Immigration and Urbanization Review

Which factors led to the growth of political machines? Choose three

• Rapid growth of cities

• the location of Ellis Island

• inefficient city governments

• Social Darwinism

• Social Gospel Movement

What helped the political machines gain immigrant loyalty and support? Select two

• establishment of tenement housing for the immigrants

• many bosses were second generation immigrants who spoke the language

• advocating for a 8 hour workday

• offering jobs/services

• establishing settlement houses where the immigrants could learn english

Which of the following is NOT a way political machines gained and kept power?

• Voter fraud

• patronage jobs to voters

• Establishing classes to teach government and register voters

• giving preferential treatment to businesses who supported the machine (kickbacks)

Settlement houses were established to

• help immigrants achieve social mobility

• help immigrants get government grants and financial aid

• help immigrants open schools and churches in their ethnic enclaves

• help maintain the immigrant culture

How was Chinese immigration restricted?

• The Asian Exclusion Act

• Through quotas targeting Chinese

• The Chinese Exclusion Act

• The Chinese Anti Immigration Act

Why was the Chinese Exclusion Act passed? Select all that apply

• The Chinese were taking farming jobs on the Great Plains

• The Chinese were attacking the Native Americans on their reservations

• The Chinese were employed for the building of the Transcontinental Railroad more than the white Americans

• The Chinese created ethnic enclaves

• The Chinese were considered social deviants threatening American culture

Which factors led to the Industrial Economy in the US? Select all that apply

• explosion of inventions

• abundance of natural resources

• intellectually superior businessmen

• the high literacy rate in the US

• Growing urban population

Select the wave of immigrants described: from Northern and Western Europe

• Old/1st wave

• New/2nd wave

Select the wave of immigrants described: WASP (White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant)

• old/1st

• new/2nd

Select the wave of immigrants described: created ethnic enclaves

• old/1st

• new/2nd