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Class
Date
IMMIGRATION AND URBANIZATION
Test B
A.
Key Terms and People
Directions: Match each term in Column II with the number of the correct definition from
Column I. You will not use all the answers. (3 points each)
Column I
Column II
1. rapid growth of cities
2. important immigrant processing station
3. blended nationalities that create a single
culture
4. 10-story or higher buildings with steel
frames
5. inventor of the elevator
6. public system to move large numbers of
people inexpensively
7. label for the last decades of the
nineteenth century
8. similar consumer patterns across society
9. sensationalist publisher
skyscrapers
Gilded Age
urbanization
William Randolph Hearst
Elisha Otis
Ellis Island
mass culture
mass transit
nativism
rural-to-urban
migration
k. vaudeville
l. Horatio Alger
m. “melting pot”
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
10. wrote inspiring novels about success
in America
B.
Key Concepts
Directions: Write the letter of the best answer or ending in each blank. (4 points each)
11. Traditionally, immigrants had come to America for economic
opportunity and
a. social equality.
c. superior education.
b. religious freedom.
d. police protection.
12. Travel accommodations for most immigrants to the United States
a. were in first class steamship cabins.
b. allowed them to bring many belongings.
c. were dirty, crowded, and unhealthy.
d. were spacious and inexpensive.
13. Most new immigrants lived in cities
a. to be close to industrial jobs.
b. to meet many Americans.
c. to abandon their traditions.
d. because cities were welcoming.
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14. Which of these immigrants would have been least likely to encounter
prejudice?
a. a Jew
b. a Catholic
c. a Protestant
d. an African American
15. Rural-to-urban migration was primarily motivated by
a. plentiful land.
b. religious freedom.
c. fear of crime.
d. steady employment.
16. Which invention made the building and use of skyscrapers feasible?
a. mass transit
b. elevators
c. zoning laws
d. suburbs
Directions: Use the quotation to answer question 17 and 18.
“The foreigner coming to these shores is more impressed at first by our
skyscrapers. . . . In the daylight they are ugly. . . . But at night, seen from the
river where they are columns towering against the sky, all sparkling with
light, they are fairylike; they are beauty more satisfactory to the soul than
anything man has dreamed since the Arabian nights.”
—Mark Twain
17. In this quote, Twain is describing
a. the new mass transit system.
b. the countryside at night.
c. skyscrapers at night.
d. tenement buildings.
18. Which statement indicates how Twain feels about what he is describing?
a. They are small and insignificant.
b. They are ugly at night.
c. They are beautiful at night.
d. They make the river look small.
19. How did John Wanamaker attract customers to his department store?
a. He published a mail-order catalog.
b. He made sale signs in different languages.
c. He placed large newspaper advertisements.
d. He sold expensive and unusual items.
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20. Urban leaders counted on schools to
a. train professional police officers.
b. Americanize new immigrants.
c. support art and history museums.
d. develop new forms of popular entertainment.
C.
Document-Based Question
Directions: Answer the following question on the back of this paper or on a separate sheet
of paper. (10 points)
21. Analyze Visuals Use the photograph and your knowledge of history to help you
describe what life was like for immigrants living in growing urban areas.
The Granger Collection, New York
D.
Critical Thinking and Writing
Directions: Answer the following questions on the back of this paper or on a separate sheet
of paper. (10 points each)
22. Main Idea and Details How did technology improve city life? Give examples.
23. Link Past and Present In an essay, discuss how the ways in which Americans
spent their new leisure time in the era after the Civil War are similar to popular
activities today.
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