Immigration & Urbanization

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Based on the information in this graph, why did immigration increase rapidly between 1895 and 1905? Options: Railroad construction created jobs for immigrants., Cheap land prices in the West attracted immigrant farmers., Industrial growth provided factory jobs for immigrants., World War I caused immigrants to flee Europe.

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Industrial growth provided factory jobs for immigrants.

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This poem is found on which national landmark?
“Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost [tossed] to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” -Emma Lazarus, “The New Colossus”

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Statue of Liberty

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During the 1800s, Irish immigrants faced discrimination mainly because of their

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Religious beliefs

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The movement of people from rural areas to cities is called

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urbanization

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Which statement about nativism is most accurate? Nativists wanted to bring about an end to slavery, Nativists were opposed to immigration, Nativists were laborers who favored unlimited immigration, Nativists encouraged immigrants to settle in California.

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Nativists were opposed to immigration.

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An experience shared by most “new immigrants” in the 1890s was that they met with some local hostility.

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met with some local hostility

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The quota system, established as part of United States’ immigration policy in the 1920s, was mainly designed to

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Limit the number of immigrants from certain nations

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An increase in the number of factories in the mid-1800's led to

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An increase in urbanization

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During the early 1900s, large number of African Americans from the South found better job opportunities.

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In northern cities

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In the late 1800s, the increase in the number of tenement buildings resulted directly from the: Rapid growth of urban populations

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Rapid growth of urban populations