Novels
Vocabulary
Immigration and Industrialization
Reconstruction
100

What are the names of the two rival groups of teenagers in “The Outsiders?”

The Greasers & Socs

100

What does the word “collaborate” mean?

Work together

100

These people left their homelands and came to the US starting in the 1800’s for a better life than what they had


Immigrants

100

Farmers who kept a small portion of their crops and gave the rest to the landowners were known as

 


Sharecroppers 



200

Who is the author of “The Christmas Carol?”

Charles Dickens

200

Consumer goods that can be used repeatedly over a number of years are known as…

  1. Antics

  2. Wantons

  3. Durables

  4. Detriments

3. Durables

200

Traveling from Europe by steamship, new arrivals passed through this island checkpoint in New York Harbor before officially entering the US


Ellis Island

200

These members of the Republican Party left their Northern homes after the war and moved to the South



Carpetbaggers

300

In “The Twelfth Night,” why does Olivia say she will not show her face for seven years?

She is mourning the loss of her brother

300

Which of the following could be a synonym for the word “remedy?”

  1. Residue

  2. Qualm

  3. Bolster

  4. Recourse

4. Recourse

300

Upon arriving in American cities, immigrants often found themselves living in run-down buildings with little sanitation or space


Tenements

300

Which of the following abolished slavery 

The 13th Amendment 



400

Who wrote the short story “Cask of Amontillado?”  Where does the story take place?

Edgar Allen Poe wrote the story.  The story takes place in Italy.

400

If you are having second thoughts about going on a trip, you might say you are having…

  1. Residue

  2. Qualms

  3. Muster

  4. Recourse

2. Qualms

400

In 1911, 146 women died when this building went up in flames and most exits were blocked or locked


Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

400

Which Amendment protected the voting rights of all male citizens, regardless of their race, color, or having been a slave?



15th Amendment 



500

What was the name of the ship Kit Tyler takes to leave her home from Barbados? (from The Witch of Blackbird Pond)

The Dolphin

500

People who gather together at night for a period of watchful attention are keeping…

  1. Rubble

  2. Vigil

  3. Citadel

  4. Laggard

2. Vigil

500

Jacob Riis made a name for himself by taking pictures of immigrant housing and slum life and publishing his findings in this book that shocked the nation


How The Other Half Lives

500

Which amendment Grants citizenship and guarantees equal protection under the law.


14th Amendment

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