4.5 Urbanization

Which best describes the living conditions of most immigrants during the Industrial Revolution? 

• Most immigrants lived in rural areas with few other people around
• Most immigrants lived in cities in extremely crowded buildings
• Most immigrants lived in single-family homes
• Most immigrants lived in homeless shelters year-round

Which best describes the working conditions of most immigrants during the Industrial Revolution? 

• Most immigrants worked long hours in low-paying industrial jobs
• Most immigrants worked as farmers in rural areas
• Most immigrants worked as bookkeepers or other professional jobs
• Most immigrants worked as tailors or other skilled jobs

How did the Industrial Revolution affect the cities?

• Made the crime rate decrease
• Led to an increase in farm workers
• Make the cities cleaner and safer
• Led to an increase in population in the cities

During the period from 1880 to 1910, why did the majority of immigrants to the United States settle in urban areas in the North?

• The Populists were successful in preventing immigrants from buying farmland.
• Rapid industrialization had created many job opportunities.
• Labor unions gave financial help to immigrants willing to work in the factories.
• Most immigrants had lived in cities in their native countries.

Which idea led to a rise in anti-immigrant groups and a demand for immigration restrictions?

• Melting Pot
• Birds of Passage
• Nativism
• All of the above

 Which factor contributed to the shifting of population from rural to urban areas from 1870-1900?

• Not enough families took advantage of the Homestead Act
• Great Plains Indians left their reservations to buy new farmland
• Houses in cities were less expensive than those in the counttryside
•  Better jobs in industry attracted farmers and laborers to cities

What did Nativists believe?

• Immigrants threatened the American way of Life and Democracy.

• White Protestants were superior to other immigrant groups.

• Immigrants stole jobs from native born Americans.

• All of the above.

What is a main reason immigrants came to the US in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• Did NOT want religious freedom
• Hoped for economic opportunity (to make money)
• Wanted LESS diversity
• Wanted to live more simply

What challenges did immigrants face in the US?

• They caught diseases
• Had trouble learning the language/faced prejudice
• Uncomfortable in the large homes in the US
• Difficult to study for the citizenship test

Which is the best example of a political machine?

• A group of immigrants gather together and demand rights, and better pay
• The government breaks apart big businesess
• A political organization that uses corruption to buy and cheat votes
• A politician asks for donations for his campaign