Urbanization and Immigration Quiz

Many people immigrated to the U.S due to lack of food called?

• Drought

• Sanitation

• Famine

• Epidemics

When a person moves from their country and move to another country that is called?

• Immigration

• Urbanization

• Sanitation

• Persecution

When an area has characteristics of a city it is called?

• Persecution

• Urbanization

• Famine

• Sanitation

Cities grew because of all these except:

• Immgration
• Jobs
• Railroads
• Farming

Where were most immigrants from?

• Italy
• Slavic Countries
• Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico
• Europe

 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

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

• Religious beliefs
  
• Upper-class backgrounds
  
• Conservative political views
  
• Reluctance to learn the English language
  

Which statement about nativism is most accurate?

• Nativists wanted to bring about an end to slavery
• Nativists were opposed to immigration
• Nativists were laborers who favored unlimited immigration
• Nativists encouraged immigrants to settle in California

Which is NOT a reason that people left their homelands to come to the US in the late 19th century

• Forced military service

• overpopulation

• food surpluses

• Religious persecution

Urbanization was caused by

• The Civil War

• Industrialization

• Poverty

• Communism