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Industrialization and Immigration

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
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
3.
Which of the following occurred as a result of the Sherman Antitrust Act?
a)
Workers secured a greater share of company profits
b)
The influence of labor unions on factory owners was reduced
c)
The federal government could dissolve business monopolies
d)
Businesses were required to pay fees to open overseas locations
4.
Immigration push factors are…
a)
reasons people come to a new place
b)
reasons people leave their homelands
c)
reasons people begin working
d)
reasons people stop working
5.
 Immigration  pull factors are…
a)
reasons people come to a new place
b)
reasons people leave their homelands
c)
reasons people begin working
d)
reasons people stop working
6.
What was the west coast version of Ellis Island?
a)
San Fransisco Bay
b)
Heaven Island
c)
Angel Island
d)
Asian Island
7.
What was the first Immigration Law in the United States?
a)
Italian Exclusion Act of 1882
b)
Irish Exclusion Act of 1882
c)
Japanese Exclusion Act of 1882
d)
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
8.
Where did most immigrants live? 
a)
Most lived in farming communities
b)
Most lived in the suburbs
c)
Most lived in big cities
d)
Most lived around lakes
9.

How did the development of the factory system encourage urbanization?

a)

Manufacturers produced goods to export overseas.

b)

Labor unions were formed to protect mill workers.

c)

Workers moved closer to manufacturing centers.

d)

Industrialists invested in cotton plantations.

10.
What is urbanization?
a)
The movement of people from urban to rural areas
b)
Cities
c)
Farm towns
d)
The movement of people from rural to urban areas
11.
unfair negative opinion about a group of people
a)
prejudice
b)
labor union
c)
strike
d)
investor
12.
Which group of immigrants came to the United States via Ellis Island and settled mostly along the EAST coast?
a)
European
b)
Asian
c)
African
d)
Indian
13.
Which group of immigrants came to the United States via Angel Island and settled mostly along the WEST coast?
a)
European
b)
Asian
c)
African
d)
Indian
14.
Was the promise of religious, social, and political freedom a push or pull factor?
a)
Push
b)
Pull
15.
Was plentiful work opportunities a push or pull factor for immigrants?
a)
Push
b)
Pull
16.
Andrew Carnegie is known for which of the following?
a)
inventing a new method for making steel
b)
building a huge steel empire
c)
building oil refineries
d)
forming Westinghouse Electric Company
17.
What were two major problems faced by people living in cities?
a)
Too many jobs to choose from and overcrowding
b)
Healthy living conditions and people did not shower
c)
Overcrowding and sanitation problems
d)
Animals on the loose from the zoo and insects and rats
18.
Explain the impact electricity had on factories.
a)
Factories had to close down early.
b)
Factories could remain open 24 hours a day.
c)
People began moving back to the countryside.
d)
People could only go to the factories in the morning.
19.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
a)
To change from farming to industry and manufacturing
b)
To change from industry and manufacturing to shipping and trade
c)
To change from industry and manufacturing to farming 
d)
To change from farming to shipping and trade
20.

Which of the following is a "push" factor in immigration?

a)

war

b)

poverty

c)

religious and political prejudice

d)

all of the above

21.
Child labor is ANY work done by children under the age of
a)
16
b)
13
c)
12
d)
10
22.
The number one cause of child labor is:
a)
No Education
b)
Factory Work
c)
Poverty
d)
Sweatshops
23.
Which of the following BEST explains  the mental impact of child labor?
a)
children were losing limbs and lives
b)
children did not get an education
c)
children did not have any social skills
d)
children were working long hours
24.
Which of the following BEST explains the social impact of child labor
a)
America had a booming economy
b)
America had little racial issues
c)
America had people making good money in good labor conditions
d)
America had a generation(s) of people unable to read and write
25.

True or false: Children who worked were kept safe and away from dangerous equipment.

a)

False

b)

True

26.

Did children earn a lot of money working during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Yes; they were paid like adults

b)

No; they were paid less than adults

27.

A person who purchases goods and services for personal use

a)

consumer

b)

competition

28.

the struggle among companies tax for the dollars of consumers

a)

competition

b)

consumer

29.
What device did Alexander Graham Bell create that changed communications forever?
a)
telephone
b)
telegraph
c)
Internet
d)
electrical services
30.
The airplane was invented by:
a)
The Wright Brothers
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Mercedes Benz
31.
The Bessemer process, invented by Henry Bessemer, was created to produce...
a)
cotton
b)
peanuts
c)
steel
d)
electricity
32.
Who invented the telegraph in 1840?
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
John Deer
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
John Montressor
33.
Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan were sometimes called 'robber barons' because
a)
they robbed from the rich and gave to the poor
b)
they stole money from the government
c)
they made risky investments
d)
they used ruthless (cruel, uncaring) business practices
34.
  Which groups influenced the  Pure Food and Drug Act?
a)
muckrakers and women's organizations
b)
college students
c)
farmers and pastors
d)
unions and lawyers
35.
A modern day muckraker would be a:
a)
police man/woman
b)
politician
c)
farmer
d)
reporter/journalist
36.

What did the Sherman Anti-Trust Law accomplish?

a)

allowed businesses to open overseas

b)

allowed trusts to expand

c)

forced businesses to share profits with workers

d)

government dissolves monopolies

37.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony are best known for

a)

popular singing duo

b)

fighting lynching

c)

settlement houses in Chicago

d)

women's suffrage

38.
The ________ Amendment outlawed the manufacturing and sale of alcoholic beverages. 
a)
11th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
22nd
39.

a total ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol

a)

prohibition

b)

suffrage

c)

temperance

d)

segregation

40.

A woman who advocates voting rights for women

a)

suffragette

b)

prohibitionist

c)

temperance

d)

bootlegger

41.

to change for the better

a)

temperance

b)

progressive

c)

segregate

d)

reform

42.

the state of being poor

a)

poverty

b)

temperance

c)

suffrage

d)

progressiveness

43.

Amendment which ended the Prohibition of alcohol

a)

18th

b)

19th

c)

21st

44.

True or False: William Taft, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson are all known as Progressive Presidents.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

Which was NOT considered a Progressive Reform?

a)

libraries

b)

public education

c)

prohibition

d)

colleges and universities

e)

the assembly line

46.
Passed in 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act did what?
a)
closed America to Chinese immigrants for the next ten years
b)
welcomed more Chinese immigrants to America to perform hard work
c)
allowed Chinese immigrants, but only under a very strict set of rules
d)
closed America to Chinese immigrants for three years then allowed a few at a time
47.
This law specifically barred Chinese laborers from entering the US, and was in place for more than 60 years.
a)
The Chinese Exclusion Act
b)
The Ban on Foreign Labor Act
c)
The Asian Immigration Act
d)
The Chinese Labor Law

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