A New Urban Culture I

music with a lively, rhythmic sound

• urbanization
• local color
• acculturation
• ragtime

movement of population from farms to cities

• urbanization

• local color

• acculturation

• vaudeville

variety show that includes different forms of entertainment

• local color
• ragtime
• vaudeville
• urbanization

reference to the speech and habits of a particular region

• urbanization
• local color

process of holding on to traditions while adapting to anew culture

• urbanization
• local color
• acculturation
• ragtime

Which statement about immigration to the United States is BEST supported by the information shown on the graph?

• About the same number of immigrants arrived in 1894 as arrived in 1902.
• Almost twice as many immigrants arrived in 1914 as arrived in 1902.
• About half as many immigrants arrived in 1898 as arrived in 1902.
• About three times as many immigrants arrived in 1914 as arrived in 1898.

What can you MOST likely conclude from the trend shown on the graph?

• Between 1894 and 1914, life in the United States was getting easier for immigrants
• Between 1894 and 1914, pogroms were nonexistent in other countries.
• Between 1894 and 1914, the immigrant’s journey to the United States became easier.
• Between 1894 and 1914, push factors may have intensified in other countries.

Which statement BEST describes changing population patterns between 1860 and 1890?

• Many young Americans left big cities and moved to farms.
• Many African Americans moved from northern cities to the rural South.
• Most new immigrants to the United States settled in cities.
• Most new immigrants to the United States settled in the West and bought farms.

What was the relationship between factory work and the interest in sports in the late 1800s?

• Both factory work and the interest in sports led to the development of the suburbs.
• As factory work intensified, workers sought sports as a means of relaxation.
• Factory workers often played sports during lunch.
• Many professional baseball players also worked in factories.

Which of the following inventions was NOT a result of the building boom in the late 1800s?

• subway
• carriage
• elevated railroad
• electric streetcar