Immigration + Progressive Quiz

Question 1

What are examples of new immigrants

Answer 1

Greek, Italian, Polish, Hungarian, Russian, and Chinese among others

Question 2

What were the two islands that immigrants arrived on?

Answer 2

Ellis Island, New York and Angel Island, San Francisco

Question 3

What are Nativists?

Answer 3

Native born Americans who disliked the immigrants

Question 4

What did Congress pass in 1882?

Answer 4

The Chinese Exclusion Act which limited Chinese immigration and denied citizenship to the Chinese

Question 5

Tenements

Answer 5

dark airless and unhealthy buildings that house many immigrant families.

Question 6

Jacob Riis

Answer 6

a journalist who published the book “How the Other Half Lives” in order to show the extensive poverty in the New York City slums

Question 7

Social Gospel Movement

Answer 7

preached salvation through service to the poor

Question 8

Settlement homes

Answer 8

community service centers that provided a place to stay, education, health care, and other social services to immigrants and the poor

Question 9

Jane Addams

Answer 9

established the settlement house called the Hull House

Question 10

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Answer 10

A deadly factory fire from 1911

Question 11

Progressives

Answer 11

someone who believes in political change and social reform

Question 12

Middle class reformers

Answer 12

committed to democracy and helped the women gain positive change in society

Question 13

Muckrakers

Answer 13

investigative journalists who wrote about corruption in business and politics, hoping to bring reform

Question 14

Standard oil

Answer 14

illegal business

Question 15

What happened to Ida Tarbell’s father?

Answer 15

Ida Tarbell’s father had committed suicide after Standard Oil drove him out of business

Question 16

Who published books and articles focusing on city corruption?

Answer 16

Lincoln Steffens

Question 17

Who advocated to keep the forests preserved?

Answer 17

Gifford Pinchot

Question 18

Poor working conditions

Answer 18

• Injuries were common for workers because of the poor conditions
• Child labor was common!

Question 19

Lucy Burns and Alice Paul

Answer 19

• formed the National Women’s Party
• chained themselves to the white house

Question 20

What amendment were women allowed to vote?

Answer 20

The 19th Amendment

Question 21

What part of the country was where men and women campaigned for equal women suffrage?

Answer 21

The western part of the country