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Immigrants, Cities, and Segregation Quizziz

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?

a)

William Lloyd Douglas

b)

George Washington

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

W.E.B. Du Bois

2.

Which statement was most likely a result of the Jim Crow laws?

a)

Hiram Revels was the first black person elected to the United States Senate.

b)

Separate schools were established for white children and black children

c)

Anyone born in the United States is a citizen of the country

d)

All males regardless of race were allowed to vote.

3.

Which of the following was most likely NOT a result of Jim Crow laws?

a)

African American women voting in an election

b)

Rex Theatre for Colored People

c)

A black man drinking from a colored water fountain

d)

A Colored Waiting Room

4.

Which statement best summarizes the beliefs of Booker T. Washington?

a)

There was no way for African Americans to achieve equality and protection under the law.

b)

Only by using the legal system and fighting inequality wherever it may be found could African Americans gain equality

c)

The best way for African Americans to achieve equality was through vocational training and hard work

d)

The only was for African Americans to achieve equality was through armed resistance

5.

Jane Addams is most recognized for her work with-

a)

large corporation

b)

labor unions

c)

political machines

d)

settlement houses

6.

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

a)

religious freedom

b)

better climate

c)

escape high taxes

d)

escape famine and land shortages

7.

Which of the following allowed the system of segregation depicted in this picture?

a)

Brown vs. Board of Education

b)

14th Amendment

c)

Compromise of 1877

d)

Jim Crow Laws

8.

Many immigrants came to California to provide laborers to work on the railroads. Which groups of immigrants may be depicted in the photo?

a)

Irish

b)

Ugandan

c)

Indian

d)

Chinese

9.

In 1890, Janie Porter Barrett, an African-American teacher, established the Locust Street Social Settlement House in Hampton, Virginia , to help poor African Americans. Janie Porter Barrett modeled her settlement house on the one founded by-

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Eleanor Roosevelt

c)

Georgia O'Keeffe

d)

Jane Addams

10.

Chicago became a city with a specialized industry in-

a)

steel

b)

meat packing

c)

dye

d)

textiles

11.

Which American city's population was most affected by immigration?

a)

St. Louis

b)

Philadelphia

c)

Chicago

d)

New York City

12.

How are the settlement houses of the late 1800's and neighborhood centers of today alike?

a)

They provided immigrants a place to live.

b)

They are run by social workers who live there.

c)

They provide immigrants with various services.

d)

They are always found in large cities.

13.

Job opportunities caused movement in America. People moved from-

a)

the rural countryside to the city

b)

cities to the country

c)

the United States to Canada

d)

the United States to Mexico

14.

Where was Andrew Carnegie's steel industry located?

a)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

b)

St. Louis, Missouri

c)

Chicago, Illinois

d)

Atlanta, Georgia

15.

The overcrowding of cities and population explosion from immigration led to what problem?

a)

gain in the power of political machines

b)

people migrating to the North and Midwest to escape discrimination and segregation

c)

the emergence of tenements and ghettos

d)

citizens moving back to rural areas for manufacturing jobs

16.

This photograph is of Swift & Co's Packing House. Where did you most likely live in 1890 if your parents worked in a factory like the one seen in the picture above?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

Atlanta

c)

New York City

d)

Chicago

17.

Chicago is to meatpacking as _________________: Automobiles

a)

Boston

b)

Salt Lake City

c)

Detroit

d)

New Orleans

18.

Why was this quote appropriate to go with a statue in New York harbor in 1903?

a)

Many veterans were returning to America from war in Europe

b)

Many Americans were tired of new people coming into the country

c)

Many immigrants were coming to America to find a better life.

d)

Many Americans were struggling and needed to find hope.

19.

Which famous African American men are represented in this diagram?

a)

Frederick Douglass and Homer Plessy

b)

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois

c)

Marcus Garvey and Thurgood Marshall

d)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and Malcolm X

20.

What prevented former slaves and plantation owners from marrying?

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

b)

14th Amendment

c)

Freedman's Bureau

d)

Jim Crow Laws

21.

After Reconstruction, Jim Crow laws were put in place to support a system of-

a)

segregation

b)

prohibition

c)

immigration

d)

integration

22.

What groups gained power by promising immigrants poor people jobs, housing, and a better life?

a)

Carpetbaggers

b)

Federal Troops

c)

Southern Military Leaders

d)

Political Machines

23.

Complete the analogy. Chinese: Railroads/Gold Rush _________________: Potato Crop Famine

a)

Italian

b)

Jewish

c)

Polish

d)

Irish

24.

Under Jim Crow laws, Southern states passed literacy tests and poll taxes to-

a)

strengthen property rights of blacks

b)

improving living conditions for immigrants

c)

undermine the voting rights of African Americans

d)

take citizenship from American Indians

25.

In what year were Native Americans recognized as American citizens?

a)

1868

b)

1882

c)

1924

d)

1965

26.

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882-

a)

banned citizenship rights of Chinese children

b)

recognized the immigration status of Chinese citizens in America

c)

mandated that Chinese residents leave the United States

d)

banned Chinese immigrant labor for 10 years

27.

Identify the three effects that Booker T. Washington believed would replace the question mark in the diagram.

a)

Better position to demand civil rights

b)

Increased African-American businesses

c)

Increased social equality

d)

End of racial discrimination

e)

Equal political representation

28.

What region was the center of the textile industry after 1865?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Midwest

c)

New England

d)

Non-Contiguous

29.

When I come to America, I want to go to college and become a teacher. This statement is based on what reason for immigrating?

a)

Adventure

b)

Escape from an oppressive government

c)

Hope for better opportunities

d)

Religious Freedom

30.

What major manufacturing city in the Midwest became the center of the cosmetics and haircare industry after 1875?

a)

St. Louis

b)

Chicago

c)

Detroit

d)

New York

31.

The Supreme Court case of Plessy v. Ferguson ruled that-

a)

Public facilities had to integrated and made equal.

b)

Schools had to be integrated.

c)

Blacks didn't have to pay poll taxes.

d)

Separate facilities were legal, but had to be equal. (However, they were NOT EQUAL.)

32.

What laws based of a black minstrel character was designed to separate blacks from whites in all aspects of society?

a)

Chinese Exclusion Act

b)

Black Codes

c)

Indian Citizenship Act

d)

Jim Crow Laws