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Unit 1: Rise of Industrialization (Review)

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The star is on which immigration station?

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Angel Island

2.

The star is on which immigration station?

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Angel Island

3.

The star is on which city?

a)

Chicago

b)

Pittsburgh

c)

Boston

d)

Nashville

4.

The star is on which city?

a)

Chicago

b)

Boston

c)

Pittsburgh

d)

Nashville

5.

The star is on which city?

a)

Chicago

b)

Boston

c)

Pittsburgh

d)

Nashville

6.

The Homestead Act attempted to promote development of western lands by

a)

creating a system of dams for crop migration

b)

removing all restrictions on immigration

c)

placing Native Americans on reservations

d)

providing free land to settlers

7.
Which of these amendments gives citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
18th Amendment
8.
The 13th Amendment ...
a)
banned slavery
b)
grants voting rights
c)
grants citizenship and equal protection
d)
restores Confederate rights
9.

What amendment grants all citizens equal protection of the laws?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

10.
The white terrorist group that attacked Blacks and white republicans to restore Democratic control in the South was the--
a)
Kappa Kappa Kappa
b)
Redeemers
c)
Pure Race Fraternity 
d)
Ku Klux Klan
11.
Hayes agreed to remove federal troops from the South in order to win the Presidency in the Election of 1876. This--
a)
started Reconstruction
b)
got him impeached
c)
made Southern Democrats angry
d)
ended Reconstruction
12.
Many southern states passed laws after the Compromise of 1877.  The laws that legalized the segregation of whites and blacks were called--
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Reconstruction
13.
Nativism is
a)
the idea that Native Americans should have more land
b)
the distrust of immigrants by Americans
c)
a fear of radical ideas
d)
hatred of all people by Native Americans
14.

What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?

a)

Letting Chinese in America with open arms

b)

Banning Chinese people from immigrating to the United States for 10 years

c)

The Europeans taking over China

15.

What did Nativists believe?

a)

Immigrants threatened the American way of Life and Democracy.

b)

White Protestants were superior to other immigrant groups.

c)

Immigrants stole jobs from native born Americans.

d)

All of the above.

16.

Why did immigrants often live in neighborhoods with others from their homelands?

a)

It was illegal to live anywhere else

b)

They didn't want to be in the US

c)

It made their adjustment to their new life easier

d)

No other housing was available

17.

Which is an example of the idea of assimilation?

a)

Native Americans following their ancient religious traditions.

b)

German immigrants learning to speak English.

c)

The development of ethnic neighborhoods like "Chinatown".

18.

An agricultural system in the South in which a landowner provided a newly freed person access to land, equipment, and supplies in exchange for part of the crops produced was

a)

nativism

b)

assimilation.

c)

sharecropping

d)

tenant farming

19.
The first railroad to cross the United States was the....
a)
Union Pacific Railroad
b)
Central Pacific Railroad
c)
Missouri Railroad
d)
Transcontinental Railroad
20.

Who benefited the most from Jane Addams's work to create settlement houses in major cities?

a)

Battered women.

b)

Poor Immigrants.

c)

Business Owners.

d)

Homeless toddlers.

21.
War, poverty, and discrimination are all examples of.......
a)
Pull Factors
b)
Push Factors
c)
Jump Factors
d)
Falling Factors
22.
Economic opportunities, religious freedom, and political and social equality are all examples of...
a)
Push Factors
b)
Pull Factors
c)
Falling Factors
d)
Jump Factors
23.

Which person would most likely be a "new immigrant" during the late 19th century?

a)

A farmer from Sweden

b)

A Catholic from Italy

c)

A merchant from England

d)

A Protestant from Germany

24.

Which of the following women was the first African-American female millionaire?

a)

Madam CJ Walker

b)

Ida B Wells

c)

Shirley Chisolm

d)

Mary Jackson

25.

His inventions included the electric light bulb, phonograph, and kinetograph.

a)

Christopher Sholes

b)

Henry Bessemer

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Thomas Alva Edison

26.
The man responsible for founding the biggest steel corporation in the US during the period 1865-1900 was
a)
JP Morgan
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
27.
The biggest oil company in the US during the period 1865-1900 was created by 
a)
JP Morgan
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
28.
The inventor of the telephone in 1876 was
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Nicola Tesla
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Eli Whitney
29.
A monopoly is when...
a)
a company makes goods with machines
b)
a company makes goods by hand
c)
a company takes control of a product or service
d)
government takes over a business
30.

What was the main reason for the rise of political machines?

a)

They bribed police officers to ignore crimes

b)

Nativists rigged elections in their favor

c)

Forced unions to keep factories open to low skilled workers

d)

Cities were overcrowded and couldn't get basic services needed for immigrants

31.

Many immigrants and poor families would be forced to live in dirty single room apartments called-

a)

Poor houses

b)

Brothels

c)

Tenements

d)

Debtor Jails

32.

The most famous political machine was Tammany Hall in New York lead by-

a)

Bill the Butcher

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

William "Boss" Tweed

d)

John D Rockefeller

33.
This political cartoonist made it his mission to bring down Boss Tweed.
a)
George Plunkitt
b)
Roscoe Conkling
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Thomas Nast
34.

In the late nineteenth century, the "bosses" of urban political machines often________________.

a)

accepted bribes in return for favors

b)

wasted money on military spending

c)

denied voting rights to the poor

d)

discriminated against migrant workers

35.

How do you feel about the Unit 1 Test?

a)

Totally lost

b)

Okay, I really need to study

c)

Pretty good! I have a few things to review

d)

Confident!