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Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

who's Jacob Riis

a)

that one guy who exposed the government and he wrote a book about it and it was called "Government Is Lies"

b)

the guy who exposed tenement conditions and wrote a book about it and it was called "How The Other Half Lives"

c)

the tour guide on your bus

d)

the color comic guy

2.

what's a tenement

a)

very spacious building like luxury or something

b)

poorly built, overcrowded building

c)

a regular hotel

d)

a name for the first hotel

3.

who is Joseph Pulitizer?

a)

the tenement exposer

b)

he's your dad

c)

your new mailman

d)

the color comic guy

4.

settlement houses are basically

a)

neighborhood centers that offer education recreation and social activities

b)

house but in a settlement

c)

luxury house

d)

they don't offer anything

5.

mass transit: it's basically _____

a)

transportation

b)

airplane flying

c)

working to do stuff

d)

fast travel i suppose with a teleporter (doesn't exist)

6.

Chinese Exclusion Act: you probably know this

a)

banned Chinese from immigrating to America for 10 years

b)

banned Chinese from immigrating to America for 5 years

c)

banned Chinese from America, so they were forced out for 10 years

d)

banned Chinese from America, so they were forced out for 5 years

7.

Florence Kelly: she's a ___ and she helped with what?

a)

She's a girl and she helped enforce the law

b)

She's a girl and she wrote about the problems at sweatshops, which resulted in a law change

c)

She's a girl and she wrote about the good things at sweatshops, and why they were good.

d)

She's a girl and she went to enforce bad laws.

e)

He's a boy deep inside and he wants to enforce bad laws

8.

benevolent societies are doing what

a)

they're being a society

b)

they're acting like a community

c)

they are thinking WHY DO I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OLD MEN EVERY DAY

d)

they are helping the immigrants with sickness, unemployment, or death.

9.

Hull House - pick an answer

a)

hull house was most popular in the late 1880s and so on + they were a settlement house

b)

hull house was the first settlement house + they were a benevolent society

c)

hull house was built in 2010 + they were a benevolent society

d)

hull house was most popular in the late 1980s and so on + they were a settlement house

10.

ellis island

a)

least busiest immigration center

b)

busiest immigration center

c)

opened in 1892

d)

opened in 1774

e)

located at NY Harbor

11.

where was the majority of the new immigrants from

a)

southern europe

b)

eastern europe

c)

northern europe

d)

west europe

12.

Some immigrant communities formed these to aid organizations that offered immigrants help in cases of sickness, unemployment, and death?

a)

It's a benevolent society.

b)

It's a settlement house.

c)

It's a tenement.

13.

Elevated trains are a type of what transportation?

a)

Mass transit

b)

ground transportation

c)

air transportation

d)

Mass culture

14.

true or false?

immigration during 1880s: it was from southern and eastern europe.

a)

true

b)

false

15.

true or false?

new immigrants were often forced to take low paying industrial jobs because they came from rural areas and lacked the skills needed to obtain higher paying jobs

a)

true

b)

false

16.

who were nativists

a)

greek mythology obsessed people

b)

native born americans

c)

nativists

d)

just mythology obsessed people and theyre an american

17.

Employers welcomed immigrants because

a)

they wanted them in their army

b)

they wanted them to work for low pay

c)

they knew they could work for low pay willingly

d)

they wanted to send them to brazil once they had enough money so that they can join brazil's army

18.

labor unions opposed immigration because

a)

they fear they job gonna get take

b)

they fear that native-born americans would get dogpiled on

c)

they believed that immigrants would take away native-born american jobs

d)

they were scared of immigrants because they might have knife

19.

New technology in the steel industry during the late 1800s allowed increased activity in what industry

a)

the food industry

b)

the steel industry

c)

the wood industry

d)

building industry

20.

what did steel industry change

a)

the buildings by allowing them to go high, and they hold stronger than ever

b)

the buildings by allowing them to stay the same height, and for them to be stronger and to hold

21.

what contributed to the formation of mass culture in late 1800s

a)

boom in publishing

b)

books

c)

department store changes

d)

new accessories

e)

world fairs

22.

mass transit affected what

a)

american cities by having them need to build more transportation

b)
c)

american suburbs by having them need to build more transportation

23.

lawrence veiler warning the nation with what in this quote: "A child living its early years in dark rooms, without sunlight or fresh air, does not grow up to be a normal healthy person... It is not of such material that strong nations are made."

a)

That they need to fix tenements

b)

That the tenements have bad conditions and people shouldn't live in them

c)

That tenements don't need to be fixed and people should live in them peacefully

d)

That sunlight is important

24.

Pittsburgh had pollution why did it

a)

steel mills

b)

factories

c)

food industry

d)

lots of acid everywhere

25.

who led the fight against child labor

a)

lawrence veiler

b)

florence kelley

c)

jacob riis

d)

joseph pulitizer

26.

Huh. This sounds like good opportunity.


So hear this: imagine that it's 1901.

A new law has just passed. It's called the 1901 New York State Tenement House Act.


What did it do?

a)

Require new buildings to have running water

b)

Require new buildings to have good ventilation

c)

Require old buildings to have dirty water

d)

Require old buildings to be destroyed

27.

How do you describe a settlement house?

a)

I think of it as a place that offers education and other services for poor people I suppose

b)

I think of it as a place that offers things you need, but not food, nor drink

c)

I think of it as the worst place to live near

d)

I think of it as a dirty, ugly, smelly place. that offers nothing that you need

28.

Poorly built overcrowded apartment buildings often occupied by immigrants were called?

a)

Tenements

b)

Settlement Houses

c)

Benevolent societies

29.

What problem caused by rapid urbanization in America led to the development of settlement houses?

a)

There was little government aid available

b)

There was a lot of government aid available but the people who developed settlement houses didn't know that the aid was available

c)

The place wasn't crowded and everyone was doing fine

d)

People were poor, and there was also overcrowding here

30.

to move up or down

a)

fluctuate

b)

basically

c)

salaries

d)

inventory

e)

determine

31.

the amount of money workers earn for doing a job

a)

fluctuate

b)

basically

c)

salaries

d)

inventory

e)

determine

32.

the amount of goods or products that are available

a)

inventory

b)

salaries

c)

fluctuate

d)

available

33.

ready for use or purchase

a)

available

b)

formula

c)

manufactured

d)

factors

34.

to decide upon

a)

manufacture

b)

factor

c)

determine

d)

available

35.

a formula for doing something

a)

determine

b)

fluctuate

c)

manufactured

d)

factor

36.

in the main or most important ways

a)

fluctuate

b)

salaries

c)

basically

d)

determine

37.

made by machines, often made in large numbers

a)

manufactured

b)
c)

basically

d)

formula

38.

things that contribute to a result

a)

factor

b)

manufacture

c)
d)

available

e)

salaries

39.

to expand, enlarge, or refine

a)

develop

b)

yeast

c)

manufacture

d)

fluctuate

40.

Chinese immigrants:

a)

Oh come on! I can only enter the US if my father is a US citizen?

b)

Ugh, i'm poor

c)

I bet I could build a jet with the 1,750,490 US dollars I have

d)

My family has 1 US citizen in it. Hope it works out.