Ch. 1 Review U.S. History

Who do the four men on top of the boat represent?

• Robber Barons

• Politicians

• Laborers/Workers

• Reformers

All of the following are reasons that the men holding the boat are struggling except:

• Long work hours

• Low pay

• Easy work

• Dangerous working conditions

The main goal of a business owner in a capitalist economy is to

• Provide workers with fair wages

• Make as much money as possible

• Make sure workers are happy

• Provide equal pay for all

During the 1800s, the main reason for the growth of cities can be attributed to

• Famine

• War

• Industrialization

• Railroads

The extreme distrust and anger towards immigrants is known as

• Immigration

• Suffrage

• Tenement

• Nativism

What is the main PULL factor that brought immigrants to the United States?

• War

• Jobs

• Nativism

• Democracy

A region in a city where immigrants would settle with relatives or others with similar language and culture is known as a(n)

• Tenement

• Ethnic Enclave

• Ghetto

• District

Roughly 75% of European immigrants processed through the immigration station seen above known as

• Angel Island

• Ellis Island

• Grand Island

• Long Island

Which of the following was a common characteristic of immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• They spoke English very well

• They were extremely wealthy

• They were searching for jobs in factories

• They were immigrants from India

Many immigrants moved into tightly packed buildings with very little ventilation and access to water known as

• Ghettoes

• Studios

• Suburbs

• Tenements