Immigration/Big Business

All of the following are reasons immigrants arrived in the United States between 1870 and 1900 EXCEPT ---

• Escape famine and land shortages
• Escape high taxes
• Religious freedom
• Better climate

Why were establishments such as Hull House, the Salvation Army, the YMCA, YWCA created?

• To challenge the political machines
• To provide jobs for unemployed
• To unite farmers and workers against industry
• To help the urban poor

Which reason was NOT a challenge faced by immigrants in the cities?

• Housing shortage with many people crowded into cheaply built tenement buildings
• Political corruption led by political machines using the votes of immigrants
• Many factory jobs available
• Dishonest employers often taking advantage of immigrant workforce 

What is the process in which immigrants become part of the American culture and American Indians become part of the white culture?

• Assimilation
• Conversion
• Acceptance
• Nativism

Where was Andrew Carnegie's steel industry located?

• Wyoming
• Pennsylvania
• Wisconsin
• Illinois

Which title best describes this list?

• Reasons for Increased Immigration in the United States
• Reasons for Westward Expansion
• Reasons for the Development of Cities
• Reasons Why Colonists Immigrated to Europe

Explain how political machines were corrupt organizations.

• They offered immigrants jobs and housing in exchange for voting for their political candidates.
• They encouraged immigrants to move west and gain free land.
• They offered immigrants a chance to gain full citizenship rights.
• They protested discrimination practices against immigrants.

What was the result of the increasing numbers of factories and the need for workers in the cities?

• Inspection
• Industrialization
• Urbanization
• Exclusion

In what ways did political machines harm cities?

• They gave immigrants the services they needed.
• They allowed the Temperance Movement to flourish.
• They encouraged the use of strikes.
• They allowed corrupt political bosses to steal tax dollars.

Which title best describes the graphic?

• Factors of Capitalism
• Reasons for the Decline in Manufacturing
• Reasons for Socialism
• Factors for Industrial Growth and Success