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Unit 1 US History Review

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are characteristics of Old immigrants?

a)

speaks English

b)

from Eastern and Southern Europe

c)

from Northern and Western Europe

d)

were often Jewish or Catholic

e)

spoke little to no English

2.

Which of the following are characteristics of New immigrants?

a)

speaks English

b)

from Eastern and Southern Europe

c)

from Northern and Western Europe

d)

were usually Jewish or Catcholic

e)

spoke little to no English

3.

What kind of immigrants did not blend well with society? (Old or New?)

(a)  

4.

Conflict between the interests of workers and business owners such as pay and working hours caused workers to go on (a)   .

5.

What type of integration is pictured here?

(a)  

6.

What type of integration is pictured here?

(a)  

7.

Terrible living conditions in the cities were in run down buildings called _________________

a)

ethnic enclaves

b)

apartments

c)

tenements

d)

shacks

8.

Counting votes and rigging elections was mainly done by _______________________.

a)

tenements

b)

ethnic enclaves

c)

immigrants

d)

political machines

9.

What social change in America made it easier for political machines to rig elections?

a)

Pendleton Act

b)

Growth of cities

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Gilded Age

10.

Who was the senator who gained control of the New York City government through granting favors to immigrants.

a)

William "Boss" Tweed

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

John D. Rockefeller

d)

Teddy Roosevelt

11.

Who tended to have more power in the US than the government?

a)

immigrants

b)

monopolists

c)

industrialists

d)

labor unions

12.

The Credit Mobilier Scandal revealed that the railroad company had...?

a)

worked with Boss Tweed

b)

made honest business deals

c)

betrayed the trust of the people

d)

reformed the slums

13.

What event was the cause of poor working conditions in America?

a)

Gilded Age

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

The Pendleton Act

d)

Agricultural Revolution

14.

Critics of labor unions would label them as...?

a)

Communists

b)

Dictators

c)

Socialists

d)

Anarchists

15.

The Knights of Labor failed because they...?

a)

supported too many workers

b)

abandoned the independent worker

c)

did not fight for workers' rights

d)

got involved in too many riots

16.

What is an example of an ethnic enclave?

a)

Hopkinsville

b)

New York City

c)

Little Italy

d)

Boston

17.

Why did America limit Chinese immigration the Chinese Exclusion Act?

a)

competition over jobs

b)

they didn't speak English

c)

their culture threatened America

d)

they were stealing money from banks

18.

When someone believes that immigrants should be restricted because they take away jobs they are a _________________.

a)

communist

b)

nativist

c)

socialist

d)

anarchist

19.

________________ caused farm labor to decrease.

a)

Farm machinery/factory production

b)

Bad harvests

c)

use of pesticides

d)

famine

20.

What is the name of the philosophy of what Andrew Carnegie believe a rich man should do with his wealth before he dies?

a)

Gospel of Wealth

b)

Pendleton Act

c)

Haymarket Square

d)

Spoils system

21.

Check the boxes that fill in the blanks below: America changing into an industrial societywould lead to an (increase or decrease) in immigrants because (_____)?

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

jobs/opportunity for a better life

d)

poor working conditions

22.

True or False: Wealth was mainly in the hands of the few during the Gilded Age.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Why did workers join labor unions during the Gilded Age?

a)

to have a voice in their job

b)

to fight for better working conditions

c)

to fight for higher wages

d)

all of the above

24.

True or False: Knights of Labor supported skilled and unskilled workers while the American Federation of Labor only supported skilled workers.

a)

True

b)

False