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extra credit quiz!!!

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was NOT a pull factor for immigrants coming to America?

a)

Political freedom

b)

Factory jobs from industrialization

c)

Mechanized farming jobs

d)

Religious freedom

2.

Which of the following was one of the countries of origin that new immigrants came from?

a)

England

b)

Italian

c)

Ireland

d)

Germany

3.

Who was William "Boss" Twead?

a)

A political figure who also owned many factories that helped immigrants get jobs.

b)

A social gospel reformer who advocated for political and social reform.

c)

A factory owner who eventually tried running for President, but lost against Teddy Roosevelt

d)

A democrat in New York City that was considered a "political boss"

4.
Which best describes the living conditions of most immigrants during the Industrial Revolution? 
a)
Most immigrants lived in rural areas with few other people around
b)
Most immigrants lived in cities in extremely crowded buildings
c)
Most immigrants lived in single-family homes
d)
Most immigrants lived in homeless shelters year-round
5.
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
6.
How did the Industrial Revolution affect the cities?
a)
Made the crime rate decrease
b)
Led to an increase in farm workers
c)
Make the cities cleaner and safer
d)
Led to an increase in population in the cities
7.
Wal-Mart is opening in the small town of Vado, New Mexico. This is creating over 400 jobs in the area. Population is quickly increasing. This is an example of...
a)
Urbanization
b)
Inflation
c)
Urban Center
d)
Influence
8.
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
9.
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.
10.

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

11.
Which continent did the U.S. government first close off immigration from?
a)
Europe
b)
Asia
c)
Antarctica
d)
Africa
12.
Cities grew because of all these except:
a)
Immgration
b)
Jobs
c)
Railroads
d)
Farming
13.

Rapid industrial growth

a)

Shift from rural areas to cities

b)

plenty of job opportunities

c)

heavily populated, poor living conditions

d)

satellite city

14.

Rapid industrial growth in and around the city leads to lack of job opportunities.

a)

True

b)

False

15.
What did Americanization schools do?
a)
Taught math
b)
Taught immigrants how to dress, speak, and cook
c)
Gave tons of free time
d)
All of the above
16.
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
17.
Nativism is:
a)
Embracing diversity
b)
Disliking immigration
c)
Moving out of the U.S.
d)
Liking Native Americans
18.
Forms of mass transit during the late 1800s included all EXCEPT:
a)
Trolleys
b)
Subways
c)
Cars
d)
Trains
19.
Which immigration station is in NYC?
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Angel Island
c)
Trump Island
d)
Clinton Island
20.
Europeans primarily came through:
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Angel Island
c)
Staten Island
d)
Sanibel Island
21.
Which agreement restricted Japanese immigrants from coming to the U.S.?
a)
Chinese Exclusion Act
b)
Gentlemen's Agreement
c)
Platt Amendment
d)
Radical Restriction
22.
Which is not considered a public service today?
a)
Police
b)
Firemen
c)
Utilities
d)
Groceries
23.
American Indians were forced to relocate from their traditional homelands to –
a)
Ghettos
b)
Reservations
c)
Cities
d)
The West
24.
Taking American Indian children from their parents and sending them off to boarding schools was the U.S. governments’ attempt to –
a)
give them a free college education.
b)
give them more opportunities to learn about their native language and lifestyle.
c)
assimilate them by changing their language and lifestyles.
d)
keep them from having to experience a life of hardship on reservations.
25.
Boss Tweed gained power by...
a)
using the political machine to get jobs and housing for immigrants.
b)
giving free medical care to workers injured at dangerous factory jobs.
c)
founding the Transcontinental Railroad.
d)
starting up the successful meatpacking industry.
26.
Jane Addams is known for founding...
a)
reservations for Indians.
b)
hospitals for injured workers.
c)
the Transcontinental Railroad.
d)
Settlement Houses.
27.
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.
28.
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
29.

According to the cartoon, what happened to the US immigration policies?

a)

changed from openness to restrictive.

b)

encouraged the entrance of radical political groups.

c)

favored highly skilled workers.

d)

stimulated cultural diversity.

30.

Which quote would most likely be spoken by a nativist?

a)

"America-first in war and peace."

b)

"Go West, young man."

c)

"We will fight for states' rights."

d)

"Help Wanted - Irish need not apply."

31.

Why did anti-immigration feelings develop during the Gilded Age?

a)

most immigrants were richer & better educated than native-born citizens.

b)

immigrants were running for political office.

c)

immigrants competed with native-born citizens for jobs

d)

the government's social programs were too expensive.

32.

Which factor best explains the growth of the US economy between 1865 & 1910?

a)

laissez-faire

b)

restricted immigration

c)

labor unions

d)

sharecropping

33.

Between 1890 & 1915, most immigrants to the US were labeled "new immigrants" because they were...

a)

considered mentally & physically superior to earlier immigrants.

b)

from China, Japan, and other Asian nations.

c)

forced to settle in recently established Midwestern cities.

d)

culturally different from most earlier immigrants.

34.

A political organization that controls election results by awarding jobs and other favors in exchange for votes.

a)

spoils system

b)

political machine

c)

county commisioner

d)

grandfather clause

35.

What is the attitude towards immigration in this political cartoon?

a)

positive; it is a holy endeavor to allow religious minorities into the US

b)

positive; allowing immigrants to escape military service is the right thing to do

c)

negative; European immigrants will bring their garbage lifestyles with them to the US

d)

negative; immigrants are infesting the US and destroying our culture

36.

multi-family apartments, usually dark, crowded, and barely meeting minimal living standards

a)

tenure

b)

tenement

c)

skyscraper

d)

graft

37.

coined by Mark Twain to describe the golden exterior of 19th century American society, covering the rotten, corrupt core

a)

Gilded Age

b)

Golden Age

c)

Progressive Era

d)

The Great Migration

38.

What part of the country did political machines control?

a)

Urban (city) governments

b)

Rural (country) governments

c)

The U.S. federal government

39.

How did political machines get the support of immigrants?

a)

they promised to stop illegal immigration from Latin America

b)

They wasted money on military spending

c)

They helped them find homes and jobs in exchange for votes

d)

They developed a system to make becoming a citizen easier

40.

The most famous political machine was Tammany Hall in New York lead by-

a)

Bill the Butcher

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

William "Boss" Tweed

d)

John D Rockefeller

41.
What was the name of the organizations that often ran city, county, and state politics during the late 1800s?
a)
political machines
b)
monopolies
c)
power brokers
d)
the mafia
42.
The most notorious of the political machines was --------------------in New York City.
a)
Hull House
b)
Pendergast Hall
c)
Daly Machine
d)
Tammany Hall
43.
When was the Progressive Era?
a)
Antebellum
b)
1865-1877
c)
1900-1920
d)
1933-1945
44.
Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Lewis Hines 
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
45.
Which of the following is an initiative?
a)
People have the right to remove a politician from office
b)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
c)
People have the right to propose a new law
d)
People have the right to veto or accept a law passed by the government
46.
Key Reforms of the Progressive Era
·  Initiative
 ·  Referendum
·  Recall
·  Direct Primary
·  17th Amendment

 How did the reforms listed above impact America?
a)
A system of separate schools for new immigrants
b)
They gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government
c)
More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.
d)
They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class
47.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
48.
Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
49.
1906- Wrote The Jungle which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry. (Helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act) 
a)
Upton Sinclair 
b)
Lincoln Steffens 
c)
Jacob Riis 
d)
Frank Norris 
50.

____________?____________


A period of time when social, economic and political problems caused by rapid industrialization were exposed and in some cases reformed.


What is the most likely title for this?

a)

Industrialization

b)

Progressive Era

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Prohibition

51.
What was an important effect of the influx of people from the country to the cities in the late nineteenth century?
a)
a sharp increase in college enrollment
b)
crowded slums and unsanitary conditions
c)
decline in economic growth
d)
 a large amount of unused farmland
52.
Jim Crow laws were laws that
a)
denied citizenship to Asian immigrants.
b)
promoted discrimination against women
c)
separated the races
d)
taxed voters
53.

Between 1860 and 1910, the U.S. population tripled in size.


This is most likely due to...

a)

The Baby Boom

b)

Immigration

c)

The Homestead Act

d)

Better Healthcare

54.
In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed
a)
Dangers faced by coal miners
b)
Corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company
c)
Unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry
d)
Illegal deals between special interests and the government
55.
Which of the following marked the end of the progressive era?
a)
Starting of World War II
b)
Starting of Vietnam War
c)
Starting of World War I
d)
Starting of Iraq War
56.
Reporters, journalists, photographers, and authors who used the media to raise concerns about the negative effects of industrialization were known as
a)
muckrakers
b)
suffragists
c)
immigrants
d)
abolitionists
57.
Period of history when alcohol was outlawed in the country
a)
Prohibition
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
18th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
58.
Trying to improve our nation by moving forward and preceding step by step
a)
Progressive
b)
Reform
c)
Era
d)
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