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Industratization, Gilded Age and Proressive Era

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the purpose of a Labor Union?

a)

To provide employment opportunities

b)

To negotiate with employers on behalf of workers

c)

To offer training programs for unskilled workers

d)

To create new industries

2.

What did Andrew Carnegie develop?

a)

The automobile industry

b)

The steel industry

c)

The telegraph system

d)

The petroleum industry

3.

Where was the Ellis Island immigration processing center located?

a)

In San Francisco Harbor

b)

In New York Harbor

c)

In Boston Harbor

d)

In Miami Harbor

4.

Where was the Angel Island immigration processing center located?

a)

In San Francisco Harbor

b)

In New York Harbor

c)

In Boston Harbor

d)

In Miami Harbor

5.

Which group of immigrants was processed mainly at Ellis Island?

a)

Chinese

b)

Irish, Germans, Russians, Jews, and Scandinavians

c)

Japanese

d)

Italians

6.

Which group of immigrants was processed mainly at Angel Island?

a)

Asian, such as Chinese, Japanese and Indians

b)

Irish, Germans, Russians, Jews, and Scandinavians

c)

Japanese

d)

Italians

7.

What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

a)

To encourage Chinese immigration

b)

To restrict immigration from Europe

c)

To suspend Chinese immigration into the United States

d)

To provide aid to Chinese immigrants

8.

What was the Gilded Age characterized by?

a)

A decrease in wealth and economic activity

b)

A time of political reform and social equality

c)

A time of large increase in wealth caused by industrialization

d)

A period of significant agricultural development

9.

What does "gilded" mean?

a)

A decrease in wealth and economic activity

b)

A time of political reform and social equality

c)

covered with thin level or gold

d)

A period of significant agricultural development

10.

What is a tenement?

a)

A type of luxury apartment

b)

A small apartment in a city slum building

c)

A large industrial complex

d)

A historical landmark

11.

What was John D. Rockefeller known for?

a)

Inventing the telegraph

b)

Revolutionizing the steel industry

c)

Revolutionizing the petroleum industry and defining modern philanthropy

d)

Developing the first skyscraper

12.

Industrialization

a)

The development of industries for the machine production of goods.


b)

An organization of workers in a particular industry or trade,

c)

in 1910, known as the "Ellis Island of the west" in California


d)

kept Chinese arrivals isolated from friends and relatives on the main land, and preventing them from escaping.

13.

Children who sold newspapers on the streets


(a)  

14.

Tenments

a)

a very tall building


b)

Children who sold newspapers on the streets


c)

small apartment in a city slum building


d)

controlled the steel industry

15.

Made it possible for factories to potentially operate 24/7




(a)