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- 1. Multiple ChoiceConditions that drive people from their homes.Push FactorsPull FactorsEmigration FactorsImmigration Factors
- 2. Multiple ChoiceConditions that attract immigrants to a new area.Push FactorsPull FactorsEmigration FactorsImmigration Factors
- 3. Multiple ChoiceOrganized attacks on Jewish villages in Russia.PogromsProgramsPorgsKrystal Nacht
- 4. Multiple ChoiceAirless rooms below deck on a ship, typically used for cattle and cargo. Used to transport immigrants.SteerageCargoholdBelowdecksCattlage
- 5. Multiple ChoiceProcess of holding on to older traditions while adopting new traditions.AcculturationAppropriationAcclimationCulturalization
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAmericans who sought to limit immigration and preserve the country for native-born, white Protestants.NativistsNaturalistsNative SupremacistsAnti-Immigrants
- 7. Multiple ChoiceLegislation that barred Chinese laborers from entering the United States.Chinese Exclusion ActChinese Immigration ActTranspacific PolicyChinese Border Act
- 8. Multiple ChoiceMovement of population from farms to urban areas.UrbanizationGreat MigrationGreat ImmigrationRuralization
- 9. Multiple ChoiceSmall windowless apartments that typically housed entire families.TenementsSlumsGhettosTenets
- 10. Multiple ChoiceStandards for construction and safety of buildings.Building codesZoning codesConstruction lawsConstriction codes
- 11. Multiple ChoiceUsed by many religious social reformers, this was calling on the wealthy to help the poor of society.Social GospelGospel of WealthSocial responsibilitySocialism
- 12. Multiple ChoiceOrganization that spread Christian teachings and offered food and shelter to the poor.Salvation ArmyArmy of GodSocial GospelNativists
- 13. Multiple ChoiceCommunity centers that offered services to poor and immigrant citizens.Settlement HousesSalvation ArmiesTenementsPogroms
- 14. Multiple ChoiceLeader of the settlement house movement, began work in Chicago at the Hull House.Jane AddamsJacob RiisTheodore RooseveltBoss Tweed
- 15. Multiple ChoiceOne of the first and most famous settlement houses founded in Chicago.Addams HouseHull HouseTenement HouseHill House
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe process of giving jobs to political supporters/followers.PatronageMeritCivil ServiceInitiative
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe ability to do a job.MeritPatronageMuckrakingPublic Interest
- 18. Multiple ChoiceAll federal jobs except elected offices and the military.Civil ServicePolitical BossPublic InterestPatronage
- 19. Multiple ChoiceBusiness that crossed state lines.Interstate CommerceTransstate CommerceIntrastate CommerceTranscontinental Commerce
- 20. Multiple ChoicePowerful politicians who gained power by controlling local work and demanding business payoffs.Political BossesMuckrakersCivil ServantsSalvation Soldiers
- 21. Multiple ChoiceCrusading journalists that worked to expose corruption in government and industry.MuckrakersMud-rakersCropdustersWhistle-blowers
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe good of the people.Public InterestPublic InvestmentPublic OpinionPublic Good
- 23. Multiple ChoiceA vote in which party members choose the candidate for a general election.PrimaryInitiativeReferendumRecall
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThe right to put a bill before state legislature.PrimaryIntiativeReferendumRecall
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThe right to put a bill on a ballot and vote it into law.ReferendumRecallPrimaryInitiative
- 26. Multiple ChoiceTo remove an elected official from office.RecallPrimaryInitiativeReferendum
- 27. Multiple ChoiceTaxing people at different rates based on income.Graduated Income TaxReferendumStaggered Income TaxPercentile Income Tax
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was NOT consider a push factor in Europe during the late 1800s?Over-populationScarcity of landReligious PersecutionDeadly disease
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was NOT a pull factor to America during the late 1800s?Industrial jobsCheap landFreedomHigher wages
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhich islands were used to screen immigrants before allowing them into America?Angel Island and Ellis IslandEllis Island and Liberty IslandLiberty Island and Angel IslandLiberty Island and Immigrant Island
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhich group was NOT part of the first wave of "Old Immigrants"?ScandinaviansIrishGreeksEnglish
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhich group was NOT included in the second wave of "new immigrants"?GermansRussiansItaliansHungarians
- 33. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: Children of immigrants took longer to adapt to American culture because they were forced into their native cultures by their parents.TrueFalse
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the American Protective Association work for?Increased Homeland SecurityLaws that restricted immigrationExpulsion of immigrants from the USImprisonment of immigrants in the US
- 35. Multiple ChoiceUrbanization increased as the nation became more _____.IndustrializedAgriculturalReligiousSocialist
- 36. Multiple ChoiceWhich cities did African Americans NOT migrate to during this time?PhiladelphiaNew YorkChicagoAtlanta
- 37. Multiple ChoiceWhere were the cities' poorest areas were typically located?The centerThe outskirtsThe suburbs
- 38. Multiple ChoiceThe wealthy typically lived in the ______ of the city.SuburbsCenterOutskirts
- 39. Multiple ChoiceWhat service did settlement houses NOT offer to immigrants?English Language classesGovernment classesNurseries for children of working mothersClothing Drives
- 40. Multiple ChoiceThe time in which reformers struggled to clean up political corruption was known as ____.The Gilded AgeThe Golden AgeThe Rotten AgeThe Age of Corruption
- 41. Multiple ChoiceAmericans were concerned the ____ would influence politics.RichMilitaryCommon peopleImmigrants
- 42. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: Political bosses were very popular with poor people.TrueFalse
- 43. Multiple ChoiceThis famous political boss cheated New York City out of millions of dollars before being exposed by muckrakers and forced to leave the country.William TweedJacob RiisJane AddamsJames Garfield
- 44. Multiple ChoiceWhich president worked to end the spoils system?Chester A. ArthurRutherford B. HayesBenjamin HarrisonBarack Obama
- 45. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the Pendleton Act do?Created the Civil Service CommissionRegulated railroads and other big businessesRegulated the meatpacking industryProtected labor unions
- 46. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote "The Jungle"?Upton SinclairJane AddamsRutherford B. HayesWilliam Tweed
- 47. Multiple Choice_____ regulated the food and drug industries, particularly the meatpacking industry.Pure Food and Drug and Meat Inspection ActThe Jungle ActThe Clean Food and Drug ActThe Drug and Meat Inspection Act
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