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Worksheets2. Gilded Age Section B
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
the founder of Hull House, which provided English lessons for immigrants, daycares, and child care classes
Emma Lazarus
Jane Addams
Hetty Green
Andrew Carnegie
Granddaughter of German Jews; wrote "The New Colossus"; wanted immigrants to come to America; glad to accept them and welcome them into the country
Emma Lazarus
Jane Addams
Hetty Green
Andrew Carnegie
What were the cottages by the sea?
Nativist meeting houses
Settlement Houses
run down apartments in the center of cities where the poor and immigrants often lived
Mansions in Newport RI that were used for a short period each summer
What is a tenement?
Nativist meeting houses
Settlement Houses
run down apartments in the center of cities where the poor and immigrants often lived
Mansions in Newport RI that were used for a short period each summer
Positive conditions and perceptions that effectively attract people to new locales from other areas
Push factor
Pull factor
Acculturation
Assimilation
Incentives for potential migrants to leave a place, such as a harsh climate, economic recession, or political turmoil.
Push factor
Pull factor
Acculturation
Assimilation
the blending of cultures
Push factor
Pull factor
Acculturation
Assimilation
Surrendering an old culture and adopting a new one.
Push factor
Pull factor
Acculturation
Assimilation
writing that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers
Realist Writers
Yellow Journalism
Local Color
Vaudeville
the customs, manner of speech, dress, or other typical features of a place or period that contribute to its particular character
Realist Writers
Yellow Journalism
Local Color
Vaudeville
wrote novels that portrayed the world as it was
Realist Writers
Yellow Journalism
Local Color
Vaudeville
A type of inexpensive variety show that first appeared in the 1870s, often consisting of comic sketches, song-and-dance routines, and magic acts
Ragtime
Yellow Journalism
Local Color
Vaudeville
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
Ragtime
Yellow Journalism
Local Color
Vaudeville
What is a quota?
a limited or fixed number or amount of people or things, in particular.
A law that denies all immigrants entry to the US.
A practice used by journalists.
An agreement to keep the Japanese from entered the country.
What is a nativist?
People born in the United States that welcomed immigrants
Labor union leaders whom wanted new members
American businessmen who wanted immigrant labor
Americans who feared that immigrants would take jobs and impose their beliefs on society
immigrants who had come to the US before the 1880s from Britain, Germany, Ireland, and Scandinavia, or Northern and Western Europe
Steerage
Old Immigrants
New Immigrants
Pogroms
immigrants who had come to the US after the 1880s from southern and eastern Europe as well as Asia
Steerage
Old Immigrants
New Immigrants
Pogroms
Which of the following banned an ethnic group from entering the US for a period of ten years?
quota
Gentleman's Agreement
Steerage
Chinese Exclusion Act
Government supported attacks against Jews in Russia
Pogroms
Potato Famine
Quotas
Steerage
