Ch. 7 - Immigrants and Urbanization

What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800s?

• Cheap electric power

• Fire safety standards

• Presence of security guards

• New methods of making steel and invention of the elevator

All of the following factors contributed to the immense industrial boom of the early 1900s EXCEPT

• A wealth of natural resources
• Government support for business
• A growing urban population
• The emergence of the middle class

The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to 

• Decrease Chinese immigration Create segregated classrooms. 
• Create segregated classrooms.
• Settle a disagreement between china and the United States.
• Stop Chinese America from attending school in the United States.

The main goal of the Americanization movement was to

• Limit the number of immigration entering the country
• Assimilate people of various cultures into the dominant culture
• Improve the living conditions in America’s largest cities
• Encourage people to move from the country to the city

Tammany Hall (The Tweed Ring) was the name of

• A famous settlement house

• A New York Custom House

• A New York City political machine

• The federal courthouse in New York City

An example of patronage would be 

• Bribing a government official
• Assassinating a public official
• Saying one thing and doing another 
• Appointing a friend to a political position

The Pendleton Civil Service Act required 

• Applicants for government jobs to pass examinations
• Native-born americans to treat immigrants with courtesy
• Government workers to renounce all party loyalties
• Cities to provide service such as clean water to their residents

The Gentleman’s agreement limited the immigration of unskilled workers from

• Mexico
• China
• Japan
• Europe

Multi-family urban housing were known as 

• Settlement houses
• Suburbs
• Tenements
• Boarding homes

Which of the following is an example of a kickback?

• Using a cartoon to illustrate political fraud.

• Saying a project cost more than it did and keeping the difference for yourself.

• Choosing your friends for political offices.

• Using the threat of force to get people to vote for a particular candidate.