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Industrialization, Urbanization, & Immigration

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This person was famous for his monopoly on the oil industry:

a)

John D. Rockefeller.

b)

Andrew Carnegie.

c)

Cornelius Vanderbilt.

d)

J.P. Morgan

2.

New Immigrants came from...

a)

Southern & Eastern Europe.

b)

Middle East.

c)

Northern & Western Europe.

d)

Northern Africa.

3.

Angel Island is known for...

a)

European Immigration.

b)

African Immigration.

c)

Asian Immigration.

d)

Central American Immigration.

4.

Identify PUSH factors for US immigration:

a)

religious freedom

b)

religious persecution

c)

political freedom

d)

mandatory military service

e)

disease/famine/war

5.

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

6.

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

a)

tenure

b)

tenement

c)

skyscraper

d)

graft

7.
Define a monopoly.
a)
A card game
b)
businesses that are owned by investors
c)
A company controls all or most of businesses in an industry.
d)
Poor families
8.
What were some problems that the people in factories encountered?
a)
long hours, good pay
b)
Low wages, long hours, dangerous
c)
dangerous, long hours, good pay
d)
low wages, good hours. dangerous
9.

Who invented the 1st practical light bulb?

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Eli Whitney

10.

To win elections, political machines depended mainly on the ____________ of the immigrants.

a)

jobs

b)

votes

c)

housing

d)

language

11.

The growth of cities is called ________.

a)

Suburbanization

b)

Industrialization

c)

Urbanization

12.

One of the most famous political machines in NYC was led by _____________________.

a)

Boss Springsteen

b)

Boss Tweed

c)

Boss Smith

d)

Boss Deed

13.

Tenements in NYC were often ___________________.

a)

overcrowded and dirty

b)

spacious but dirty

c)

overcrowded but clean

d)

spacious and clean

14.

________________ reduced the need for farm labor and increased production. This process replaced people with machines. Example Mechanical Reaper

a)

Industrialization

b)

Urbanization

c)

Immigration

d)

Mechanization

15.

This island is were most European immigrants arrived when they first entered the United States

a)

Angel Island

b)

Kelley's Island

c)

Gilligan's Island

d)

Ellis Island

16.

Poor city neighborhoods where people shared the same ethnicity, culture, and religion.

a)

Burrito

b)

House

c)

Tenement

d)

Ghetto

17.
The most important invention/improvement responsible for the growth of American industry 
a)
factories
b)
railroads
c)
corporations
d)
telephone
18.

Why was the Assembly Line important?

a)

It helped reduce costs and made work go faster

b)

It made work go faster but increased costs

c)

Only people with experience could work it

d)

It was a very slow job that cost more money than it made

19.

What is industrialization?

a)

Factory work not farm work.

b)

moving to a new country

c)

learning English

20.

· Hope for better opportunities

· Desire for religious freedom

· Escape from oppressive governments

· Desire for adventure


These are all...

a)

Reasons for the increase in immigration

b)

Reasons for westward expansion

c)

Reasons for Native Americans to move to reservations

d)

Reasons to move to the Great Plains

21.

Which city was known for the steel industry?

a)

Chicago

b)

Pittsburgh

c)

New England

d)

Detroit

22.

Which city was known for the automobile industry?

a)

Chicago

b)

Pittsburgh

c)

New England

d)

Detroit

23.

Which city was known for Meat Packing ?

a)

Chicago

b)

New England

c)

Pittsburgh

d)

Detroit

24.

Which industry is located in the New England area?

a)

Meat packing

b)

Railroads

c)

Textiles

d)

Automobiles

25.

Workers organized into these___________ to fight for better working conditions and higher wages

a)

industries

b)

schools

c)

labor unions

d)

cities

26.

The person who invented the assembly line in order to make more cars quickly is...

a)

The Wright Brothers

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

27.
Using machinery to replace manual labor is called...?
a)
Oppressive
b)
Urbanization
c)
Mechanization
d)
Iron Man
28.

Jane Addams founded the first Settlement House called

a)

Hull House

b)

Ellis Station

c)

Halfway House

d)

Addams Home

29.
Which of the following was a major effect of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Poverty was eliminated.
b)
Societies moved from agriculture to industry.
c)
The number of wars between countries decreased.
d)
Unemployment increased.
30.
Which groups gained power by helping new immigrants in the United States during the late 1800s?
a)
Labor Unions
b)
Big Business
c)
Political Machines
d)
Settlement Houses
31.

Steamships and railroads were this man’s monopolies.

a)

J P Morgan

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

e)

John D. Rockefeller

32.

If an immigrant family was in need of housing, jobs, and other essentials, then where would they most likely get help?

a)

City Welfare Offices

b)

The Sheriff Department

c)

The President

d)

Settlement Houses

33.

Why did Americans dislike the New Immigrants?

a)

They believed they would take their jobs

b)

They were jealous of the immigrants' living conditions

c)

They thought that immigrants would buy all of the companies

d)

They thought immigrants would form labor unions

34.

How did William "Boss" Tweed gain popularity and rise to power?

a)

attending to the housing and job needs of immigrants

b)

managing money in a clear and honest way

c)

making sure elections were ran without voter fraud

d)

reporting anyone who used the tactic of bribery

35.

Select TWO key factors that influenced the growth of Big Business

a)

lack of labor

b)

access to raw materials and resources

c)

goods could only be sold in local markets

d)

advancements in advertising

36.

What factor(s) promoted industrial growth?

a)

inventions

b)

largw workforce of immigrant workers

c)

access to raw materials through the railroad

d)

all of the above

37.

Ellis Island process European immigrants from countries like Germany whereas Angel Island processed Asian immigrants from countries like

a)

Hungary

b)

Italy

c)

Nigeria

d)

China

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