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2. Gilded Age Section B

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the founder of Hull House, which provided English lessons for immigrants, daycares, and child care classes

a)

Emma Lazarus

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Hetty Green

d)

Andrew Carnegie

2.

Granddaughter of German Jews; wrote "The New Colossus"; wanted immigrants to come to America; glad to accept them and welcome them into the country

a)

Emma Lazarus

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Hetty Green

d)

Andrew Carnegie

3.

What were the cottages by the sea?

a)

Nativist meeting houses

b)

Settlement Houses

c)

run down apartments in the center of cities where the poor and immigrants often lived

d)

Mansions in Newport RI that were used for a short period each summer

4.

What is a tenement?

a)

Nativist meeting houses

b)

Settlement Houses

c)

run down apartments in the center of cities where the poor and immigrants often lived

d)

Mansions in Newport RI that were used for a short period each summer

5.

Positive conditions and perceptions that effectively attract people to new locales from other areas

a)

Push factor

b)

Pull factor

c)

Acculturation

d)

Assimilation

6.

Incentives for potential migrants to leave a place, such as a harsh climate, economic recession, or political turmoil.

a)

Push factor

b)

Pull factor

c)

Acculturation

d)

Assimilation

7.

the blending of cultures

a)

Push factor

b)

Pull factor

c)

Acculturation

d)

Assimilation

8.

Surrendering an old culture and adopting a new one.

a)

Push factor

b)

Pull factor

c)

Acculturation

d)

Assimilation

9.

writing that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers

a)

Realist Writers

b)

Yellow Journalism

c)

Local Color

d)

Vaudeville

10.

the customs, manner of speech, dress, or other typical features of a place or period that contribute to its particular character

a)

Realist Writers

b)

Yellow Journalism

c)

Local Color

d)

Vaudeville

11.

wrote novels that portrayed the world as it was

a)

Realist Writers

b)

Yellow Journalism

c)

Local Color

d)

Vaudeville

12.

A type of inexpensive variety show that first appeared in the 1870s, often consisting of comic sketches, song-and-dance routines, and magic acts

a)

Ragtime

b)

Yellow Journalism

c)

Local Color

d)

Vaudeville

13.

A type of music featuring melodies with shifting accents over a steady, marching-band beat; originated among black musicians in the south and midwest in the 1880s

a)

Ragtime

b)

Yellow Journalism

c)

Local Color

d)

Vaudeville

14.

What is a quota?

a)

a limited or fixed number or amount of people or things, in particular.

b)

A law that denies all immigrants entry to the US.

c)

A practice used by journalists.

d)

An agreement to keep the Japanese from entered the country.

15.

What is a nativist?

a)

People born in the United States that welcomed immigrants

b)

Labor union leaders whom wanted new members

c)

American businessmen who wanted immigrant labor

d)

Americans who feared that immigrants would take jobs and impose their beliefs on society

16.

immigrants who had come to the US before the 1880s from Britain, Germany, Ireland, and Scandinavia, or Northern and Western Europe

a)

Steerage

b)

Old Immigrants

c)

New Immigrants

d)

Pogroms

17.

immigrants who had come to the US after the 1880s from southern and eastern Europe as well as Asia

a)

Steerage

b)

Old Immigrants

c)

New Immigrants

d)

Pogroms

18.

Which of the following banned an ethnic group from entering the US for a period of ten years?

a)

quota

b)

Gentleman's Agreement

c)

Steerage

d)

Chinese Exclusion Act

19.

Government supported attacks against Jews in Russia

a)

Pogroms

b)

Potato Famine

c)

Quotas

d)

Steerage