America in Transition
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Social Studies
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8th Grade
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Hard
Tyler Clements
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Based on the table, what was an important effect of industrialization in the United States in the later part of the nineteenth century?
People began to move from cities to rural areas.
The urban population declined.
The rate of expansion of railroad lines began to drop.
The proportion of Americans living in cities continuously increased.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Nativists in California in the 1880s would most likely have supported the —
creation of settlement houses to aid new immigrants
passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act
continuation of the contract labor system
assimilation of Native American Indians into mainstream culture
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
After 1880, where did the majority of “New Immigrants” to the United States come from?
Northern and Western Europe
Canada and Latin America
Southern and Eastern Europe
China and Southeast Asia
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
During the late nineteenth century, where were the reservations located that North American Indian tribes were sent to?
along the major rivers of the Midwest
near large cities in the Northwest
in sparsely populated areas of the West
east of the Mississippi River
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What conclusion can be drawn from the table about the effect of the Transcontinental Railroad on these Western cities?
These cities became corrupt and crime-ridden.
The population of Western cities increased greatly.
Most Native American Indians relocated to these cities.
Railroads had little impact on these cities.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which statement accurately describes the development of the Great Plains in the late nineteenth century?
Great profits were earned there in the steel industry.
Railroads decreased in importance.
Immigrants could not afford to farm these lands.
Technological innovations made farming there possible.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
During the last part of the nineteenth century, most immigrants to the United States found work as —
unskilled factory and sweatshop workers
educated professionals
scientists and technicians
skilled craftsmen
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