Choose the letter of the best answer. 1. The main immigration processing station in San Francisco was called A. Ellis Island. C. Angel Island. B. Tammany Hall. D. Hull House. 2. The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to A. decrease Chinese immigration. C. settle a disagreement between China and the United States. B. create segregated classrooms. D. stop Chinese Americans from attending school in the United States. 3. The main goal of the Americanization movement was to A. limit the number of immigrants entering the country. C. improve the living conditions in America's largest cities. B. assimilate people of various cultures into the dominant culture. D. encourage people to move from the country to the city. 4. The row house was a new type of housing that conserved space by A. rising ten or more stories high. C. sharing side walls with other buildings. B. combining air vents with trash disposal areas. D. enclosing a park shared by several buildings. 5. Settlement houses were founded in the late 1800s by A. new immigrants. C. political machines. B. social reformers. D. industrial workers. 6. The illegal use of political influence for personal gain is called A. nativism. C. gentlemen's agreement. B. civil service. D. graft. 7. Tammany Hall was the name of A. a famous settlement house. C. a New York City political machine. B. a New York Customs House. D. the federal courthouse in New York City. 8. An example of patronage would be A. bribing a government official. C. saying one thing and doing another. B. assassinating a public official. D. appointing a friend to a political position. 9. The Stalwarts were strong supporters of A. low tariffs. C. the spoils system. B. high tariffs. D. civil service reform.
10. The Pendleton Civil Service Act required A. applicants for government jobs to pass examinations. B. native-born Americans to treat immigrants with courtesy. C. government workers to renounce all party loyalties. D. cities to provide services such as clean water to their residents. 11. Which of the following is true of the Gentlemen's Agreement? A. It decreased Japanese immigration. C. It caused anti-american rioting in Japan. B. It resulted in segregated classrooms. D. It prohibited aliens from working in industrial jobs. 12. What was the original purpose of the row house? A. to alleviate slum conditions C. to provide inner-city housing for wealthy families B. to integrate lower-class neighborhoods D. to provide single-family homes for working-class families 13. Which of the following was the main interest of the Social Gospel movement? A. religious reform C. social reform B. political reform D. economic reform 14. Which of the following had some of the same goals as the Americanization movement? A. settlement houses C. Chinese Exclusion Act B. graft D. patronage 15. Which of the following does not describe a typical supporter of a political machine? A. poor C. factory worker B. urban D. opposed to immigration 16. What is the main purpose of patronage? A. to increase government funds C. to reward one's supporters B. to increase government efficiency D. to avoid concentrating power in one individual or group 17. Which of the following is an example of graft? A. using a cartoon to illustrate political fraud C. choosing your friends for political offices B. saying a project cost more than it did and keeping the difference for yourself D. using the threat of force to get people to vote for a particular candidate 18. Who used the power of the presidency to clean up the New York Customs House but was unable to get support from Congress for civil service reform? A. Grover Cleveland C. Benjamin Harrison B. Chester A. Arthur D. Rutherford B. Hayes
19. Which of the following issues prompted the assassination of President Garfield? A. tariffs C. immigration B. kickbacks D. civil service reform 20. Which president changed his ideas on civil service reform when he gained the presidency? A. Grover Cleveland C. Benjamin Harrison B. Chester A. Arthur D. Rutherford B. Hayes
Answer Sheet 1. C. Angel Island. 2. A. decrease Chinese immigration. 3. B. assimilate people of various cultures into the dominant culture. 4. C. sharing side walls with other buildings. 5. B. social reformers. 6. D. graft. 7. C. a New York City political machine. 8. D. appointing a friend to a political position. 9. C. the spoils system. 10. A. applicants for government jobs to pass examinations. 11. A. It decreased Japanese immigration. 12. D. to provide single-family homes for working-class families 13. C. social reform 14. A. settlement houses 15. D. opposed to immigration 16. C. to reward one's supporters 17. B. saying a project cost more than it did and keeping the difference for yourself 18. D. Rutherford B. Hayes 19. D. civil service reform 20. B. Chester A. Arthur
Standards Summary CA 11.2.1 CA 11.2.2 CA 11.2.3 CA 11.2.4 CA 11.2.5 CA 11.2 Know the effects of industrialization on living and working conditions, including the portrayal of working conditions and food safety in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle Describe the changing landscape, including the growth of cities linked by industry and trade, and the development of cities divided according to race, ethnicity, and class Trace the effect of the Americanization movement Analyze the effect of urban political machines and responses to them by immigrants and middle-class reformers Discuss corporate mergers that produced trusts and cartels and the economic and political policies of industrial leaders Students analyze the relationship among the rise of industrialization, large-scale rural-to-urban migration, and massive immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe