IMMIGRATION and CITIES USII4b

Read the sentence:

"It was common for several families to be cramped into a two-room apartment with no sunlight or ventilation.

What word could best replace cramped as used in this sentence?

• packed

• allowed

• beaten

• placed

What was Ellis Island?

• An amusement park
• An immigration center in New Jersey
• An immigration center in New York
• The first capital of the United States

Founder of "Hull House"

• Susan B. Anthony
• Boss Tweed
• Jacob Riis
• Jane Addams

Political Machines in major cities often helped immigrants with food, money and entertainment but what words describe what the Political Machines REALLY were?

• Happy, jovial

• Corrupt, dishonest

• Sad, unhappy

• Honest, Trustworthy

Although political machines were corrupt did they do some good things for immigrants?

• yes

• no

An immigrant is a

• person trying to be a king

• person who cooks at a restaurant

• person who moves to a different country to live

• person who believes in aliens

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Nearly everybody goes to him for assistance of one sort or another...A philanthropist? Not at all. He is playing politics all the time."
What type of person is the quote referring to in 1905?

• A political candidate
• A political reformer
• A political activist
• A political boss

Settlement houses were created because of increasing--

• immigrant populations
• urban employment
• educational opportunities
• government regulation

What was illustrator Thomas Nast inferring in this illustration for Harper's Weekly?

• People did not vote in local elections
• Prosperity was shared by all
• Great numbers of people voted in every election
• Political machines influenced the outcomes of local elections

Which groups of people were often blamed for the problems of the cities like poverty, crime, overcrowding, and violence? 

• Union members
• Muckrakers
• Immigrants
• Trolley dodgers