighorn
Wounded Knee Massacre
The Spanish-American War
The Civil War
Which of the following BEST explains how railroads helped industries and markets in the late 1800s?
They increased the number of railroad barons
They allowed a large number of people to enter the United States
They allowed products to be shipped across the country faster
They discouraged settlers from buying horses for travel
Farmers of the Great Plains faced all of the following problems, except
lack of wood
harsh weather
lack of wind for windmills
insects
Many immigrants came to the United States in order to escape oppressive governments. What does the word oppressive mean?
not allowing freedoms such as freedom of speech or religion
another name for immigrant neighborhoods
an area in the country, usually with a lot of farms
to absorb into a culture
How did political/party bosses help immigrants?
Gave them loans, better homes, and better jobs in exchange for votes
Gave them 160 acres of free land out West
Granted them US citizenship
Many immigrants traveling to the United States by ship could only afford to ride in steerage. Which option BEST describes steerage?
Peaceful and spacious
Overcrowded, cramped, and smelly
Clean and quiet
American Indians depended on the buffalo to support their way of life. How did white settlers treat the buffalo?
Adopted them as pets
Killed them for money, and replaced them with cattle
Fenced them in using barbed wire
Used them to pull their supply wagons
