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WorksheetsImmigrants, Cities, and Segregation Quizziz
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
Who believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?
William Lloyd Douglas
George Washington
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Du Bois
Which statement was most likely a result of the Jim Crow laws?
Hiram Revels was the first black person elected to the United States Senate.
Separate schools were established for white children and black children
Anyone born in the United States is a citizen of the country
All males regardless of race were allowed to vote.
Which of the following was most likely NOT a result of Jim Crow laws?
African American women voting in an election
Rex Theatre for Colored People
A black man drinking from a colored water fountain
A Colored Waiting Room
Which statement best summarizes the beliefs of Booker T. Washington?
There was no way for African Americans to achieve equality and protection under the law.
Only by using the legal system and fighting inequality wherever it may be found could African Americans gain equality
The best way for African Americans to achieve equality was through vocational training and hard work
The only was for African Americans to achieve equality was through armed resistance
Jane Addams is most recognized for her work with-
large corporation
labor unions
political machines
settlement houses
All of the following are reasons immigrants arrived in the United States between 1870-1900 EXCEPT-
religious freedom
better climate
escape high taxes
escape famine and land shortages
Which of the following allowed the system of segregation depicted in this picture?
Brown vs. Board of Education
14th Amendment
Compromise of 1877
Jim Crow Laws
Many immigrants came to California to provide laborers to work on the railroads. Which groups of immigrants may be depicted in the photo?
Irish
Ugandan
Indian
Chinese
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-
Susan B. Anthony
Eleanor Roosevelt
Georgia O'Keeffe
Jane Addams
Chicago became a city with a specialized industry in-
steel
meat packing
dye
textiles
Which American city's population was most affected by immigration?
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Chicago
New York City
How are the settlement houses of the late 1800's and neighborhood centers of today alike?
They provided immigrants a place to live.
They are run by social workers who live there.
They provide immigrants with various services.
They are always found in large cities.
Job opportunities caused movement in America. People moved from-
the rural countryside to the city
cities to the country
the United States to Canada
the United States to Mexico
Where was Andrew Carnegie's steel industry located?
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
St. Louis, Missouri
Chicago, Illinois
Atlanta, Georgia
The overcrowding of cities and population explosion from immigration led to what problem?
gain in the power of political machines
people migrating to the North and Midwest to escape discrimination and segregation
the emergence of tenements and ghettos
citizens moving back to rural areas for manufacturing jobs
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?
Philadelphia
Atlanta
New York City
Chicago
Chicago is to meatpacking as _________________: Automobiles
Boston
Salt Lake City
Detroit
New Orleans
Why was this quote appropriate to go with a statue in New York harbor in 1903?
Many veterans were returning to America from war in Europe
Many Americans were tired of new people coming into the country
Many immigrants were coming to America to find a better life.
Many Americans were struggling and needed to find hope.
Which famous African American men are represented in this diagram?
Frederick Douglass and Homer Plessy
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois
Marcus Garvey and Thurgood Marshall
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and Malcolm X
What prevented former slaves and plantation owners from marrying?
Civil Rights Act of 1866
14th Amendment
Freedman's Bureau
Jim Crow Laws
After Reconstruction, Jim Crow laws were put in place to support a system of-
segregation
prohibition
immigration
integration
What groups gained power by promising immigrants poor people jobs, housing, and a better life?
Carpetbaggers
Federal Troops
Southern Military Leaders
Political Machines
Complete the analogy. Chinese: Railroads/Gold Rush _________________: Potato Crop Famine
Italian
Jewish
Polish
Irish
Under Jim Crow laws, Southern states passed literacy tests and poll taxes to-
strengthen property rights of blacks
improving living conditions for immigrants
undermine the voting rights of African Americans
take citizenship from American Indians
In what year were Native Americans recognized as American citizens?
1868
1882
1924
1965
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882-
banned citizenship rights of Chinese children
recognized the immigration status of Chinese citizens in America
mandated that Chinese residents leave the United States
banned Chinese immigrant labor for 10 years
Identify the three effects that Booker T. Washington believed would replace the question mark in the diagram.
Better position to demand civil rights
Increased African-American businesses
Increased social equality
End of racial discrimination
Equal political representation
What region was the center of the textile industry after 1865?
Great Plains
Midwest
New England
Non-Contiguous
When I come to America, I want to go to college and become a teacher. This statement is based on what reason for immigrating?
Adventure
Escape from an oppressive government
Hope for better opportunities
Religious Freedom
What major manufacturing city in the Midwest became the center of the cosmetics and haircare industry after 1875?
St. Louis
Chicago
Detroit
New York
The Supreme Court case of Plessy v. Ferguson ruled that-
Public facilities had to integrated and made equal.
Schools had to be integrated.
Blacks didn't have to pay poll taxes.
Separate facilities were legal, but had to be equal. (However, they were NOT EQUAL.)
What laws based of a black minstrel character was designed to separate blacks from whites in all aspects of society?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Black Codes
Indian Citizenship Act
Jim Crow Laws
