Chapter Five Immigrants and Urban Life

What can you infer from the fact that many immigrants traveled to America in steerage?

• Most of them did not have much money.

• They were unaccustomed to first class.

• Most of them were frightened of the open sea.

• They wanted to avoid motion sickness.

Many immigrants lived in these run-down urban buildings.

• cabins

• nickelodeons

• apartments

• tenements

Jane Addams started a _____________________________ in Chicago to help the poor.

• hospital

• assimilation program

• hotel

• settlement house

This is the term for below-deck quarters for low-paying passengers on ships.

• economy

• steerage

• bridge

• tenements

With Ford's development of the Model T, the middle class began living outside the cities in the _________________.

• urban areas

• suburbs

• farms

• rural areas

Where would European immigrants enter the United States through?

• Angel Island
• Alcatraz Island
• Staten Island
• Ellis Island

Where would Asian immigrants enter the US through?

• Angel Island
• Ellis Island
• Alcatraz Island
• Staten Island

Where would Asian immigrants enter the US through?

• Angel Island
• Ellis Island
• Alcatraz Island
• Staten Island

Sprawling residential areas that grew outside of cities are called...

• Rural Areas
• Urban Areas
• Suburban Areas
• Industrial Areas

Who founded a well-known settlement house?

• Oprah Winfrey
• Michelle Obama
• Jane Addams
• Eleanor Roosevelt