Industrialization & Immigration Unit Review

Front

apartments that are tiny, crowded, and unsafe

Back

tenements

Answer explanation

Tenement and apartment have the same suffix, and that helps many students remember that tenements were small, crowded apartments.

Tenements often did not have indoor toilets or baths.

Front

a place that provides lots of services and helps immigrants get used to their new country

Back

settlement houses

Answer explanation

Settlement houses were like community centers (like Dulles South) that helped immigrants get used to living in a new country by teaching English, providing a place for children to play, or helping immigrants find jobs or a place to live.

The first settlement house in the USA was called Hull House, and it was started by Jane Addams.

Front

changing from farming to manufacturing

Back

industrialization

Front

the countryside; a farm area with few people

Back

rural

Front

many people moving to cities

Back

urbanization

Front

when people in power break the law

Back

corruption

Front

groups trying to control the government, usually located in neighborhoods of cities

Back

political machines

Front

replacing human workers with machines

Back

mechanization

Front

immigrants

Back

people who move to a different country and plan to stay there

Answer explanation

The USA is a nation of immigrants.

Unless you are 100% American Indian, someone in your family (maybe you!) was an immigrant.

Front

Where did most immigrants live? Options: Settlement houses, nice apartments, sod houses.

Back

tenements

Answer explanation

Settlement houses were like community centers (like Dulles South) that helped immigrants get used to living in a new country by teaching English, providing a place for children to play, or helping immigrants find jobs or a place to live.

The first settlement house in the USA was called Hull House, and it was started by Jane Addams.