Just the Facts of INDUSTRIALIZATION

At the turn of the century, why did most immigrants to the United States settle in cities?

• Jobs were readily available.
• Government relief programs required immigrants to settle in cities
• Labor union leaders encouraged unrestricted immigration.
• Immigrants were not permitted to buy farmland.

The United States government opened up Ellis Island (1892) and Angel Island (1910) primarily to

• process immigrants arriving from overseas
• defend the United States from attack
• chack the safety of imported products
• serve as federal prisons

Based on the information in this graph, why did immigration increase rapidly between 1895 and 1905?

• 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.
  

Which statement best describes US economic history during the period 1865-1900?

• industrialization increased at a rapid rate
• factories imported most of their raw materials
• the lack of immigration tended to decrease industrial production
• American industrial production was limited by the Civil War

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

• An increased dependence on products made in homes
  
• An increase in urbanization
  
• A decrease in levels of water and air pollution
  
• A reduction in immigration from Europe
  

In the late 1800s, the increase in the number of tenement buildings resulted directly from the

• Changing role of women in the home
  
• Increased federal aid for housing
  
• Need for health care facilities
  
• Rapid growth of urban populations
  

Who was the photographer who published "How the Other Half Lives," which revealed to the world how the lower class lived in New York City?

• Alexander Bell

• Jacob Riis

• Upton Sinclair

• Theodore Roosevelt

Which group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages. 

• Nativists
• Political bosses
• Miners
• Labor leaders

This was the first law passed to limit immigration to the US from a specific country ...

• Immigration Act of 1917

• Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Homestead Act

How did Industrialization in the US change the lives of women and children?

• they gained higher social status

• they became wage earners for their family

• they became better educated

• they returned to their native countries