An Urban Society

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Describe the voyage to America.

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Crowded, diverse, smelly

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Describe Immigrants from 1840-1885.

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Many could speak English - easier time blending into U.S.

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Give examples of immigrant "push" factors: Promise of a better life, War or religious persecution, Religious Freedom, Religious Freedom

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War or religious persecution

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How did immigrants decide to settle where they did? Options: They settled in warmer climates, They settled near water, They settled by people of similar ethnic backgrounds, They settled where immigrant officials sent them

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They settled by people of similar ethnic backgrounds

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Give example of immigrant pull factors? Options: Overpopulation, Political Persecution, Abundance of Land & job opportunities, War

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Abundance of Land & job opportunities

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What challenges did immigrants face in the US? Options: They were not allowed to practice their religion., Had trouble learning the language/faced prejudice, Uncomfortable in the large homes in the US, Difficult to study for the citizenship test

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Had trouble learning the language/faced prejudice

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True of False:  Immigrants made many positive contributions to the US.

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True

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Who was the African American scientist who created more than 300 products from peanuts and sweet potatoes?

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George Washington Carver

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In late nineteenth-century cities, doctors, lawyers, engineers, managers, social workers, architects, and teachers made up a growing

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middle class.

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Most urban working-class families lived in multifamily apartment buildings called

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tenements.