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USVA: Unit 5 (more questions)

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of the following were main reasons people went west EXCEPT...

a)

Religious freedom

b)

New opportunities

c)

Homestead Act of 1862

d)

Escape discrimination and Jim Crow

2.

What technology enabled settlers to move to the west quickly and cheaply at this time?

a)

Airplanes

b)

Trains

c)

Cars

d)

Stagecoach

3.

Where are the "Old Immigrants" from?

a)

Eastern and Southern Europe

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

Northern and Western Europe

4.

Where are the "New Immigrants" from?

a)

Asia, Eastern Europe, and Southern Europe

b)

South America

c)

Northern and Western Europe

d)

Africa

5.

Where did most immigrants pass through for processing when entering New York?

a)

Staten Island

b)

Manhattan Island

c)

Brooklyn

d)

Ellis Island

6.

What service played an important role in the assimilation of immigrants to American Society?

a)

Factory life

b)

Tenement buildings

c)

Public schools

d)

Labor unions

7.

All of the following exemplify Americans' dislike of immigrants EXCEPT...

a)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

Chinese Exclusion Act

c)

Immigration Restriction Act

d)

Resentment and prejudice

8.

During the mid-1800s, what was one reason some citizens of the US were against immigration?

a)

Immigrants had more money than American citizens

b)

Immigrants did not practice Catholicism

c)

Immigrants accepted jobs for lower pay

d)

Immigrants refused to become US citizens

9.

After the Civil War, which group of individuals chose to move west for new opportunities?

a)

Women

b)

African-Americans

c)

Northern Industrialists

d)

American Indians

10.

What were the goals of the Progressive Era?

a)

People should have more say in government

b)

Government should regulate businesses

c)

Eliminate social injustices

d)

Government should not help the people

11.

Which amendment established the direct election of senators by the people?

a)

18th

b)

21st

c)

17th

d)

19th

12.

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

a)

18th

b)

21st

c)

19th

d)

17th

13.

Which amendment prohibited alcohol?

a)

18th

b)

21st

c)

17th

d)

19th

14.

Which amendment ended the prohibition of alcohol?

a)

18th

b)

21st

c)

19th

d)

17th

15.

The Great Migration of the early 20th century refers to the movement of --

a)

African Americans from the South to northern cities

b)

European immigrants to western cities

c)

European immigrants to northeastern cities

d)

African-Americans from the Midwest to eastern cities

16.

Who was the reporter who exposed illegal actions committed by the Standard Oil Company?

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Ida B. Wells

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Upton Sinclair

17.

Which robber baron bought out Carnegie Steel and renamed it US Steel?

a)

Vanderbilt

b)

J.P. Morgan

c)

Carnegie

d)

Rockefeller

18.

What was the name of the cheap, efficient process for making steel?

a)

Bessemer Process

b)

Assembly Line

c)

Mechanical Reaper

d)

Melting Pot Assimilation

19.

Who invented the assembly line?

a)

Henry Ford

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

John D. Rockefeller

d)

J.P. Morgan

20.

Who ran the Standard Oil Company?

a)

Henry Ford

b)

Vanderbilt

c)

John D. Rockefeller

d)

Andrew Carnegie

21.

Who built a steel mill empire?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Vanderbilt

c)

John D. Rockefeller

d)

J.P. Morgan

22.

What is the name of the idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs?

a)

Nativism

b)

Melting Pot Assimilation

c)

Bessemer Process

d)

Laissez-faire

23.

What is the name of American who feared immigrants would take their jobs and impose their beliefs on society?

a)

Nativists

b)

Old Immigrants

c)

Robber Barons

d)

Muckrakers