First S.S quiz

Question 1

Increased _____ from Europe was a reason of growth

Answer 1

Immigration

Question 2

_____ Revolution connected cities as a reason for growth

Answer 2

Transportation

Question 3

___ revolution created new jobs

Answer 3

Industrial

Question 4

People moved to ______ seeking ______

Answer 4

Cities and Jobs

Question 5

What was a problem of Growth

Answer 5

Overcrowding

Question 6

____ ____ housing conditions was a problem of growth was a problem of growth

Answer 6

Very poor

Question 7

Lack of _____ _____ was a problem of growth

Answer 7

Clean water

Question 8

Poor __________ was a problem of growth

Answer 8

Sanitation

Question 9

________ and _________ was a problem of growth

Answer 9

Diseases and Epidemics

Question 10

No ______ or ___________ force was a problem of growth

Answer 10

Police of Firefighter

Question 11

Most immigrants from the British Isles during that period were _____

Answer 11

Irish

Question 12

How many people died from starvation and disease?

Answer 12

More than 1 million Irish people

Question 13

What cities did most of them settle in?

Answer 13

Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania

Question 14

Did the German Revolution fail?

Answer 14

Yes

Question 15

In 1849 what the nativists founded what that supported measures

Answer 15

The Know-Nothing Party

Question 16

Did the Growth of Cities Increase

Answer 16

Yes

Question 17

What was the new middle class

Answer 17

A social and economic level between the wealthy and the poor.

Question 18

In the growing cities what did people find?

Answer 18

Entertainment and an enriched cultural life

Question 19

American cities in the mid 1800’s faced many challenges due to the rapid growth, A. True B. False

Answer 19

True obv

Question 20

Many city dwellers, particularly could only afford to live in what

Answer 20

Tenements

Question 21

Were the Public services also poor

Answer 21

Yes

Question 22

What was another constant danger in crowded cities

Answer 22

Fire somehow

Question 23

How many sanitation workers were there

Answer 23

Not enough

Question 24

During the 1790’s and early 1800’s, some americans took part in a Christian renewal movement called the ______ _____ _________

Answer 24

Second Great Awakening

Question 25

Who was Charles Grandison Finney

Answer 25

One of the most important leaders of the Second Great Awakening

Question 26

Renewed religious faith often led to

Answer 26

Involvement in movements to fix the problems created by Urban Growth

Question 27

Americans’ worries about the effects of alcohol led to the growth of a _____ movement

Answer 27

Temperance Movement

Question 28

Who was Dorothea Dix?

Answer 28

A middle-class reformer who visited prisons throughout Massachusetts starting in 1841

Question 29

Who was Horace Mann?

Answer 29

A leader of the common-school movement

Question 30

What was the common-school movement

Answer 30

A movement that wanted all children taught in a common place, regardless of background.