ISS Ch.7 Immigrants & Urbanization Test
80 Points
1.
Which of the following was an immigration station located in San Francisco Bay, CA where the majority of Asian
immigrants passed through before entering the U.S.?
A. Angel Island
B. Galapagos Island
C. Madagascar Island
D. Alcatraz Island
2.
From the list below, what were the main issues people encountered with tenement housing?
A. Overcrowded
B. Sufficient water supply
C. Unsanitary
D. Both A & C
3.
The woman pictured above was the most influential woman reformer in the U.S. that helped initiate the
settlement house movement. Who is she?
A. Brenna Wethington
B. Jane Addams
C. Susan B. Anthony
D. Ariana Grande
4.
Which of the following is a reason that immigrants streamed to U.S. cities during the late 19 th century?
A. Cheap living
B. Convenience
C. More job opportunities
D. All of the above
5.
The lack of water, wooden dwellings, and use of kerosene heaters & candles contributed to which of the
following for U.S. cities?
A. Safety Protocols
B. Living Requirements
C. Fire Hazards
D. Unemployment causes
6.
Which of the following was a reason why Chinese immigrants were discriminated against during the late 1800s
in the U.S.?
A. American workers feared sushi imports would rise
B. Transcontinental Railroad had been complete
C. American workers feared they would lose their jobs
D. China limited the number of American tourists allowed in China
7.
Religious nativism caused prejudice against which two major religious groups in the U.S.?
A. Jews & Presbyterians
B. Christians & Catholics
C. Muslims & Hindus
D. Jews & Catholics
8.
Which of the following pieces of legislation was passed in 1902 that provided irrigation to arid lands in the west
and created more farmland?
A. Farm Bill of 1892
B. National Reclamation Act
C. National Immigrant Farming Act
D. None of the above
9.
Which of the following were immigrants subject to upon entering New York’s Ellis Island immigrant station?
A. Medical Examination
B. Government Inspection
C. Intense Military Physical Training
D. Both A & B
10.
The man pictured above is Theodore Roosevelt, the 25th President of the United States. Which of the following
agreements was Roosevelt credited with developing to settle a dispute with the Japanese government?
A. Japanese Internment Agreement
B. Japan-American Treaty
C. Treaty of Tokyo
D. Gentlemen’s Agreement
11. Between 1870-1920, approximately how many European immigrants came to the U.S.?
A. 50 million
B. 250,000
C. 5 million
D. 20 million
12.
The picture above represents a term that refers to mixing people of different cultures and races who blended
together by abandoning their native languages and customs. Which of the following is the correct term
associate with the picture?
A. Nationalization
B. Melting Pot
C. Nativism
D. Immigration
13. Which of the following was a motivation for Chinese immigrants to gain citizenship to the U.S.?
A. Working on the transcontinental railroad
B. Farming
C. Mining—Gold Rush 1849
D. All of the above
14. Which of the following describes the impact that new farming technologies had on urbanization during the late
19th century?
A. Caused an agriculture boom that required a massive increase in manual labor on farms
B. Farmers eliminated all manual labor and completely relied on mechanized farming techniques to
survive
C. Caused a decrease in manual labor needed and led to the migration of farm workers to cities to find
work
D. All of the above
15. Which of the following was not one of the major problems faced by cities during the late 19th century?
A. Housing
B. Road System
C. Sanitation
D. Crime
16. What immigrant group was most affected by the National Reclamation Act?
A. Japanese
B. Eastern Europeans
C. Mexicans
D. French Canadians
17. Which of the following terms was designed to assimilate people of many cultures into the dominant American
culture?
A. Nativism
B. Americanization
C. Libertarianization
D. Nazism
18. What piece of legislation authorized the civil service commission to make appointments to federal jobs through
merit and performance on an examination?
A. Garfield Civil Service Act
B. Patriot Act
C. Pendleton Civil Service Act
D. Civil Workers Act
19. What president started the patronage system that continued to dominate most of American politics during the
19th century?
A. James Monroe
B. Andrew Johnson
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. Andrew Jackson
20. What term refers to a person or group using their political influence for personal gain?
A. Civil Benefit
B. Graft
C. Patronage
D. Patriotism
21. Which of the following was not a reason for immigration to the U.S.?
A. Political Persecution
B. Land shortages
C. Guaranteed economic advancement
D. Famine
22. Immigrants in the United States of the early 1900s were typically
A. forced to live in tenements.
B. highly skilled in factory jobs.
C. turned away from worshiping in churches.
D. Irish Catholic industrial workers.
23.
The president pictured above vetoed a bill in 1897 that would have required immigrants to pass a literacy test
before granted entry into the U.S. Who is he?
A. Bill Clinton
B. Jimmy Carter
C. Rutherford B. Hayes
D. Grover Cleveland
24. In the late 19th century, local governments in many U.S. cities were controlled by political machines. Which of
the following was one of the characteristics of political machines?
A. They excluded immigrants from the political process
B. They worked to lower taxes and reduce government spending
C. They played an important role in women's suffrage
D. They were involved in various forms of corruption
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Discrimination
Language barriers
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25. The difficulties above were experienced by immigrants in America during the era between 1877-1898. Which of
the following items should be added to the list?
A. High income tax
B. Limited job availability
C. Slum living conditions
D. Denied suffrage
26. The first laws Congress passed to reduce immigration to the U.S. placed restrictions on immigrants from which
country?
A. Cuba
B. Russia
C. Great Britain
D. China
27. Between 1865 and 1900, the number of Americans living in cities increased from 20 percent to 40 percent.
Which of the following best explains why urban areas increased in population during this time?
A. The government promoted city living and offered people incentives to move.
B. People migrated from rural areas in the U.S., and immigrants came from other countries to live in
cities.
C. Many people felt that rural areas had high amounts of violence and were not safe places to live.
D. The people who were living in the cities had much higher birthrates than those living in rural areas
28.
The man pictured above was in charge of NYC’s Tammany Hall Democratic political machine that was involved
in many corrupt activities. Who is he?
A. Louis Armstrong
B. Jared Brewster
C. Boss Tweed
D. Jimmy Hoffa
29. Which group of people would have most likely lived in tenements in large cities around the turn of the 20th
century?
A. college students
B. business owners
C. members of the military
D. immigrants
30. Cities were able to expand their geographic areas in the late 19th century because of the development of
A. mass transit
B. assembly lines
C. settlement houses
D. skyscrapers
31. The term Great Migration is used to describe the mass movement of southern blacks that occurred in the early
20th century as they moved to which area?
A. the North
B. the Great Plains
C. Canada
D. Africa
32. The establishment of Ellis Island in 1892 enabled
A. industrial factories to find immigrant workers as soon as they stepped off the boat.
B. the U.S. government to process the increasing number of immigrants.
C. Congress to pass laws that stopped the immigration of certain races to the U.S.
D. the government to be more selective during the citizenship process.
33.
Which of the following statements is supported by the graph?
A. European immigrants were greatly outnumbered by Asian immigrants in the nineteenth century.
B. Southeastern European immigrants poured into America to work in mines and factories after 1895.
C. Immigration from Northern European nations grew at a steady pace after 1890.
D. Immigration from Europe dropped significantly around the turn of the twentieth century.
34. In the late 19th century, many cities did not have adequate water and sewage systems. This contributed most
to which of the following?
A. the spread of disease.
B. the decrease in city populations.
C. the rise of organized labor.
D. the rise in violent crime.
35. President Theodore Roosevelt's "gentlemen's agreement" limited immigration from which nation?
A. China
B. India
C. Japan
D. Mexico
36. Which term describes Americans who were opposed to immigrants?
A. suffragists
B. nativists
C. industrialists
D. anarchists
37. Which of the following refers to the correct list that Prescott F. Hall and the Immigration Restriction League
found as undesirable immigrants?
A. Arabs, Slavs, Eastern Europeans
B. Asians, Antarticans, Africans
C. Latins, Slavs, Asians
D. Muslims, Jews, Christians
38. Between 1880-1920 approximately 260,000 immigrants migrated from Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, and many
other Caribbean Islands seeking work in the U.S. What region of the world are the locations mentioned above a
part of?
A. Baltic
B. Mediterranean
C. West Indies
D. Mexican Antilles
Characteristic of New Immigrants
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Came from eastern or southern Europe
Were often Jewish or Catholic
Usually spoke little or no English
39. What was an effect of the causes listed above?
A. The new immigrants could not become American citizens
B. The new Immigrants were often sent back to their home countries
C. The new immigrants had more success than previous immigrants
D. The new immigrants did not blend into American society
40. Which of the following is the correct order of political machines of most cities in the U.S. from top to bottom?
A. Ward Boss, Workers, City Boss
B. Mayor, City Boss, Ward Boss
C. City Boss, Ward Bass, Workers
D. Captains, governors, senators