Immigration and Urbanization

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Which statement best completes the diagram? Farmers refuse to move to new territories, European states rapidly industrialize, Fewer Americans support nativism, Americans have larger families

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Americans have larger families

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One reason U.S. cities grew during the early 19th century was: improvements to public schools, industrialization in the South, increasing trade with foreign countries, the spread of nativist policies

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increasing trade with foreign countries

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Which factor caused many Irish immigrants to come to the United States in the 19th century? Options: U.S. policies that promoted Catholic religion, A growing demand for farm labor in the American South, The collapse of Irish potato crops due to disease, The chance to buy huge plots of American land

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The collapse of Irish potato crops due to disease

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U.S. cities grew quickly during the early 1800s because: nativists called for more Americans to move to cities, recent immigrants often had to live in cities, poor transportation made it difficult to leave cities, education became freely available in cities

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recent immigrants often had to live in cities

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How was the U.S. population changing in the early 1800s?

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It had a growing African slave population

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Which statement best completes the diagram? Disease destroys potato crops in Ireland, U.S. leaders call for more Catholic immigration, German cities become highly industrialized, More Americans begin to support nativism

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Disease destroys potato crops in Ireland

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How was the U.S. population changing in the early 1800s?

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The immigrant population was growing

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U.S. cities grew quickly during the early 1800s because: trade with other countries brought people and business to cities

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trade with other countries brought people and business to cities

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Which statement best completes the diagram? Options: The Know-Nothing gains political power, Cities in Europe go through industrialization, Irish farmers grow rich harvesting potatoes, Germans hope to escape unfair governments

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Germans hope to escape unfair governments

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Which statement best completes the diagram? European cities go through industrialization, German potato crops are struck by disease, The Irish suffer from starvation, American nativists welcome more immigrants

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The Irish suffer from starvation