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EL Unit 1 Review

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the richest man in America in 1900?

a)

Rockefeller

b)

Carnegie

c)

Morgan

d)

Jefferson

2.

What important land did Thomas Jefferson purchase?

a)

Florida

b)

Texas

c)

Louisiana

d)

California

3.

Where did immigrants arrive in New York to enter the U.S.?

a)

Staten Island

b)

Ellis Island

c)

Mackinac Island

d)

Statue of Liberty

4.

Who invented the light bulb?

a)

Carnegie

b)

Edison

c)

Bell

d)

Rockefeller

5.

Who invented the telephone?

a)

Carnegie

b)

Bell

c)

Morgan

d)

Edison

6.

What is NOT a reason that factory work was dangerous for children?

a)

The machines were too big for children

b)

They were not allowed to eat

c)

The machines caused injuries

d)

They had to work long hours and were tired

7.

What were two problems with the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Too many immigrants and monopolies

b)

Bad working conditions and high wages

c)

It was only in the East and trusts

d)

Bad working conditions and monopolies

8.

Who started Hull House?

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

John D. Rockefeller

d)

JP Morgan

9.

Who was a former slave who fought for suffrage?

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

John D. Rockefeller

d)

JP Morgan

10.

What phrase did many Americans believe that encouraged them to move west and settle?

a)

Melting Pot

b)

Indian Removal Act

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Nativism

11.

Which Act forced Native Americans to move to reservations?

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Indian Removal

c)

Homestead

d)

Nativism

12.

What was it called when many Indians died when they were forced to march to their new homes?

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Suffrage

c)

Trail of Tears

d)

Homestead

13.

Why did many people rush to California after 1848?

a)

Gold Rush

b)

Buffalo

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Homestead Act

14.

What Act gave free land to people who were willing to move west?

a)

Indian Removal

b)

Homestead

c)

Kelly-Bessemer Process

d)

Suffrage

15.

People were able to travel from the east to the west much quicker when the ____________ was finished in 1869.

a)

Kelly-Bessemer Process

b)

Melting Pot

c)

Transcontinental Railroad

d)

Louisiana Purchase

16.

What is the name for factors that lead people to leave their countries?

a)

Push

b)

Pull

c)

Pass

d)

Point

17.

What is the name for factors that lead people to move to a new country?

a)

Push

b)

Pull

c)

Pass

d)

Point

18.

What is the word for when people do not want immigrants coming to their country?

a)

Nativism

b)

Monopoly

c)

Trusts

d)

Melting Pot

19.

What was the new process to make stronger iron and steel?

a)

Carnegie

b)

Suffrage

c)

Kelly-Bessemer

d)

Transcontinental Railroad

20.

What is the name for a company that has complete control of a good or service?

a)

Monopoly

b)

Kelly-Bessemer

c)

Homestead

d)

Melting Pot

21.

Who became rich because he had a monopoly on the steel company?

a)

Rockefeller

b)

Carnegie

c)

Edison

d)

Jefferson

22.

What is the word for fighting for Women's Rights?

a)

Melting Pot

b)

Homestead

c)

Suffrage

d)

Quota

23.

Who went to explore the Louisiana Purchase in 1804?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Lewis and Clark

24.

What is the nickname given to the U.S. because of all the new immigrants moving there?

a)

Tenements

b)

Melting Pot

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Quotas

25.

What are the buildings called where the lower class lived in small areas with no water or electricity?

a)

Quotas

b)

Tenements

c)

Homestead

d)

Ellis Island

26.

What is a limit on the number of immigrants from a country?

a)

Melting Pot

b)

Quota

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Suffrage

27.

Which class of people were rich business owners?

a)

Upper

b)

Middle

c)

Working

d)

Tenement

28.

Which one of these did NOT happen to the Indians during the Indian Wars?

a)

Tribes lost their land

b)

Buffalo were slaughtered

c)

Moved to California

d)

Lost their burial grounds

29.

Which organization was formed in 1891 to control immigration issues?

a)

CIA

b)

INS

c)

FBI

d)

NBA