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Urbanization and Immigration

Total questions: 113

Worksheet time: 1hrs 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Jane Addams is known for founding...
a)
reservations for Indians.
b)
hospitals for injured workers.
c)
the Transcontinental Railroad.
d)
Settlement Houses.
2.
Which of the following was a challenge faced by cities after the Civil War?
a)
Immigration continued to decrease in cities.
b)
The pace of urbanization slowed down.
c)
Movement to rural areas increased over time.
d)
Overcrowded tenements and ghettos existed.
3.
Which of the following are reasons for the increase in immigration after the Civil War?
a)
Hope to live in a Ghetto, Religious Freedom, Desire to Escape the Political Machine
b)
Hope for better opportunities, Religious Freedom, Escape from Oppressive Governments
c)
Escape from Oppressive Governments, Desire for Adventure, Religious Freedom
d)
Hope for better opportunities, Escape from Oppressive Governments, Desire for Adventure
4.
Chinese Exclusion Act:
a)
Allowed more immigrants
b)
Banned freedom of speech
c)
Restricted working conditions
d)
Prevented people from immigrating to the U.S.
5.
How did population change in the late 1800s?
a)
People moved to farms
b)
Many people moved south
c)
Immigrants went west for farms
d)
Immigrants settled in cities
6.
Nativism is:
a)
Embracing diversity
b)
Disliking immigration
c)
Moving out of the U.S.
d)
Liking Native Americans
7.

How were cities built to conserve space?

a)

Skyscrapers were built

b)

Tenements apartments were built

c)

Buildings were built in unique shapes

d)

All of these happened

8.
Which of the following describe the journey to America?
a)
Long
b)
Tiring
c)
Cramped
d)
All of these
9.
Forms of mass transit during the late 1800s included all EXCEPT:
a)
Trolleys
b)
Subways
c)
Cars
d)
Trains
10.
Which was not an invention that urban areas benefitted from in the late 1800s?
a)
Electricity
b)
Telephone
c)
Automobile
d)
Mass Transit
11.

Which immigration station is in California?

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Angel Island

c)

Revis Island

d)

Mullins Island

12.
Which immigration station is in NYC?
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Angel Island
c)
Trump Island
d)
Clinton Island
13.
Europeans primarily came through:
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Angel Island
c)
Staten Island
d)
Sanibel Island
14.
Asian immigrants primarily came through:
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Angel Island
c)
Staten Island
d)
Middle Bass Island
15.
The growth of cities is:
a)
Immigration
b)
Urbanization
c)
Depersonalization
d)
Materialization
16.
Which of the following is not a pull factor?
a)
Freedoms
b)
Job opportunities
c)
New inventions
d)
War in home country
17.
Cities grew because of all these except:
a)
Immgration
b)
Jobs
c)
Railroads
d)
Farming
18.
Based on the information in this graph, why did immigration increase rapidly between 1895 and 1905?
a)
Railroad construction created jobs for immigrants.
b)
Cheap land prices in the West attracted immigrant farmers.
c)
Industrial growth provided factory jobs for immigrants.
d)
World War I caused immigrants to flee Europe.
19.
Base your answer to the next question on the poem below and your knowledge of social studies.
… “Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost [tossed] to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” -Emma Lazarus, “The New Colossus”
In this poem, the phrase “homeless, tempest-tost” refers to
a)
Soldiers
b)
Immigrants
c)
Survivors of a shipwreck
d)
Unemployed workers
20.
Base your answer to the next question on the poem below and your knowledge of social studies.
… “Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost [tossed] to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” -Emma Lazarus, “The New Colossus”
This poem is found on which national landmark?
a)
Plymouth Rock
b)
Lincoln Memorial
c)
Statue of Liberty
d)
Independence Hall
21.
The movement of people from rural areas to cities is called
a)
reconstruction
b)
nativism
c)
urbanization
d)
mercantilism
22.
Which statement about nativism is most accurate?
a)
Nativists wanted to bring about an end to slavery
b)
Nativists were opposed to immigration
c)
Nativists were laborers who favored unlimited immigration
d)
Nativists encouraged immigrants to settle in California
23.
An increase in the number of factories in the mid-1800's led to
a)
An increased dependence on products made in homes
b)
An increase in urbanization
c)
A decrease in levels of water and air pollution
d)
A reduction in immigration from Europe
24.
In the late 1800s, the increase in the number of tenement buildings resulted directly from the
a)
Changing role of women in the home
b)
Increased federal aid for housing
c)
Need for health care facilities
d)
Rapid growth of urban populations
25.
. In 1892, the United States government opened Ellis Island and Angel Island mostly to
a)
Defend New York City from attack
b)
Serve as the first federal prison in New York State
c)
Process immigrants arriving from overseas
d)
Check the safety of imported products
26.
What is a main reason immigrants came to the US in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
a)
Did NOT want religious freedom
b)
Hoped for economic opportunity (to make money)
c)
Wanted LESS diversity
d)
Wanted to live more simply
27.
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
28.
Immigrants from Europe came here first.  They were taken by ferry boat here.
a)
Angel Island
b)
Ellis Island
29.

The Statue of Liberty represented all of these to immigrants EXCEPT what?

a)

Freedom

b)

Excitement for a new life

c)

Opportunity to be successful

d)

Fear for a worse life

30.

Doctors examined immigrants for dangerous diseases because...

a)

They didn't want immigrants to bring diseases into the US

b)

They were discriminating against immigrants

c)

They had prejudice and did it just to be mean

d)

They wanted to spread disease

31.

During the period from 1880 to 1910, why did the majority of immigrants to the United States settle in urban areas in the North?

a)

They were looking for work on farms

b)

Factories created many job opportunities.

c)

They wanted to settle on the frontier

d)

Most immigrants had lived in cities in their native countries.

32.
What is a tenement?
a)
A new form of transportation
b)
Poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings
c)
The end of immigration
d)
A revolutionary war in Africa
33.
 Which factor contributed to the shifting of population from rural to urban areas from 1870-1900?
a)
Not enough families took advantage of the Homestead Act
b)
Great Plains Indians left their reservations to buy new farmland
c)
Houses in cities were less expensive than those in the counttryside
d)
 Better jobs in industry attracted farmers and laborers to cities
34.

Why did Jane Addams establish Hull House in Chicago?

a)

She liked visiting the candy shop with her father on business trips

b)

She wanted to help poor immigrants living in that area

c)

The federal government offered full payment.

d)

It was the best city in all of the United States.

35.

Why was the assembly line invented?

a)

To free the slaves

b)

To make America great again

c)

To reduce the time it took to make one car

d)

For women to vote

36.

Identify “push” factors that brought people from around the world to the US

a)

Free Education, jobs and rights

b)

Famine, discrimination, no jobs , couldn't own land

c)

No diversity, bad leaders and bad schools

37.

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

38.

Describe what the living conditions were like in the tenements of New York City.

a)

Lots of room, clean, airy, safe

b)

Apartments were small, but clean and with good sanitation.

c)

Crowded, lots of trash, crime, bad sanitation

39.

1. How did Bessemer Steel change cities?

a)

The steel made it possible to build tall, sturdy buildings

b)

The steel was poorly made so buildings were less sturdy

c)

Had more rust problems with buildings.

40.

1. Why did the cities rather than the countryside attract so many immigrants?

a)

Immigrants were not used to farming

b)

The cities offered more chances for work and finding people of similar cultures

c)

Immigrants came to America for excitement, not to live on a farm

41.

1.What was the name of the island where most immigrants had to go through a medical inspection before they were let into the U.S.?

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Liberty Island

c)

New York Island

42.

What are Nativists?

a)

People from another country

b)

People who hate immigrants and want their country's culture to stay the same

c)

Native Americans

43.

What is urban?

a)

Countryside

b)

Neighborhoods around a city

c)

City

44.

"Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"


What is the main idea of this poem?

a)

That immigrants are tired, poor and homeless people that were thrown away by their country.

b)

That the U.S. would welcome in those poor immigrants without freedom from other countries and give them many opportunities

c)

That homeless people were welcome

45.

The entry point for immigrants into the USA in New York City.

a)

Immigrant Island

b)

Jekyll Island

c)

Ellis Island

d)

Angel Island

46.

Where did most immigrants live when they came to America?

a)

Trenton

b)

Tenements

c)

Subburbs

d)

Rural towns

47.

Who started the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?

a)

William Jennings Bryan

b)

JP Morgan

c)

Thomas Nast

d)

Samuel Gompers

48.

The influx of urban workers helped boom industry & modernize cities and led to healthy working and living conditions for immigrants.

a)

True

b)

False

49.

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

a)

True

b)

False

50.

Immigrants felt Americanization would make their children forget cultural traditions

a)

False

b)

True

51.

Most immigrants found work as

a)

scientists and technicians

b)

unskilled factory workers

c)

educated professionals

d)

skilled craftsmen

52.

What trend occurred in population during industrial expansion?

a)

urbanization increased

b)

migration from cities to rural areas

c)

immigration decreased

d)

farming increased

53.

European Immigrants arrived at Ellis Island... Asian Immigrants arrived at...

a)

Whidbey Island

b)

Angel Island

c)

Alcatraz Island

d)

Manhattan Island

54.

Most immigrants settled in cities because...

a)

factory and workshop jobs were there

b)

little farmland left in the Midwest

c)

most immigrants came from large cities in Europe

d)

city laws gave special rights and protection for immigrants

55.

Nativists wanted to...

a)

group immigrants into their sections of the city

b)

assimilate immigrants into American society

c)

limit immigration

d)

convert immigrants into Protestantism

56.

Prejudice against "New Immigrants" increased because these immigrants...

a)

had superior job skills than most of the American workers

b)

formed their own labor unions and received higher wages

c)

tried to change the American political system

d)

came from different cultural backgrounds than most Americans

57.

If you failed the medical inspection at Ellis island, what might happen to you?

a)

wait until you were cured, only then would you be allowed in the country

b)

get sent back to Europe

c)

left to die there

58.

The phrase "New Immigration" mostly describes people who came to the United States from...

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Mexico

d)

Southern and Eastern Europe

59.

Which is NOT a reason that people left their homelands to come to the US in the late 19th century

a)

Forced military service

b)

overpopulation

c)

food surpluses

d)

Religious persecution

60.

A reason for wanting to leave you country or origin is call a

a)

Push Factor

b)

Pull Factor

61.

"Little Italy" and "Chinatown" are examples of

a)

Ghettos

b)

Tenements

c)

Ethnic cities

d)

Islands

62.

Most immigrants who came to America settled in large cities because

a)

cities protected immigrants

b)

that is where jobs and affordable housing was available

c)

no farmland was left

d)

Life was easier for them

63.

Prejudice against "New" immigrants increased because they

a)

Had superior job skills than most of the American workers

b)

Formed their own labor unions and received higher wages

c)

Tried to change the American political system

d)

came from different cultural backgrounds than most Americans

64.

Which area on the map of the United States had the greatest urban population at the start of the Twentieth Century?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

65.

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

a)

More Freedom, jobs, could own land, free education

b)

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

c)

Famine, lack of freedom and persecution

d)

Nicer weather

66.

Urbanization was caused by

a)

The Civil War

b)

Industrialization

c)

Poverty

d)

Communism

67.

According to this chart, which U.S. city saw the largest percentage of population growth between 1860-1900

a)

New York City

b)

Philadelphia

c)

Chicago

d)

Boston

68.

This island is were most European immigrants arrived when they first entered the United States

a)

Angel Island

b)

Kelley's Island

c)

Gilligan's Island

d)

Ellis Island

69.
This term describes people with prejudices about immigrants based on ethnicity, religion, political and social beliefs
a)
Racist
b)
Nativist
c)
Prejudists
d)
Americanist
70.
What was the name of the unsafe apartments many immigrants lived in during the Gilded Age?
a)
Slums
b)
Ghettos
c)
Tenements
d)
Shantytown
71.
True or False:  Most immigrants were skilled and well educated workers.
a)
True
b)
False
72.
This union only included skilled workers and was led by Samuel Gompers
a)
American Federation of Labor
b)
Amalgamated Association
c)
Knights of Labor
d)
American Workers Union
73.

What two newspaper giants popularized yellow journalism?

a)

Pulitzer & Morgan

b)

Vanderbilt & Carnegie

c)

Morgan & Carnegie

d)

Pulitzer & Hearst

74.

Some immigrants ____________________ by adopting American culture.

a)

were isolated

b)

emigrated

c)

assimilated

d)

disassociated

75.

Many immigrants lived in these run-down urban buildings.

a)

cabins

b)

nickelodeons

c)

apartments

d)

tenements

76.

The Chinese were ________________________ to help build the Transcontinental Railroad.

a)

recruited

b)

rejected

c)

turned down

d)

fired

77.

Jane Addams started a _____________________________ in Chicago to help the poor.

a)

hospital

b)

assimilation program

c)

hotel

d)

settlement house

78.

This is the term for below-deck quarters for low-paying passengers on ships.

a)

economy

b)

steerage

c)

bridge

d)

tenements

79.

Scott Joplin, the King of __________________, made this off beat music originating along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers one of the most popular types of music in the early 1900s.

a)

jazz

b)

blues

c)

hip hop

d)

ragtime

80.

This type of show, which included a variety of acts, became very popular during the early 1900s.

a)

vaudeville

b)

opera

c)

concerts

d)

nickelodeon

81.

People who share a common descent and culture.

a)

nativists

b)

immigrants

c)

settlement house

d)

ethnic group

82.

This group of people was against immigration.

a)

patriots

b)

railroad barons

c)

nativists

d)

company owners

83.
This prohibited Chinese from coming to America for 10 years
a)
Immigration Act 
b)
Chinese Exclusion Act 
c)
American Protective Association 
d)
Dawes Act
84.
Which group of people most likely inspired the creation of this 1893 cartoon?
a)
Union Leaders
b)
Philanthropists
c)
Nativists
d)
Political Bosses
85.
19th Century nativist organizations advocated--
a)
limiting federal military power through the organization of local militias
b)
conserving natural resources through the creation of national parks
c)
globalizing the economy through participation in free-trade agreements
d)
restricting immigration to keep jobs for native-born Americans
86.

What is Urbanization?

a)

Growth of Cities

b)

The Growth of Inventions

c)

The challenge of immigration

d)

The growth of farms

87.

What is a tenement?

a)

Hotel for immigrants

b)

A community center for immigrants

c)

Cheaply built overpopulated apartments

d)

High quality, low cost housing for immigrants

88.

What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?

a)

Banned all Europeans from coming to America

b)

Banned all immigrants from coming to the US

c)

Set quotas for immigration from ALL countries

d)

Limited/banned all immigrants from China

89.

What is a Settlement House?

a)

a community center in the inner-city educational, recreational, and other social services to the community.

b)

A cheaply built apartment for immigrants

c)

A place to hold immigrants while they were waiting to get into the country

d)

A place to keep young immigrants while their parents worked.

90.
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
91.
Where were most immigrants from?
a)
Italy
b)
Slavic Countries
c)
Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico
d)
Europe
92.
This term describes people with prejudices about immigrants based on ethnicity, religion, political and social beliefs
a)
Racist
b)
Nativist
c)
Prejudists
d)
Americanist
93.
Why did immigrants often live in neighborhoods with others from their homelands?
a)
It was illegal to live anywhere else
b)
They didn't want to be in the US
c)
It made their adjustment to their new life easier
d)
No other housing was avaliable
94.

What is Mass Transit?

a)

just busses

b)

public transportation, especially in an urban area.

c)

private transportation like UBER

d)

method to speak to large audiences like radios

95.

Feelings of racism, anti-catholic, anti-immigration and the fear of job loss to outsiders are all descriptive of what group?

a)

White southerners

b)

Rural farmers

c)

Union workers

d)

Nativists

96.

_______________________________________ are institutions in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community.

a)

Recreation Centers

b)

Tenements

c)

Settlement Houses

d)

YMCA

97.

The growth of cities is known as

a)

Urbanization

b)

Immigration

c)

Industrialization

d)

Town

98.

The influx of urban workers helped boom industry & modernize cities, but led to

a)

bad and unhealthy working and living conditions for whites.

b)

bad and unhealthy working and living conditions for African Americans.

c)

bad and unhealthy working and living conditions for immigrants.

d)

bad and unhealthy working and living conditions for everyone.

99.

A major population shift occurred during ___________________ because people moved from farms into cities.

a)

immigration

b)

urbanization

c)

slavery

d)

industrialization

100.

A monopoly is a company that has control of an entire __________.

a)

country

b)

industry

c)

city

d)

state

101.

The Statue of Liberty represented all of these to immigrants EXCEPT what?

a)

Freedom

b)

Excitement for a new life

c)

Opportunity to be successful

d)

Fear for a worse life

102.

Doctors examined immigrants for dangerous diseases because...

a)

They didn't want immigrants to bring diseases into the US

b)

They were discriminating against immigrants

c)

They had prejudice and did it just to be mean

d)

They wanted to spread disease

103.
What were some problems that the people in factories encountered?
a)
long hours, good pay
b)
Low wages, long hours, dangerous
c)
dangerous, long hours, good pay
d)
low wages, good hours. dangerous
104.
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
105.
 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
106.

Which of the following statements best describes the living conditions of most immigrants coming into the United States?

a)

Finding living quarters was easy and sanitary

b)

Tenements were crowded and unsanitary

c)

Houses were available and affordable

d)

Barracks were available until suitable housing could be found

107.

Settlement houses were established to

a)

help immigrants achieve social mobility

b)

help immigrants get government grants and financial aid

c)

help immigrants open schools and churches in their ethnic enclaves

d)

help maintain the immigrant culture

108.

How was Chinese immigration restricted?

a)

The Asian Exclusion Act

b)

Through quotas targeting Chinese

c)

The Chinese Exclusion Act

d)

The Chinese Anti Immigration Act

109.

Select the wave of immigrants described: from Northern and Western Europe

a)

Old/1st wave

b)

New/2nd wave

110.

belief that the minority group will give up their culture and become part of the majority

a)

assimilation

b)

multiculturalism

c)

immigration

d)

deportation

111.

What were 3 reasons that caused immigrants to come to leave Europe?

a)

economic prosperity

b)

religious persecution

c)

rising population

d)

to establish a new country

e)

revolution in Europe

112.

Nativists main objective during the Gilded Age was to:

a)

restrict immigration

b)

allow immigration

c)

offer social services to immigrants

d)

help teach immigrants to assimilate

113.

Many Jewish immigrants settled in New York City, while most Chinese settled in California, and Scandinavians settled in the Midwest. What is one reason for these patterns?

a)

Immigrants wanted to break new ground and establish new settlements

b)

Immigrants wanted to be with others from their native country

c)

Immigrants faced restrictions on which regions were open to them

d)

They used a map of the US and played Pin the Tail on the Donkey to determine where they would live.

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