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Industrialization, Immigration, and Urbanization

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How was Angel Island different from Ellis Island?
a)
Main station for European immigrants
b)
Main station for Chinese immigrants
c)
Located on the EAST coast
d)
People were only there a few hours
2.

What is the development of industries on a wide scale?

a)

Monopolization

b)

A trust

c)

Corporations

d)

Industrialization

3.

What did Carnegie help build in St. Louis using his steel?

a)

Busch Stadium

b)

Sears Tower

c)

A Bridge

d)

The Arch

4.

Who created the first oil well in the United States in 1859?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Aubrey Drake Graham

c)

Edwin Drake

d)

Drake Bell

5.

What industry was John D. Rockefeller best known for?

a)

Oil

b)

Railroads

c)

Timber

d)

Steel

6.

Where was Andrew Carnegie’s family from?

a)

Ireland

b)

France

c)

Scotland

d)

Germany

7.

What is the name of the process that sped up the production of steel?

a)

The Carnegie Process

b)

The Bessemer Process

c)

The Steel Process

d)

The Rockefeller Process

8.

By owning over 90% of the nation’s refineries and pipelines, Rockefeller was able to create a ____________.

a)

Monopoly

b)

Railroad

c)

Labor Union

d)

Skyscraper

9.

A method whereby workers organize together to protect their rights as employees is....

a)

A Riot

b)

A Boycott

c)

A Protest

d)

A labor Union

10.

What industry was Andrew Carnegie best known for?

a)

Railroads

b)

Steel

c)

Timber

d)

Oil

11.

The Sherman Antitrust Act was a law passed by Congress in 1890 that…

a)

Allowed businesses to charge more than market value for a particular product.

b)

protected the rights of laborers working for large corporations.

c)

allowed corporations to force competitors out of business.

d)

prevented any company from creating a monopoly.

12.

Where is Ellis Island located?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Florida

c)

New York City Harbor

d)

Washington D.C.

13.
What was Ellis Island?
a)
An amusement park
b)
An immigration center in New Jersey
c)
An immigration center in New York
d)
The first capital of the United States
14.

Give examples of immigrant "push" factors.

a)

Promise of a better life

b)

War or religious persecution

c)

Religious Freedom

d)

Better opportunities

15.
Where did Asian immigrants arrive when they came to America?
a)
Angel Island
b)
Rhode Island
c)
Ellis Island
d)
Fools Island
16.

This is the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

a)

Nativism

b)

Isolationism

c)

Immigration

d)

Imperialism

17.

Identify “pull” factors that brought immigrant groups to the U.S.

a)

Famine, lack of freedom and persecution.

b)

Children could work, the diversity of food they could buy, ghettos

c)

More Freedom, jobs, could own land, free education

18.
Which best describes the working conditions of most immigrants during the Industrial Revolution? 
a)
Most immigrants worked long hours in low-paying industrial jobs
b)
Most immigrants worked as farmers in rural areas
c)
Most immigrants worked as bookkeepers or other professional jobs
d)
Most immigrants worked as tailors or other skilled jobs
19.
Immigration push factors are…
a)
reasons people come to a new place
b)
reasons people leave their homelands
c)
reasons people begin working
d)
reasons people stop working
20.
 Immigration  pull factors are…
a)
reasons people come to a new place
b)
reasons people leave their homelands
c)
reasons people begin working
d)
reasons people stop working
21.
What was the first Immigration Law in the United States?
a)
Italian Exclusion Act of 1882
b)
Irish Exclusion Act of 1882
c)
Japanese Exclusion Act of 1882
d)
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
22.
What was the west coast version of Ellis Island?
a)
San Fransisco Bay
b)
Heaven Island
c)
Angel Island
d)
Asian Island
23.

The Chinese Exclusion Act prevented Chinese people already in the U.S. from becoming citizens

a)

True

b)

False

24.

During the Gilded Age, most immigrants came from...

a)

Eastern and Southern Europe

b)

South America

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

25.

Rockefeller formed another company called _________________ _________ in 1870

a)

Standard Oil

b)

Pipeline Oil

c)

Rockefeller Oil