Urbanization, Industrialization, Immigration Unit Exam

In public schools, immigrant children learned English and were taught about American history and culture, a process known as

• Americanization
• assimilation.
• industrialization.
• urbanization.

Political machines provided new city dwellers with necessities such as jobs, housing, and police protection in exchange for

•  graft.
• votes.
• kickbacks.
• wages.

The vast majority of European immigrants arriving on the East Coast passed through a processing center located where?

• Angel Island
• Ellis Island
• Staten Island
• Long Island

Most urban working-class families lived in multifamily apartment buildings called

• suburbs.
• skyscrapers.
• tenements.
• work houses

An extreme dislike for foreigners by native-born people

• nativism
• tenement
• individualism
• Social Darwinism

He believed wealthy Americans should use their wealth to help people help themselves. 

• Andrew Carnegie
• James A. Garfield
• Thomas Eakins
• Booker T. Washington

Which best describes the living conditions of most immigrants during the Industrial Revolution? 

• Most immigrants lived in rural areas with few other people around
• Most immigrants lived in cities in extremely crowded buildings
• Most immigrants lived in single-family homes
• Most immigrants lived in homeless shelters year-round

Which best describes the working conditions of most immigrants during the Industrial Revolution? 

• Most immigrants worked long hours in low-paying industrial jobs
• Most immigrants worked as farmers in rural areas
• Most immigrants worked as bookkeepers or other professional jobs
• Most immigrants worked as tailors or other skilled jobs

How did the Industrial Revolution affect the cities?

• Made the crime rate decrease
• Led to an increase in farm workers
• Make the cities cleaner and safer
• Led to an increase in population in the cities

What was the Bessemer Process?

• To inject air into molten iron to remove the carbon & other impurities to create steel

• To inject air into molten iron to remove the carbon & other impurities to create diamonds

• To remove air from iron to create aluminum

• A process to create tungsten