Unit Test Review

excitable

headstrong

rude

anxious

She is interested in meeting her neighbors and spending time with family.

She is confident that she will learn how to live and work on a farm.

She is angry at her husband and wants the family to move as soon as possible.

She is worried about how she and her family will adjust to their new home.

People wanted to keep farming practices a secret.

The communities were large and extensive.

People wanted to combine their land into huge farms.

The communities had very small populations.

compare and contrast

chronological order

cause and effect

sequence of events

It highlights why the children hated repeating lessons.

It emphasizes the difficult conditions in many schools.

It highlights how immigrant children learned about America.

It emphasizes the difficulties faced by immigrant children.

to emphasize how the development of unions affected the population

to show how the population of Barre decreased when stone workers arrived

to emphasize how the growth of the railroad affected the population

to show how the population of Barre decreased when it became more artistic

Immigrant families worked extremely hard when they came to America and quickly gained status.

Using potassium as fertilizer, a technique of immigrant farmers, helped many people

New farming techniques had a major impact on farming in the Midwest, producing first-rate crops.

Immigrant families brought new farming techniques to America, which proved very effective.

They were simply placed in regular classes with much younger American-born children.

Instruction emphasized the three Rs, American history and geography, penmanship, and spelling.

Students stood at their desks as they performed physical fitness exercises every morning.

In some city schools, nearly all the students came from immigrant families.

an academic source.

an internal source.

a popular publication source.

a news publication source.

anxious

awkward

embarrassed

distressed

at last

is studying Shakespeare

the students in

at Lincoln Middle School

“we lived there for three days - Mother and we five children, the youngest of whom was three years old”

“my first impressions of the New World will always remain etched in my memory”

“scowling and gesturing, they pushed and pulled the passengers, herding us into separate groups”

“clustered on the foredeck for fear of separation and looked with wonder on this miraculous land of our dreams”