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What region did Mark Twain write about?
Georgia
Great Plains
Harlem
Mississippi River
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when was the Gilded age
1780-1800
1800-1877
1900-2000
1870-1900
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Who was Clara Barton?
Founder of the American Red Cross
First female military nurse
First woman to graduate Med school
Some lady in history
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What was Mark Twain's real name?
Samuel Clemens
Tom Sawyer
Oliver Twist
Henry James
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What do nativists generally believe about immigrants?
Immigrants are better workers
Immigrants take jobs from Americans
Immigrants bring valuable skills to the marketplace
Immigrants assimilate easily into society
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What does the Gilded Age mean?
A period of wealth for most Americans
Industry and wealth on the outside, poverty and hard times underneath
Uncomfortable reforms in government
Age of the stock market management
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What is Yellow Journalism?
a disese
a form of exaggerated journalism to sell stories
a expensive food transported from Hawaii
a book written by Theodore Roosevelt
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Where were immigrants processed from the Pacific during the late 19th Century?
Devil Island
Alcatraz Island
Ellis Island
Angel Island
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This city became the first in America to open a subway system in 1897.
New York
Boston
San Francisco
Washington
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Who was the main leader of the Settlement House Movement?
Jane Addams
W.E.B Dubois
Andrew Carnegie
Ida B. Wells
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What was the goal of Jane Addams and the Settlement House movement?
The Hull House was the only settlement house
It provided a community and services for the poor
They didn't play a key role in reform legislation
It was meant to only help the middle class
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Who were nativists?
Americans in favor of all immigrants
None of the above
Americans opposed to any immigrants
Americans in favor of irish immigrants
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what were pull factors of immigration
higher wages promise of a better life and more jobs
war natural disaster and civil wars
better air quality and less work
economic crash
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What was Jane Addams Hull House?
Settlement houses that allowed immigrants to move in.
First factory busted in child labor law investigation.
Biggest brothel in American history with over 55 women.
First restaurant to serve African Americans.
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What was his style of writing like?
Satirical, lots of jokes
Realism, regionalism, humor, and social criticism.
LOL y'all, he did not write, he was a painter
Weird grammar, lots of dashes
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Where did poor passengers stay on ships?
the bow
the bilge
the steerage
the cubby
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Booker T. Washington, author of Up From Slavery, made his largest contribution in the field of:
politics
education
medicine
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Who was John Dewy?
Developed theories of Progressive Education.
He helped to develop Higher Education curriculums.
Developed theories how immigrants aren't smart.
He developed 8 different learning styles.
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Why did the old immigrants integrate better than the new ones?
LOL the old immigrants did not adapt well my boyeees
The Irish provided alcohol and the Germans were hard workers
They spoke English, were skilled and had similar religious beliefs
They all had relatives here
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Where is Ellis Island located?
Manhattan
New York Harbor
Staten Island
California
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Frederick law Olmsted is most famous for designing
an early skyscraper
the game of baseball
great urban parks in America
the "safety" bicycle
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"New" Immigrants were mostly from South and East Europe while "Old" Immigrant came from where?
Southern Africa
Northern Canada
Western Europe
Western South America
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What school did Booker T. Washington direct in Alabama?
UAB
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama A & M
University of Alabama
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What does assimilate mean?
Feeling or displaying listlessness, cheer, comfort, or enthusiasm.
Rough and loose, harsh.
Lacking in self-assurance and bravery; characterized by fear.
Conform to the customs, traditions, and expectations of another group.
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Jazz music was developed by _______________________
Asian communities
Native American communities
African American communities
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How did "new" immigrants differ from "old" immigrants?
They came seeking new economic opportunities
Most of them spoke very little English
Most of them were Protestants
They were generally accepted by native-born Americans
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Ellis Island and Angel Island were both...
locations of settlement houses
immigrant processing centers
centers of shopping and industry
amusement parks
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What was a major characteristic of the Gilded Age
America becomes an empire by gaining territories
Life was pretty good for just about everyone
Huge growth in big business and the economy
The largest civil rights movement in American history
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Where was Jazz originally developed?
New Orleans
New Jersey
Harlem, New York
Georgia
30
John Dewey's Progressive Education included all of the following,
EXCEPT....
Free public education for all young people.
Adapting teaching methods to the students in the classroom.
broadening of school programs, ex-jobs, gym, home economics.
The use of rote memorization in teaching.
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What were the Suburbs?
An area just for immigrants which was located in major citys
Larger, cleaner, quieter neighborhoods just out of the city
A place were poor people lived
Iow-cost multifamily housing
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Spectator Sports of the latter 19th Century included Boxing, baseball,
lacrosse and football
basketball and softball
football and rugby
football and basketball
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What was the Chinese exclusion act?
Immigrants could not work anymore.
Only male Chinese workers could immigrate to America
Chinese immigrants had to go back to China immediately.
Chinese workers could not immigrate to America for 10 years
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What made Sky Scrapers possible?
Steel, iron frames and elevators
Elevators and wood frames
A hearty breakfast and hard work
Steel and Metal
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what are push factors
things that push things
facts that push your friends away
I like pizza
things that made people want to leave their home lands
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What novel did Mark Twain write?
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Oliver Twist
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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What did Frederick Law Olmsted do?
Architect who designed Central Park.
Architect who designed skyscrapers.
The father of electrical Trolley's.
The father of the lightbulb.
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What do Clara Barton, Jane Adams, and Victoria Woodhull have in common
American pioneers
Civil War Nurses
Politicians
activist for women's rights
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A tenement is
An immigrant living on the street
an act to exclude foreigners
an overcrowded, run-down apartment building
a place for charity and the arts
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What does Urban mean?
having to do with cities
studying areas of people
An area with lots of land and animals
An area of people living
