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WorksheetsUnit 2 Test
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
After arriving at Ellis Island, newly arrived immigrants had to -
a)
Have a health exam
b)
Pass a citizenship test
c)
Prove they could speak English
d)
Prove they could read and write
2.
Which title best describes the list above?
a)
Reasons for Westward Expansion
b)
Reasons for the Development of Cities
c)
Reasons Why Colonists Immigrated to Europe
d)
Reasons for Increased Immigration to the United States
3.
“Our trip took weeks….we sailed from China across the Pacific Ocean to California in the United States. Now we have to go through an inspection station.” Where was this inspection station located?
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Angel Island
c)
Immigrant Island
d)
Chinese Exclusion
4.
According to the chart, which American city’s population was most affected by immigration?
a)
Chicago
b)
St. Louis
c)
Philadelphia
d)
New York City
5.
Which reason was NOT a challenge faced by immigrants in the cities?
a)
Many factory jobs were available
b)
Dishonest employers often took advantage of immigrant workers
c)
Political corruption led by political machines used the votes of immigrants
d)
Housing shortage with many people crowded into cheaply built tenements
6.
Which of the following is NOT an example of discrimination against immigrants?
a)
Denying jobs
b)
Denying an education
c)
Offering a place to stay
d)
Taunting, or calling them names
7.
Which group gained power by helping new immigrants in the United States during the late 1800s?
a)
Labor unions
b)
Big businesses
c)
Political machines
d)
Settlement houses
8.
What problems are associated with tenements?
a)
No elevators
b)
Lack of residents
c)
High prices and poor quality
d)
Overcrowding, poverty, and spread of disease
9.
Jane Addams worked to solve the problems in cities by-
a)
Designing skyscrapers
b)
Opening a settlement house
c)
Establishing fire departments
d)
Making sure people were not living in tenements
10.
All of the following caused a growth in industry EXCEPT-
a)
Available workforce
b)
Lack of financial resources
c)
Abundant supply of new inventions
d)
Access to raw materials and energy sources
11.
Which invention did NOT contribute to the rise of big business in the late 1800s?
a)
Bicycle
b)
Railroad
c)
Telephone
d)
Electric lighting
12.
Which device did Alexander Graham Bell create that changed communication forever?
a)
Internet
b)
Telegraph
c)
Telephone
d)
Electric systems
13.
Transportation helped big business. What two things did transportation ship?
a)
Goods and services
b)
Raw materials and services
c)
Goods and finished products
d)
Raw materials and finished products
14.
Which Captain of Industry had a monopoly on the shipping and railroad industry?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
15.
Which Captain of Industry is NOT correctly matched with their industry?
a)
John D. Rockefeller - Oil
b)
Henry Ford - Automobiles
c)
Andrew Carnegie - Airplanes
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt - Railroads
16.
What term means switching from human labor to machine labor?
a)
Production
b)
Mechanization
c)
Transportation
d)
Industrialization
17.
The introduction of machines, like the reaper, ____________ production on farms?
a)
Started
b)
Stopped
c)
Increased
d)
Decreased
18.
Which area is NOT correctly matched with its industry?
a)
Pittsburgh - Steel
b)
Detroit - Automobiles
c)
Chicago - Meat packing
d)
New England - Electricity
19.
Which era is represented by the desire for improved safety conditions, reduced work hours, and restrictions on child labor?
a)
Realism Movement
b)
Civil Rights Movement
c)
Progressive Movement
d)
Modern Social Movement
20.
Which negative effect of industrialization included a workday of 10 hours or more?
a)
Child labor
b)
Reduced work hours
c)
Low wages, long hours
d)
Unsafe working conditions
21.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire is an example of which negative effect of industrialization?
a)
Child labor
b)
Reduced work hours
c)
Low wages, long hours
d)
Unsafe working conditions
22.
A group of workers who join together to improve their working conditions is a -
a)
Strike
b)
Labor union
c)
Political party
d)
Organization of workers
23.
What is the best title for the picture above?
a)
Political Machines Influenced Everyone
b)
The Negative Effects of Industrialization
c)
Everyone Could Get a Job if They Wanted One
d)
Why People Moved From Rural to Urban Areas
24.
Florence Kelley’s work as Illinois’s chief factory inspector is an example of which workplace reform?
a)
Reduced work hours
b)
Low wages, long hours
c)
Restrictions on child labor
d)
Improved safety conditions
25.
The 1916 Adamson Act, which established the 8 hour work day, is an example of which workplace reform?
a)
Reduced work hours
b)
Low wages, long hours
c)
Restrictions on child labor
d)
Improved safety conditions
26.
Which amendment does the photograph depict?
a)
18th
b)
19th
c)
20th
d)
21st
27.
Which event in American history is represented in this postage stamp above?
a)
Women’s fashion of the 1920s
b)
Ratification of the 18th amendment
c)
Ratification of the 19th Amendment
d)
Changing the postal system’s stamp purchasing procedure
28.
How did the new affordability of automobiles change life in America in the 1920s?
a)
Many people moved to the city.
b)
Pollution decreased in the cities.
c)
There were new jobs and greater mobility.
d)
More transcontinental railroads were built.
29.
How did the concept pictured above help American industries grow?
a)
It made steel plentiful.
b)
It was government supported.
c)
It gave everyone a car to get to markets and buy products made by them.
d)
It let them make their product at a lower cost so consumers could afford it.
30.
The development of more affordable cars allowed people to move to which areas?
a)
Rural areas
b)
Urban areas
c)
Suburban areas
d)
Metropolitan areas
31.
Which development contributed strongly with powering labor saving devices in the home?
a)
Windmills
b)
Generators
c)
Natural gas
d)
Electrification
32.
Which of the following is NOT an example of how life in the 1920s was affected by electrification?
a)
A young girl building a fire
b)
A family listening to the radio
c)
A child pushing the light switch
d)
A woman using a washing machine
33.
According to Booker T. Washington, what would help African Americans gain equality?
a)
Learning skills and trades.
b)
Working longer and harder.
c)
Holding protests and strikes.
d)
Attending meetings and elections.
34.
Who believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?
a)
W.E.B. DuBois
b)
George Washington
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
William Lloyd Douglas
35.
Which person accepted segregation?
a)
W.E.B. DuBois
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
d)
William Lloyd Douglass
36.
What process turned iron ore into steel?
a)
Bessemer Process
b)
Best Process
c)
Steel Process
d)
Iron Process
37.
37. What city grew because of railroads?
a)
St. Louis
b)
Detroit
c)
Denver
d)
Chicago
38.
The most famous political machine boss was
a)
Boss Twin
b)
Boss Thomas
c)
Boss Tweed
d)
Boss Todd
39.
What city did the most famous political boss control?
a)
Chicago
b)
New York City
c)
Pittsburgh
d)
Boston
40.
All of these are reasons people immigrated to the United States EXCEPT
a)
To see the Statue of Liberty
b)
Escape oppressive governments
c)
Religious freedom
d)
Adventure
41.
The most famous settlement house was opened in what city?
a)
Chicago
b)
Detroit
c)
New York City
d)
Pittsburgh
42.
What is Thomas Nast inferring in this political cartoon?
a)
Many people voted in elections.
b)
Not many people voted in elections.
c)
Police made sure that voting was honest
d)
Political machines influenced local elections.
43.
The picture above is an example of what?
a)
A tenement
b)
An industry
c)
An invention
d)
A settlement house
44.
Which immigrant group was kept out of the United States by an exclusion act?
a)
German
b)
Italian
c)
United States
d)
Chinese
45.
A viral infection that attacks your respiratory system
a)
Tuberculosis
b)
Influenza
c)
Cholera
d)
Typhoid fever
46.
Serious disease that is spread by contaminated food and water
a)
Tuberculosis
b)
Influenza
c)
Cholera
d)
Typhoid fever
47.
Strike that stopped railway traffic
a)
Homestead
b)
Haymarket
c)
Pullman
d)
Jefferson
48.
Steel strike in Pennsylvania where many were killed?
a)
Homestead
b)
Haymarket
c)
Pullman
d)
Jefferson
49.
Muckraker who wrote the Jungle exposing the problems in the meat industry.
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Ida Wells
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Jacob Riis
50.
What does suffrage mean?
a)
Suffering
b)
Punishment
c)
Vote
d)
Argue
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