Immigration & Urbanization

The Chinese Exclusion Act prevented Chinese people already in the U.S. from becoming citizens

• True

• False

Immigrants felt Americanization would make their children forget cultural traditions

• False

• True

The Homestead Act

• moved Native Americans into reservations

• improved infrastructure in the cities

• gave free land

• built railroads

During the Gilded Age, most immigrants came from...

• Eastern and Southern Europe

• South America

• Asia

• Africa

Which demographic shift occurred in the U.S. because of industrialization?

• working class people moving to the suburbs

• African Americans moving to the North

• Northerners moving South

• rural residents moving to urban areas

The Sherman Anti-trust Act

• provided civil service reform

• prevented monopolies

• give trusts advantage over other business

• gave free land

William M. Tweed (Boss Tweed)

• was Robber Barron who made a ton of money

• was a philanthropist who donated most of his fortune

• was a corrupt party boss of a political machine

• was a Captain of Industry

Most immigrants found work as

• scientists and technicians

• unskilled factory workers

• educated professionals

• skilled craftsmen

What helped farmers overcome cattle ranchers?

• Native Americans

• railroads

• barbed wire

• electricity

What trend occurred in population during industrial expansion?

• urbanization increased

• migration from cities to rural areas

• immigration decreased

• farming increased