WorksheetsIndustrial Era Recap
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 4mins
Robber barons were best known for
Stealing from other people
Taking control of specific industries
Being poor
Bribing people
The Reconstruction Amendments to the Constitution sought to do all of the following EXCEPT:
Ban slavery
Give all men the right to vote
Give women the right to vote
Protect people's citizenship
Before the Civil War, the American economy relied largely on:
Agriculture and farming
Steel mills
Coal mining
Oil production
Following Reconstruction, a number of states introduced poll taxes, which required people to:
Pay to respond to opinion surveys
Provide proof of citizenship to vote
Provide proof of education in order to vote
Pay to vote in elections
The first place most immigrants from Europe came to the United States was
Chicago
Washington, DC
New York City
Boston
Immigrants processed at Ellis Island could be denied entry to the United States if:
They didn't have enough money
Couldn't pass health examinations
Prove they knew someone already living in the United States
All of the above
Immigrants to the United States often travelled in which section of ships?
Steerage
First class
The upper deck
Second class
Which definition best describes the term tenement?
An apartment
A small hut
A large home
A cramped, dirty space
As a result of urbanization cities were plagued by all of the following problems EXCEPT
Civil war
Crime
Raw sewage
Dirty water
People immigrated to America during the Industrial Era largely in search of:
Democracy
Jobs
Crime organizations
Citizenship
In his book, How the Other Half Lives (1890), Jacob Riis sought to expose people to:
Poor working conditions in American factories
A lack of voting rights
Food quality violations
Poor living conditions in cities
