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An Urban Society

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Describe the voyage to America.
a)
Great food & lodging
b)
Crowded, diverse, smelly
c)
Quick, exciting, fun
d)
Entertaining, crowded, quick
2.
Describe Immigrants from 1840-1885.
a)
Many could speak English - easier time blending into U.S.
b)
From Italy, Poland, Greece, China, & Japan
c)
Most could not speak English
d)
Most of them were elderly people
3.
Give examples of immigrant "push" factors.
a)
Promise of a better life
b)
War or religious persecution
c)
Religious Freedom
d)
Religious Freedom
4.
How did immigrants decide to settle where they did?
a)
They settled in warmer climates
b)
They settled near water
c)
They settled by people of similar ethnic backgrounds
d)
They settled where immigrant officials sent them
5.
Give example of immigrant pull factors?
a)
Overpopulation
b)
Political Persecution
c)
Abundance of Land & job opportunities
d)
War
6.
What challenges did immigrants face in the US?
a)
They were not allowed to practice their religion.
b)
Had trouble learning the language/faced prejudice
c)
Uncomfortable in the large homes in the US
d)
Difficult to study for the citizenship test
7.
True of False:  Immigrants made many positive contributions to the US.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Who was the African American scientist who created more than 300 products from peanuts and sweet potatoes?
a)
The Wright Brothers
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
George Washington Carver
d)
Thomas Edison
9.
In late nineteenth-century cities, doctors, lawyers, engineers, managers, social workers, architects, and teachers made up a growing
a)
middle class.
b)
tenement class.
c)
wealthy society.
d)
working class.
10.
Most urban working-class families lived in multifamily apartment buildings called
a)
suburbs.
b)
skyscrapers.
c)
tenements.
d)
work houses
11.
False, exaggerated news stories were called - 
a)
yellow journalism
b)
fake news
c)
untrue articles
d)
lies
12.
Where is Ellis Island located?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
South of Florida
c)
New York City Harbor
d)
Washington D.C.
13.

A nativist was a person who

a)

believed in native Americans becoming a powerful group.

b)

believed that immigrants will make this country a better place.

c)

believed that immigrants shouldn't be allowed into the country.

d)

believed in helpful to immigrants.

14.

Many immigrants were processed when they came to the US in a place called

a)

Trachoma Alley.

b)

New York City.

c)

Ellis Island.

d)

Lowell, Massachusetts.

15.

Tenements were:

a)

run-down and often overcrowded apartment like houses

b)

luxurious living quarters

c)

single family homes

d)

apartments with a 3 BR 2 bath layout

16.

The idea that immigrants would become part of the larger American culture by giving up their native language and traditions was

a)

Nativism

b)

Assimilation

c)

Subculture

d)

Exclusion

17.

What was the point of view of the Nativists?

a)

They thought immigrants helped the country by creating a diverse culture.

b)

They feared immigrants would take away jobs or drive down wages by working for lower pay.

c)

They feared that immigrants would make the economy better.

d)

They were excited that immigrants were coming into the country and thought they would help improve the economy.

18.

The goal of these places was to help urban poor and immigrants living in the slums of the cities

a)

Settlement Houses

b)

Poor Houses

c)

Tenement Houses

d)

Immigrant Salvation Houses

19.

A place in large cities where people get assistance with social problems and challenges related to urban life.

a)

Settlement House

b)

Tenement

c)

Skyscraper

d)

Land-Grant College

20.

A very tall building with many stories

a)

Settlement House

b)

Skyscraper

c)

Tenement

d)

Vaudeville

21.

A building in which several families rent rooms or apartments, often with little sanitation or safety.

a)

Skyscraper

b)

Tenement

c)

Land-Grant College

d)

Slum

22.

State colleges funded by the the sale of lands given to states by the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890.

a)

Vaudeville

b)

Land-Grant College

c)

Yellow Journalism

d)

Recruit

23.

A type of theatrical show, with dancing, singing, comedy, and magic acts.

a)

Ragtime

b)

Jass

c)

Vaudeville

d)

Emigrate

24.

A type of music characterized by syncopation in the melody.

a)

Ragtime

b)

Jazz

c)

Hip Hop

d)

Swing

25.

To leave one's country or homeland and settle in another.

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

Emigrate

c)

Urban

d)

Slum

26.

A type of journalism based on sensational stories that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to attract readers.

a)

Ragtime

b)

Vaudeville

c)

Spectator Sport

d)

Yellow Journalism

27.

An American music style combining work songs, gospel music, spirituals, and African rhythms.

a)

Rap

b)

Swing

c)

Ragtime

d)

Jazz

28.

People who share a common culture or heritage.

a)

Immigrant

b)

Emigrate

c)

Ethnic Group

d)

Middle Class

29.

A sport played for the entertainment of spectators watching in their free time.

a)

Vaudeville

b)

Spectator Sport

c)

Nickelodeon

d)

Slum

30.

Cramped quarters on a ship's lower decks for passengers paying the lowest fares.

a)

Suburb

b)

Steerage

c)

Slum

d)

Tenement

31.
What was Ellis Island?
a)
An amusement park
b)
A prison center 
c)
An immigration center in New York
d)
The first capital of the United States
32.
Who gave the Statue of Liberty to America?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Mexico
d)
Canada
33.
What is the lower part of a ship's deck where steering mechanisms are located called?
a)
Sweatshop
b)
Mass Culture
c)
Steerage
d)
Suburb
34.
A sweatshop is a
a)
Name for workshops because of long hours and hot, unhealthy working condition
b)
An eating place
c)
A hotel
d)
A department store
35.
Buildings ten-stories or higher that included steel framework and housed many businesses and people became known as…
a)
Tenements
b)
Skyscrapers
c)
Perimeters
d)
Urbans
36.

What was yellow journalism?

a)

Stories that centered around the Yellow Kid comic.

b)

Stories about child labor.

c)

Stories written in yellow ink.

d)

Exaggerated news stories to catch people's attention.

37.

Why was education so important to the immigrants?

a)

People needed to be taught to behave.

b)

Child labor needed to end.

c)

People needed to learn to become productive members of society.

d)

Parents wanted children to be somewhere safe in the day.

38.

A settlement house was more like

a)

a community center that offered education and recreation in a needy area of a city.

b)

a federal government program for the homeless.

c)

tenement housing.

d)

a recreational center for the upper class.

39.

Urbanization is

a)

the movement of people to the cities.

b)

when the immigrants came to the US.

c)

the growth of country.

d)

emigrants becoming immigrants.

40.

Some immigrants came to America for FREEDOM OF RELIGION

a)

True

b)

False