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Growing Pains Review Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does assimilation mean?

a)

Be independent and unique

b)

To be absorbed into a culture; be like everybody else

c)

To move to a new country

d)

To live in a city

2.

Who was Boss Tweed?

a)

Creator of the Hull House in Chicago

b)

Fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn

c)

Party Boss in New York that stole millions of dollars

d)

Leader that tried to take his people to Canada

3.

How did this invention help settlers in the Great Plains adapt to their new surroundings?

a)

replaced wooden fences in an area where trees were limited

b)

decorated sod houses due to lack of other choices

c)

helped to provide protection from other settlers

d)

used to surround prisons in the west to prevent escapes

4.

What type of housing, displayed in the photo here, allowed settlers to live on the Great Plains?

a)

board and stick

b)

adobe

c)

steel

d)

sod

5.

Select the TWO immigrant groups helped work to create the Transcontinental Railroad.

a)

Irish

b)

Chinese

c)

Korean

d)

German

6.

Identify THREE adaptations that helped settlers thrive in the Great Plains.

a)

Wood framed houses to withstand tornadoes

b)

Steel Plow for tilling the hard-packed soil

c)

Windmills to draw water to the soil for crops

d)

Barbed wire for creating boundaries for livestock

7.

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.

a)

Chief Joseph

b)

Chief Sitting Bull

c)

Big Foot

d)

Crazy Horse

8.

All of the following are reasons immigrants arrived in the United States between 1870 and 1900 EXCEPT-

a)

escape oppressive governments

b)

religious freedom

c)

better climate

d)

better opportunities

9.

What did the Homestead Act promise settlers?

a)

A free two story farmhouse

b)

Free travel by train to the West Coast

c)

A free apartment on the East Coast

d)

160 acres of free land after you lived and farmed on the land for 5 years

10.

What is the meaning of urbanization?

a)

The growth of farm land

b)

The growth of cities

c)

An increase of people leaving the United States

d)

The decrease of people traveling

11.

Which one of these images depicts a tenement house-- dirty, overcrowded, and unsafe housing?

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

The Hull House was created in Chicago by Jane Addams to help immigrants. Select THREE things that this settlement house offered as help-

a)

Money Management Courses

b)

English Classes

c)

Free transportation to the West Coast

d)

Daycare and Kindergarten

13.

This tragedy involved the murder of over 200 American Indian men, women, and children for practicing the Ghost Dance

a)

The Battle of Little Bighorn

b)

Wounded Knee Massacre

c)

The Spanish-American War

d)

The Civil War

14.
As Americans took over more and more land, what happened to Native Americans?
a)
They agreed to give up their land.
b)
They were given their choice of where to live.
c)
They were forced to live in reservations.
d)
They voluntarily moved to Canada and Mexico.
15.

Which of the following BEST explains how railroads helped industries and markets in the late 1800s?

a)

They increased the number of railroad barons

b)

They allowed a large number of people to enter the United States

c)

They allowed products to be shipped across the country faster

d)

They discouraged settlers from buying horses for travel

16.

Farmers of the Great Plains faced all of the following problems, except

a)

lack of wood

b)

harsh weather

c)

lack of wind for windmills

d)

insects

17.

Many immigrants came to the United States in order to escape oppressive governments. What does the word oppressive mean?

a)

not allowing freedoms such as freedom of speech or religion

b)

another name for immigrant neighborhoods

c)

an area in the country, usually with a lot of farms

d)

to absorb into a culture

18.

How did political/party bosses help immigrants?

a)

Gave them loans, better homes, and better jobs in exchange for votes

b)

Gave them 160 acres of free land out West

c)

Granted them US citizenship

19.

Many immigrants traveling to the United States by ship could only afford to ride in steerage. Which option BEST describes steerage?

a)

Peaceful and spacious

b)

Overcrowded, cramped, and smelly

c)

Clean and quiet

20.

American Indians depended on the buffalo to support their way of life. How did white settlers treat the buffalo?

a)

Adopted them as pets

b)

Killed them for money, and replaced them with cattle

c)

Fenced them in using barbed wire

d)

Used them to pull their supply wagons