Name _____________________________ Class _________________ Date __________________
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Chapter Review
MAIN IDEAS
1. A new wave of immigrants came to the United States in the late 1800s,
settling in cities and troubling some native-born Americans.
2. In cities in the late 1800s, people in the upper, middle, and lower classes
lived different kinds of lives because of their different economic situations.
3. Political corruption was common in the late 1800s, but reformers began
fighting for changes to make government more honest.
4. The United States in the late 1800s was a place of great change—and a
place in need of even greater change.
REVIEWING VOCABULARY, TERMS, AND PEOPLE
In the space provided, write the word from the word bank below that best
matches each description.
Gentlemen’s Agreement
racial etiquette
Social Gospel
Angel Island
Ellis Island
grandfather clause
Populist Party
literacy test
Jim Crow law
settlement house
poll tax
benevolent society
______________________ 1. Exam given immigrants to determine if they could read
the English language or their native language.
______________________ 2. A place where volunteers provided a variety of services
for immigrants in need.
______________________ 3. Idea founded on the belief that churches had a moral
duty to perform good works as a solution to society’s
problems.
______________________ 4. A fee charged in some southern states that was intended
to deprive African Americans of their right to vote.
______________________ 5. Strict societal rules of behavior governing interactions
between white and black Americans.
______________________ 6. A type of law passed by southern state legislatures to
create and enforce segregation.
______________________ 7. An immigration station opened in 1892 in New York
Harbor.
______________________ 8. An immigration station in San Francisco Bay at which
newcomers from Asia were processed.
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Name _____________________________ Class _________________ Date __________________
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Chapter Review
COMPREHENSION AND CRITICAL THINKING
Read each of the following pairs of sentences, and cross out the FALSE
sentence.
1. a. Immigrants had to pass a medical exam before boarding a ship headed for United
States.
b. Immigrants had to pass a financial exam before boarding a ship headed for United
States.
2. a. One of the first settlement houses in the United States was the Main Street
Settlement founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr.
b. One of the first settlement houses in the United States was Hull House founded by
Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr.
3. a. The Farmers Union was the first major farmers’ organization in the United States.
b. The National Grange was the first major farmers’ organization in the United
States.
4. a. Debt peonage kept Mexican immigrants tied to their jobs until they paid debts
owed to their employers.
b. Debt reduction kept Mexican immigrants tied to their jobs until they paid debts
owed to their employers.
REVIEWING THEMES
Using the lists below, determine what theme from history they have in
common.
Themes
geography
politics
technology
and
innovation
economics
society and
culture
religion
______________________ 1. immigrants, benevolent societies, settlement houses,
poverty
______________________ 2. political machines, corruption, scandals, reform
______________________ 3. falling stock prices, strikes, protests, rush to exchange
paper money for gold
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