Manifest Destiny — Unit test Answers

Which word is most closely connected to the concept of segregation in cities?

The Brooklyn Bridge is significant because it was the first suspension bridge built

At the turn of the twentieth century, a sweatshop was

Which of the following was a typical tactic of nativists in the early 1900s?

Read the paragraph.[1] By the end of the 1800s, there was a change in the nature of the immigrants coming to the United States. [2] Immigration from Northern Europe—England, Ireland, Germany, and Scandinavia—declined, while immigration from Italy, Russia, and Austria-Hungary grew. [3] In fact, between 1900 and 1910, more than three-fourths of all immigrants came from these three countries. [4] Unfortunately, these countries were far removed from England, the home of our founders, and the immigrants who came from them had a hard time adjusting to life in their new country.Which sentence in the paragraph does not include facts to support the main ideas of the paragraph?

In the late 1800s, where did most European immigrants live in the United States?

Read the passage from History of the United States, by Charles and Mary Beard.As necessary to mechanical industry as steel and steam power was the great market, spread over a wide and diversified area and knit together by efficient means of transportation. This service was supplied to industry by the steamship, which began its career on the Hudson in 1807; by the canals, of which the Erie, opened in 1825, was the most noteworthy; and by the railways, which came into practical operation about 1830.With sure instinct Eastern manufacturer reached out for the markets of the Northwest territory where free farmers were annually producing staggering crops of corn, wheat, bacon, and wool. The two great canal systems — the Erie, connecting New York City with the waterways of the Great Lakes and the Pennsylvania chain, which linked Philadelphia with the headwaters of the Ohio — gradually turned the tide of trade from New Orleans to the Eastern seaboard.In a summary of this passage, which of the following could support a central trend?

Which statement best explains why immigrants and factory owners worked together but often lived in different parts of a city?

Opposition to Asian immigrants led to the 1907 Gentleman’s Agreement with Japan. This informal agreement stated that

Read the summary about factory work during the Industrial Revolution.With the development of new technologies and manufacturing processes, the nature of factory work changed. Now, machines could do the heavy labor formerly done by men. This meant that women and children could work in factories. In fact, factories sometimes hired entire families. They earned hourly wages. While this could bring in a steady income, that income was not high. Women earned less than men, and children’s wages were especially low.Based on this paragraph, a central trend of the Industrial Revolution was

What is one way that city landscapes changed in the beginning of the twentieth century?

Which of these details related to the topic of the Industrial Revolution is objective?

In the early 1900s, doctors and lawyers usually belonged to which group?

What was an effect of the growth of the service industry in the late 1800s?

Between 1790 and 1900, cities in America

During the late 1800s, the Chinese immigration rate dramatically

Which professions best characterize the jobs held by people in the middle class at the turn of the twentieth century?

Look at the graph. Based on the graph, what year was the urban population of the United States roughly equal to the rural population?

Most “old” immigrants who came to America during the 1600s and 1700s were from

Nativism among Americans in the early 1900s was