Immigration and Urbanization

Small, run-down apartments that barely met minimal standards where immigrants lived.

• Tenements

• Elephants

• Ghetto

• Relevance

Poor city neighborhoods where people shared the same ethnicity, culture, and religion.

• Burrito

• House

• Tenement

• Ghetto

European immigrant processing point on the East Coast.

• Angel Island

• A Random Island in the Sea

• Ethel Island

• Ellis Island

By 1850s, these feelings began to grow in America.

• Anti-immigration

• Pro-immigration

What kind of opportunity is this an example of: Immigrants started their own businesses.

• Political

• Social

• Economic

What kind of opportunity is this an example of: Immigrant children attended public schools.

• Political

• Social

• Economic

Why is the term "melting pot" used to describe the United States?

• Many cultures live here.

• It is shaped like a giant cooking pot.

• People in the United States like to cook.

• Steel is melted in some cities.

Which is the largest group of immigrants to come to the United States in the 1900's?

• Hispanics

• Asians

• Africans

• Europeans

The most important invention/improvement responsible for the growth of American industry 

• factories
• railroads
• corporations
• telephone

Known as the "Master of Steel"

• John D. Rockefeller
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Gustavus Swift
• Andrew Carnegie