Objective 1
True or False. Many of the immigrants coming to the US during the 1800s and 1900s chose to live with other immigrants from their same ethnic background, creating ethnic neighborhoods such as Chinatown and Little Italy, rather than having more integrated urban neighborhoods.
True
One of the major sources of air and water pollution was the increased use of this fossil fuel.
Coal
____________ were used by laborers to try and demand better rights from their employers.
In Marvel Comics, Steve Rogers was given a super-soldier serum and a shield, becoming what superhero?
Captain America
True or False. Many of the immigrants coming to the US during the 1800s and 1900s came from countries that had very similar forms of government and ways of life to what they would experience in the US.
False
There wasn't a clear plan on what to do with raw sewage as cities grew, which led to the spread of diseases and pollution of this natural resource.
Water
This famous strike demonstrated that both workers and industrialists used violence to meet their goals.
The Homestead strike.
What is the name of the little boy who disappeared in the beginning of the "Stranger Things" Netflix series?
Will Byers
True or False. The Chinese Exclusion act was a policy that nativists supported and was passed in 1882 by Congress to entirely ban all Chinese from immigrating to the United States.
True
This was the term used for mass housing in urban centers that were tightly packed, and usually unsanitary and unsafe?
Tenement
Organizations put together by workers to demand better working conditions and higher wages are called...
Labor Unions
What is the street address of the White House?
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Which two ethnicities were the only ones to be completely excluded from America when immigration to the US was banned for them?
Japanese/Chinese
Air pollution increased dramatically with the invention of
motor car/automobile
Unions during the Industrial Revolution were focused on which of the following demands?
Better pay
Safer working conditions
Better hours
Who portrayed Han Solo in the Star Wars film series?
Harrison Ford