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APUSH Chapter 25

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
1.In the late 1800s, which factor directly contributed to the growth of the steel industry?
a)
(1) government regulation of the industry
b)
(2) employee ownership of the industry
c)
(3) new production techniques that increased efficiency
d)
(4) court decisions that allowed collective bargaining
2.
2. Most nativists of the late 1800s would most likely have supported the
a)
(1) creation of settlement houses to aid new immigrants
b)
(2) passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act
c)
(3) continuation of the contract labor system
d)
(4) assimilation of Native American Indians into mainstream culture
3.
3. Which statement best expresses the melting pot theory as it relates to American society?
a)
(1) Only European immigrants will be allowed into the United States.
b)
(2) All immigrant groups will maintain their separate cultures.
c)
(3) Different cultures will blend to form a uniquely American culture.
d)
(4) Immigrant ghettos will develop in urban areas.
4.
4. Between 1880 and 1920, the majority of the “new” immigrants to the United States came from
a)
(1) northern and western Europe
b)
(2) southern and eastern Europe
c)
(3) Canada and Latin America
d)
(4) China and Southeast Asia
5.
5. Immigration laws passed during the 1920s changed United States policy by
a)
(1) establishing immigration quotas
b)
(2) allowing only skilled workers into the country
c)
(3) favoring immigration from Asia
d)
(4) encouraging an increase in immigration to the United States
6.

These provided basic services for immigrants and the poor, in exchange for their votes.

a)

Big business leaders

b)

Political "bosses" and "political machines"

c)

The Homestead Act

d)

"Push" and "Pull" factors

7.

Reasons why immigrants leave or come to another country are known as:

a)

The Homestead Act

b)

Immigration

c)

"Push" and "Pull" factors

d)

Ethnic ghettos

8.

The rapid growth of big cities during the Gilded Age was known as:

a)

Urbanization

b)

Ruralization

c)

Factory work

d)

Minimum wage

9.

Which group opposed immigration during the Gilded Age?

a)

Ranchers

b)

Farmers

c)

Big business leaders

d)

Nativists

10.

Overcrowded city areas where like immigrants who share the same language lived were called:

a)

Homesteads

b)

Factories

c)

Ethnic ghettos

d)

Ranches

11.

Which was the first federal law restricting immigration?

a)

The German Exclusion Act

b)

The Chinese Exclusion Act

c)

The Irish Exclusion Act

d)

The Native American Exclusion Act

12.

"New Immigrants" predominately came from where?

a)

Germany

b)

Ireland

c)

Southeastern Europe

d)

Mexico

13.

Many poor people who lived in overcrowded cities lived in poorly kept housing called:

a)

Tenements

b)

Skyscrapers

c)

Factories

d)

Huts

14.

The powerful political boss who controlled New York City was:

a)

Boss Tweed

b)

Rockefeller

c)

Carnegie

d)

Vanderbilt

15.

Ideas such as "Americanization," "melting pot," and "assimilation" described which of the following?

a)

a way to find jobs for immigrants

b)

a way to integrate immigrants into American society

c)

a way to exclude immigrants

d)

a way to deport immigrants