Chapter 21: Immigration and Growth of Cities

Most poor immigrants arrived from Europe in the late 1800s by traveling in _______________

• steerage

• skyscrapers

• slums

• settlement houses

Immigrants had all of the following experiences when first arriving at Ellis Island EXCEPT:

• getting checked for diseases

• being forced to live in sweatshops

• registering names

• seeing the Statue of Liberty

Skyscrapers were built in cities because of the:

• lack of lumber in urban areas

• lack of space to build in downtown areas

• need for adequate factory space

• great number of people leaving cities

On which national landmark does Emma Lazarus's poem "The New Colossus" appear?

• Plymouth Rock

• The Lincoln Memorial

• The Statue of Liberty

• Independence Hall

What is the meaning behind Emma Lazarus's poem, "The New Colossus"?

• New York is the homeless capital of the United States

• The United States welcomes all refugees and exiles

• Settlement houses were created to help the poor

• European immigrants are not welcome in the U.S.

Many "new" immigrants faced discrimination at the turn of the 20th century because they:

• came from different cultural backgrounds than the majority of Americans

• tried to replace American democracy with their own forms of government

• formed their own labor unions to receive higher wages

• had job skills superior to American workers

In the late 1800s, rapid urbanization was the result of the:

• shortage of land for new farms

• federally funded city redevelopment projects

• impact of industrialization

• migration of former slaves to the West

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, many immigrants from southern and eastern Europe settled in large cities because:

• farmland was scarce

• factory jobs were available for unskilled workers

• there was more discrimination in ctiies

• they came from large cities in their home countries

The U.S. government opened Ellis Island primarily to:

• process immigrants arriving from overseas

• defend New York City from attack

• check the safety of imported products

• serve as the federal prison for New York State

During the 1800s, Irish immigrants faced discrimination mainly because of their:

• religious beliefs

• upper-class backgrounds

• conservative political views

• inability to learn the English language