WorksheetsIndustratization, Gilded Age and Proressive Era
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is the purpose of a Labor Union?
To provide employment opportunities
To negotiate with employers on behalf of workers
To offer training programs for unskilled workers
To create new industries
What did Andrew Carnegie develop?
The automobile industry
The steel industry
The telegraph system
The petroleum industry
Where was the Ellis Island immigration processing center located?
In San Francisco Harbor
In New York Harbor
In Boston Harbor
In Miami Harbor
Where was the Angel Island immigration processing center located?
In San Francisco Harbor
In New York Harbor
In Boston Harbor
In Miami Harbor
Which group of immigrants was processed mainly at Ellis Island?
Chinese
Irish, Germans, Russians, Jews, and Scandinavians
Japanese
Italians
Which group of immigrants was processed mainly at Angel Island?
Asian, such as Chinese, Japanese and Indians
Irish, Germans, Russians, Jews, and Scandinavians
Japanese
Italians
What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
To encourage Chinese immigration
To restrict immigration from Europe
To suspend Chinese immigration into the United States
To provide aid to Chinese immigrants
What was the Gilded Age characterized by?
A decrease in wealth and economic activity
A time of political reform and social equality
A time of large increase in wealth caused by industrialization
A period of significant agricultural development
What does "gilded" mean?
A decrease in wealth and economic activity
A time of political reform and social equality
covered with thin level or gold
A period of significant agricultural development
What is a tenement?
A type of luxury apartment
A small apartment in a city slum building
A large industrial complex
A historical landmark
What was John D. Rockefeller known for?
Inventing the telegraph
Revolutionizing the steel industry
Revolutionizing the petroleum industry and defining modern philanthropy
Developing the first skyscraper
Industrialization
The development of industries for the machine production of goods.
An organization of workers in a particular industry or trade,
in 1910, known as the "Ellis Island of the west" in California
kept Chinese arrivals isolated from friends and relatives on the main land, and preventing them from escaping.
Children who sold newspapers on the streets
(a)
Tenments
a very tall building
Children who sold newspapers on the streets
small apartment in a city slum building
controlled the steel industry
Made it possible for factories to potentially operate 24/7
(a)
