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Chapter 21: Urban Society

Total questions: 139

Worksheet time: 9hrs 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what ways did immigrants maintain their own cultural heritage despite living in a new country?

a)

Immigrants lived in neighborhoods with people of the same nationality.

b)

Immigrants published newspapers written in their native language.

c)

Immigrants continued the same religions & holidays as their native country.

d)

all of these answers are correct

2.

How were new immigrants different than old immigrants?

a)

they had different education levels

b)

arrived from different countries and practiced different religions.

c)

arrived using different methods.

3.

What were pull factors of immigration?

a)

when immigrants left their home countries due to crop failure

b)

when immigrants fled their home countries due to religious persecution

c)

when immigrants were forced to leave their families behind.

d)

what motivated immigrants to come to America such as hope for a better life

4.

Which of the following was a sport that became increasingly popular among Americans during this time period?

a)

football

b)

basketball

c)

baseball

d)

all of these answers are correct

5.

Which of the following is a reason many immigrants move to cities?

a)

there were more job opportunities there

b)

there was a lot of crime there

c)

farmland was very cheap there

d)

there was a lot of poverty there

6.

What caused the change in American art in this time period?

a)

New transportation methods changed art

b)

The new immigrants painted scenes of their homeland.

c)

After the Civil War, American artists developed their own, uniquely American styles.

d)

New technology changed art.

7.

What push factors caused immigrants to come to the United States?

a)

Religious persecution

b)

plenty of job opportunities

c)

wealth

d)

new land for farms and homes

8.

What were people called who were anti-immigrants?

a)

nativists

b)

polygamists

c)

anarchists

d)

americanists

9.

Which of the following is NOT a reason why some people against immigrants?

a)

blamed immigrants for driving down work wages

b)

blamed immigrants for taking jobs

c)

blamed immigrants for crime in cities

d)

the feared the growth of cities

10.

What was the reason for the building of skyscrapers?

a)

to show America's power

b)

to create jobs for construction workers

c)

population was growing and there was limited space

11.

What was a tenement?

a)

a building in a city where several families rented rooms

b)

an agreement made between a corporation and it's shareholders

c)

an area on a farm where the farm help lived

d)

a person who is scared to do something

12.

Which of the following does NOT accurately describe life in a tenement?

a)

it was filthy

b)

it was overcrowded

c)

it was in the slums

d)

it was very sanitary

13.

What was the new social class that developed during this time period (early 1900's)?

a)

poor

b)

rich

c)

middle class

d)

none of these answers are correct

14.

Residential areas that sprang up outside city centers were called...

a)

urban centers

b)

rural areas

c)

suburbs

d)

all of these answers are correct

15.

Which of the following accurately describes African American education in the early 1900's?

a)

African Americans received the same quality education as white students

b)

African Americans received the best education in the South

c)

African Americans that attended school were segregated from white students

16.

What did the 1862 Morrill Act create?

a)

land-grant colleges

b)

tenements for people in need

c)

athletic scholarships for student athletes in college

d)

college scholarships for women

17.

Which of the following best describes Booker T. Washington?

a)

Founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama (African American University)

b)

Became unofficial leader and voice of African American community from 1890- 1915

c)

Believed equality for AA came from education, not directly fighting the policies

d)

all of these answers are correct

18.

What was yellow journalism?

a)

when journalists exaggerated and sensationalized news for the purpose of increasing paper sales.

b)

when journalists used different colors on the front of newspapers for the purpose of increasing paper sales

c)

when people from different countries created their own newspapers based on their own cultures

19.

Where did Native Americans receive their education?

a)

on reservations

b)

in public schools with the general public

c)

they didn't receive an education

d)

in schools with African Americans

20.

Which of the following was NOT a NEW type of music style that became popular during this time period?

a)

marching band

b)

jazz

c)

rag time

d)

disco

21.

What type of jobs did most immigrants get when they moved to the US?

a)

Factory jobs and manual labor jobs

b)

doctors

c)

teachers

d)

farming

22.

What does emigrate mean?

a)

to leave one's homeland to live somewhere else

b)

people who share a common culture or heritage

c)

to remain in your homeland

d)

inexpensive quarters for passengers below deck on a ship

23.

What does assimilate mean?

a)

to become part of a larger culture

b)

to move to a new country

c)

anti-immigrant

d)

to hire people for jobs

24.

A highly populated, poor, rundown, urban area is called a ______________

a)

suburb

b)

slum

c)

skyscraper

d)

settlement house

25.

An American music style combining work songs, gospel music, spirituals, and African rhythms is called ______________.

a)

marching band

b)

jazz

c)

vaudeville

d)

all of the above

26.

By 1914, most states required children to have...

a)

jobs

b)

some schooling

c)

music lessons

d)

art lessons

27.

To become part of a larger group (for this unit, specifically American Culture).

a)

Assimilate

b)

Tenement

c)

Nativist

d)

Recruit

28.

A place in large cities where people get assistance with social problems and challenges related to urban life.

a)

Settlement House

b)

Tenement

c)

Skyscraper

d)

Land-Grant College

29.

A very tall building with many stories

a)

Settlement House

b)

Skyscraper

c)

Tenement

d)

Vaudeville

30.

A building in which several families rent rooms or apartments, often with little sanitation or safety.

a)

Skyscraper

b)

Tenement

c)

Land-Grant College

d)

Slum

31.

State colleges funded by the the sale of lands given to states by the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890.

a)

Vaudeville

b)

Land-Grant College

c)

Yellow Journalism

d)

Recruit

32.

A type of theatrical show, with dancing, singing, comedy, and magic acts.

a)

Ragtime

b)

Jass

c)

Vaudeville

d)

Emigrate

33.

A person who favors those born in his country and is opposed to immigrants.

a)

Middle Class

b)

Emigrate

c)

Nativist

d)

Immigrant

34.

A social class occupied by comfortable but not wealthy people.

a)

Middle Class

b)

Nativist

c)

Recruit

d)

Ethnic Group

35.

A type of music characterized by syncopation in the melody.

a)

Ragtime

b)

Jazz

c)

Hip Hop

d)

Swing

36.

To leave one's country or homeland and settle in another.

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

Emigrate

c)

Urban

d)

Slum

37.

To try to sign up or to enlist with a group or job.

a)

Suburb

b)

Jazz

c)

Recruit

d)

Emigrate

38.

A type of journalism based on sensational stories that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to attract readers.

a)

Ragtime

b)

Vaudeville

c)

Spectator Sport

d)

Yellow Journalism

39.

An American music style combining work songs, gospel music, spirituals, and African rhythms.

a)

Rap

b)

Swing

c)

Ragtime

d)

Jazz

40.

People who share a common culture or heritage.

a)

Immigrant

b)

Emigrate

c)

Ethnic Group

d)

Middle Class

41.

A thickly populated city or town.

a)

Suburb

b)

Rural

c)

Urban

d)

Steerage

42.

Poor, crowded, and run-down urban neighborhoods.

a)

Urban

b)

Steerage

c)

Suburb

d)

Slum

43.

A sport played for the entertainment of spectators watching in their free time.

a)

Vaudeville

b)

Spectator Sport

c)

Nickelodeon

d)

Slum

44.

A residential district located on the outskirts of a city.

a)

Suburb

b)

Urban

c)

Rural

d)

Slum

45.

Cramped quarters on a ship's lower decks for passengers paying the lowest fares.

a)

Suburb

b)

Steerage

c)

Slum

d)

Tenement

46.

A way of behaving, thinking, or feeling caused by one's opinions or beliefs.

a)

Attitudes

b)

Philosophy

c)

Isolated

d)

Suburb

47.

To have an impact on or to influence.

a)

Major

b)

Minor

c)

Isolation

d)

Affect

48.

Large, important, or significant.

a)

Major

b)

Minor

c)

Affect

d)

Isolation

49.

Small, less important, less serious.

a)

Major

b)

Minor

c)

Affect

d)

Isolation

50.

A set of ideas and beliefs; a system of values.

a)

Attitudes

b)

Philosophy

c)

Steerage

d)

Isolation

51.

To be set apart or cut off.

a)

Isolation

b)

Philosophy

c)

Affect

d)

Attitude

52.

What country about the same number of immigrants as Great Britain?

a)

Japan

b)

Ireland

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

53.

From what country did the largest number of immigrants come in 1900?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Japan

d)

Ireland

54.

There were more german immigrants than what other group of immigrants?

a)

Irish

b)

British

c)

Italian

55.

Approximately how many immigrants came from Italy in 1900?

a)

10,000

b)

1,000

c)

100,000

d)

30,000

56.

How many immigrants came from Ireland?

a)

More than 30,000

b)

Less than 30,000

c)

Exactly 30,000

57.

There were fewer Irish immigrants than what other group of immigrants?

a)

Italian

b)

Japanese

c)

German

58.

True or False: Native Americans lived in the United States long before other immigrants came.

a)

True

b)

False

59.

Some immigrants came to America for FREEDOM OF RELIGION

a)

True

b)

False

60.

Some immigrants came to America because they did not like the laws of their own country.

a)

True

b)

False

61.

In the early 1900's there were plenty of clean parks for immigrant children to play in New York City.

a)

True

b)

False

62.

Immigrants worked in clean, safe factories and received above average pay.

a)

True

b)

False

63.

8. What was happening in Ireland to "push" many people to come to the United States?

a)

The Great Irish Famine

b)

World War I

c)

Religious persecution

d)

Revolutionary War

64.

What group of people were the ONLY people to live in America before any immigrants came?

a)

English colonists

b)

Portugese sailors

c)

Germans

d)

Native Americans

65.

Many Chinese immigrants settled in California. What pulled Chinese immigrants to the United States?

a)

Transcontinental Railroad

b)

Overcrowding in China

c)

California Gold Rush

d)

Poor government in China

66.

True or False: Immigrants did not face any problems in the United States and were able to live out their dreams.

a)

True

b)

False

67.

True or False: Immigrant children had to work in dangerous conditions and were paid very little.

a)

True

b)

False

68.

True or False: Today we have laws limiting the number of people who may legally immigrate to the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

69.

True or False: Millions of immigrants helped build America.

a)

True

b)

False

70.

A Jewish reporter from Denmark living in New York City wanted to help the poor immigrants living in American cities.

a)

True

b)

False

71.

Why did millions of people leave Italy, Greece, Russia, and Poland between 1880 and 1910?

a)

They were poor

b)

They did not have enough food in their own country

c)

They feared they would be killed because of their religion

d)

All of the above

72.

How was immigrating to the United States different for African Americans?

a)

African Americans were paid to come to the U.S.African

b)

African Americans had dual citizenship between the U.S. and Africa

c)

Africa Americans were forced to come to America as slaves

d)

Africa Americans were pirates and came to steal from the U.S.

73.

In 1848 Mexican in the Southwest became American citizens after __________________________.

a)

the Mexican War

b)

the Civil War

c)

Texas became a state

d)

the Spanish American War

74.

Who wrote the poem at the base of the Statue of Liberty?

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Emma Lazarus

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Upton Sinclair

75.

On what national landmark is the following poem?

a)

Independence Hall

b)

Plymouth Rock

c)
d)
76.

Most immigrants from eastern and southern Europe settled in large eastern US cities because...

a)

farmland was very scarce (not a lot of it)

b)

they were used to big cities in their country

c)

they didn't know how to farm

d)

factory jobs were available for unskilled workers

77.

What was the main message of this poem?

a)

welcome new immigrants to the United States

b)

imprison illegal immigrants

c)

support the immigrant quota system

d)

turn away immigrants who couldn't read

78.

Why did people not like the "new" immigrants

a)

Created labor unions to try and receive higher wages

b)

Tried to replace democracy with their own form of government

c)

They came from very different cultural backgrounds

d)

They were lazy and didn't look for jobs

79.

In 1892 Ellis Island was opened mainly to do what?

a)

defend NY from attack

b)

to process goods shipped from overseas

c)

check the safety of ships passing by

d)

process immigrants arriving from other countries

80.
Many labor unions opposed immigration, arguing that most immigrants
a)
had no marketable skills
b)
would work for low wages
c)
would not join a union
d)
did not understand English
81.
New technology helped farmers produce more crops, which tended to
a)
Lower prices
b)
Raise prices
c)
Raise quality
d)
Lower quality
82.
Nativists wanted to
a)
Group immigrants into their own section of a city
b)
Assimilate immigrants into American Society
c)
Limit or cut off immigration
d)
Convert immigrants to Catholicism
83.
In the early 1860s, Chinese immigrants came to the U.S. to
a)
Escape industrialization in China
b)
Work in factories in St. Louis
c)
Escape religious persecution
d)
Work on the transcontinental railroad
84.

Why do Labor Unions exist?

a)

To negotiate for better wages and working conditions of laborers

b)

To fight against the rights of workers

c)

To support the power of business owners

d)

To sue factories cause they make too many products

85.
Wrote "How the Other Half Lives," describing poverty, crime, and diseases affecting immigrant neighborhoods
a)
Lewis Hine
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Lincoln Steffens
d)
Louis Brandeis
86.
Who was the person who founded the settlement house (Hull House) for the Assimilation and Americanization of the immigrant poor?
a)
Elixabeth Cady Stanton
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Belle Starr
87.
Who was the photographer who revealed to the world how the lower class lived?
a)
Alexander Bell
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
88.

The east coast immigration center

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Angel Island

c)

Long Island

d)

Gillians Island

89.

What did the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 do?

a)

prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the country

b)

prevented cities from hiring Chinese workers

c)

forced Chinese immigrants into ghettos

d)

prevented Chinese immigrants from gaining citizenship

90.

Which best describes the travel accommodations of most immigrants to the US?

a)

spacious and inexpensive

b)

dirty, crowded, and unhealthy

c)

first class cabins

d)

tons of room for them and all of their possessions

91.
Immigration push factors are…
a)
reasons people come to a new place
b)
reasons people leave their homelands
c)
reasons people begin working
d)
reasons people stop working
92.
 Immigration  pull factors are…
a)
reasons people come to a new place
b)
reasons people leave their homelands
c)
reasons people begin working
d)
reasons people stop working
93.

Why were Chinese immigrants discriminated against?

a)

There owned all the businesses in California

b)

They had a lot of money when they came to U.S.

c)

They opened too many restaurants

d)

They held onto their culture (language, food, clothing) & they thought they would take their jobs

94.
What was the first Immigration Law in the United States?
a)
Italian Exclusion Act of 1882
b)
Irish Exclusion Act of 1882
c)
Japanese Exclusion Act of 1882
d)
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
95.
This immigration inspection site was located on the East Coast and opened in 1892.
a)
Angel Island
b)
The Statue of Liberty
c)
Ellis Island
d)
New York City
96.

American is considered the Melting Pot because....

a)

of all the different foods in America.

b)

the government required everyone to be the same.

c)

immigrants coexist and assimilate to be American.

d)

immigrants acculturate and hold onto their own traditions.

97.

Choose the BEST answer... Which group passed laws to decrease the number of immigrants coming to America?

a)

Whites

b)

Immigrants

c)

Nativists

d)

Populists

98.
Where did most immigrants come from in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
a)

Eastern Europe and Southern Europe

b)
China and Japan
c)
Western Europe
d)
Northern and Eastern Europe
99.

Area below a ship’s deck where new immigrants traveled

a)

Steerage

b)

Slums

c)

Tenements

d)

Sweatshops

100.

The busiest immigration processing center on the East Coast

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Angel Island

c)

Long Island

d)

Roosevelt Island

101.

Workplaces with long hours and unhealthy working conditions

a)

sweatshops

b)

nativists

c)

customs

d)

steerage

102.

This banned Chinese people from immigrating to the United States for 10 years

a)

Chinese Exclusion Act

b)

Quota System

c)

Nativity Act

d)

Mr. Banovic Said So Act

103.

This is the name for Americans who feared too many new immigrants were being allowed into the country

a)

Nativists

b)

Conservationists

c)

Native Americans

d)

Democrats

104.
Why did so many people emigrate to the United States?
a)
Escape religious persecution
b)
Wanted to improve their economic situtation.
c)
To experience greater freedoms
d)
All of the above
105.

Immigration from Ireland increased in the 1840's primarily due to what?

a)

Potato crop failure which caused mass starvation

b)

Religious warfare between two different religions

c)

Increased unemployment due to industrialization

d)

A widespread illness was causing many people to get sick and die

106.
Where did most immigrants live? 
a)
Most lived in farming communities
b)
Most lived in the suburbs
c)
Most lived in big cities
d)
Most lived around lakes
107.

Give examples of immigrant "push" factors.

a)

Promise of a better life

b)

War or religious persecution

c)

Religious Freedom

108.
How did immigrants decide to settle where they did?
a)
They settled in warmer climates
b)
They settled near water
c)
They settled by people of similar ethnic backgrounds
d)
They settled where immigrant officials sent them
109.
What problems could arise from immigrant groups living in the same area?
a)
Crime went up in certain areas
b)
There weren't enough jobs in the area
c)
It was harder for the immigrants to blend into Amer.culture.
d)
They couldn't share their culture with each other
110.
Give example of immigrant pull factors?
a)
Overpopulation
b)
Political Persecution
c)
Abundance of Land & job opportunities
d)
War
111.
What challenges did immigrants face in the US?
a)
They were not allowed to practice their religion.
b)
Had trouble learning the language/faced prejudice
c)
Uncomfortable in the large homes in the US
d)
Difficult to study for the citizenship test
112.
Who was the African American scientist who created more than 300 products from peanuts and sweet potatoes?
a)
The Wright Brothers
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
George Washington Carver
d)
Thomas Edison
113.
Most urban working-class families lived in multifamily apartment buildings called
a)
suburbs.
b)
skyscrapers.
c)
tenements.
d)
work houses
114.
False, exaggerated news stories were called - 
a)
yellow journalism
b)
fake news
c)
untrue articles
d)
lies
115.
A theater stage show that featured comedy, singing, dancing, and magic acts.
a)
Ragtime
b)
Nickelodeons
c)
Big Band
d)
Vaudeville
116.

Immigrants worked in clean, safe factories and received above average pay.

a)

True

b)

False

117.

Why did millions of people leave Italy, Greece, Russia, and Poland between 1880 and 1910?

a)

They were poor

b)

They did not have enough food in their own country

c)

They feared they would be killed because of their religion

d)

All of the above

118.

A nativist was a person who

a)

believed in native Americans becoming a powerful group.

b)

believed that immigrants will make this country a better place.

c)

believed that immigrants shouldn't be allowed into the country.

d)

believed in helpful to immigrants.

119.

Tenements were:

a)

run-down and often overcrowded apartment like houses

b)

luxurious living quarters

c)

single family homes

d)

apartments with a 3 BR 2 bath layout

120.

Where did the New Immigrants come from?

a)

Northern/western Europe

b)

Latin America

c)

Asia

d)

Eastern/southern Europe

121.

The process of becoming part of another culture?

a)

assimilation

b)

steerage

c)

anarchist

d)

exclusion

122.

Neighborhoods filled with people from the same country are called

a)

Ethnic neighborhoods

b)

Ghettos

c)

Country districts

d)

China Town

123.

During the late 1800s to early 1900s, the United States ______.

a)

changed from a rural society to an urban one

b)

changed from an urban society to a rural one

c)

replaced all its farms with factories

d)

became a large farming country

124.
By the late 1800s, most immigrants lived in poor, run-down urban neighborhoods called
a)
slums
b)
suburbs
c)
Uptown
d)
ghettos
125.
Middle class families moved to the ________ just outside the cities.
a)
slums
b)
suburbs
c)
villages
d)
towns
126.
Which is not a reason for the development of skyscrapers?
a)
need for offices in a city
b)
need for apartments in a city
c)
saving space on the ground by building upwards
d)
need to see far distances from a high place
127.

A building in which several families rent rooms or apartments, often with little sanitation or safety.

a)

Skyscraper

b)

Tenement

c)

Land-Grant College

d)

Slum

128.

A type of theatrical show, with dancing, singing, comedy, and magic acts.

a)

Ragtime

b)

Jass

c)

Vaudeville

d)

Emigrate

129.

A person who favors those born in his country and is opposed to immigrants.

a)

Middle Class

b)

Emigrate

c)

Nativist

d)

Immigrant

130.

A social class occupied by comfortable but not wealthy people.

a)

Middle Class

b)

Nativist

c)

Recruit

d)

Ethnic Group

131.

To leave one's country or homeland and settle in another.

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

Emigrate

c)

Urban

d)

Slum

132.

A type of journalism based on sensational stories that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to attract readers.

a)

Ragtime

b)

Vaudeville

c)

Spectator Sport

d)

Yellow Journalism

133.

A thickly populated city or town.

a)

Suburb

b)

Rural

c)

Urban

d)

Steerage

134.

A sport played for the entertainment of spectators watching in their free time.

a)

Vaudeville

b)

Spectator Sport

c)

Nickelodeon

d)

Slum

135.

A residential district located on the outskirts of a city.

a)

Suburb

b)

Urban

c)

Rural

d)

Slum

136.

Cramped quarters on a ship's lower decks for passengers paying the lowest fares.

a)

Suburb

b)

Steerage

c)

Slum

d)

Tenement

137.

A set of ideas and beliefs; a system of values.

a)

Attitudes

b)

Philosophy

c)

Steerage

d)

Isolation

138.

To be set apart or cut off.

a)

Isolation

b)

Philosophy

c)

Affect

d)

Attitude

139.

A place in large cities where people get assistance with social problems and challenges related to urban life.

a)

Settlement House

b)

Tenement

c)

Skyscraper

d)

Land-Grant College

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