US History II Immigration SOL 4b.

__________________ were large, decrepit buildings which housed immigrants to the US.

• skyscrapers

• sod houses

• ghettos

• tenements

Which group of immigrants came to the US due to a potato famine?

• Chinese

• Italian

• Irish

• Polish

New technologies forced people from ____________ areas to the cities in search of jobs.

• desert

• rural

• suburban

• metropolitan

_________________ was known for its meat packing industry.

• Pittsburgh

• Detroit

• New York

• Chicago

Neighborhoods where immigrants tended to settle in urban areas were known as ______________________.

• tenements

• ghettos

• suburbia

• Immigrant towns

Settlement houses, such as Hull House, offered shelter, job training and educational opportunities. Who founded Hull House?

• Jane Addams

• Boss Tweed

• Abraham Lincoln

• Susan B. Anthony

___________________ offered job opportunities and shelter to immigrants in exchange for votes, and in many instances, bribes.

• the government

• political parties

• political machines

• Don Corleone

The ________________ who immigrated to the East Coast were instrumental in construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.

• Chinese

• Italian

• Russian Jews

• Irish

The growing steel industry during the Industrial Revolution in the US was centered in ______________________.

• Chicago

• Pittsburgh

• Detroit

• New York

The head of the Tammany Hall political machine who virtually controlled New York through bribes and corruption was _______________________.

• Boss Hog

• Robert E. Lee

• Boss Tweed

• Big Boss