Social Studies Ch. 5 review

Front

Look at the picture. Then answer the question.

Back

communicate with other people

Front

What did the “Big Four” do?

Back

They formed the Central Pacific Railroad Company.

Front

Look at the map. Then answer the question.

Back

They both connected California to Missouri.

Front

The _________ immigrants who worked for the Union Pacific were a “sledge-and-shovel army” that laid track across the Great Plains.

Back

Chinese

Front

What inference can you draw about the role Chinese immigrants played in building the transcontinental railroad?

Back

Chinese workers were valuable because they were willing to do jobs that other workers were not.

Front

Which of the following best completes the graphic organizer? Options: steamship voyages, the food canning industry, the Gentlemen’s Agreement, the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Company

Back

the Gentlemen’s Agreement

Front

What was one reason why Chinese immigrants faced violence in the 1870s?

Back

Chinese immigrants were blamed for taking jobs from other Americans.

Front

Which effect correctly completes the graphic organizer? Options: boycott of Chinese goods, boycott of American goods, riots in Filipino communities, the Gentlemen’s Agreement

Back

the Gentlemen’s Agreement

Front

Look at the picture. Then answer the question. Using what you learned in the chapter as well as your prior knowledge, you can infer that the people in the picture are most likely __________.

Back

Japanese immigrants coming through Angel Island Immigration Station

Front

What is the best primary source to find for a research project about discrimination against immigrant groups in California in the late 1800s? Options: a biography of Theodore Judah, an encyclopedia entry on “discrimination”, a review of a 2015 play about segregated San Francisco schools, an excerpt from an 1883 speech protesting the Chinese Exclusion Act.

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an excerpt from an 1883 speech protesting the Chinese Exclusion Act