Chapter 20 "An Urban Society" Test

After arriving to America in the late 19th/early 20th century, where did most immigrants live?

• Most lived in farming communities

• Most lived in the suburbs

• Most lived in big cities

• Most lived around lakes

Most immigrants arriving in America to New York City went through this processing center.

• Pearl Harbor

• Long Island

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

Many immigrants lived in crowded apartments in urban slums called __________.

• Penthouses

• Tenements

• Suburbs

• Skyscrapers

Which of the following was a settlement house founded by Jane Addams in Chicago?

• Tenement House

• Addams House

• First Aid House

• Hull House

Rooting for the home team, or a local star at a game became a favorite leisure-time activity at events known as ____________.

• Vaudeville shows

• Ragtime Shows

• Spectator Sports

• Land-Grant Colleges

Dangerous urban clothing factories were examples of __________.

• Sweatshops

• Steerage

• Strikes

• Unions

In the mid-1880s, the pattern of immigration started to change. Large groups of "new immigrants" began arriving in the United States from ______________.

• Eastern and Southern Europe.

• Northern and Western Europe.

• Eastern and Southern Asia.

• The Caribbean.

False or exaggerated news stories became known as __________.

• yellow journalism

• blue journalism

• untrue articles

• lying journalism

The idea that immigrants would become part of the larger American culture while still preserving native culture and traditions was __________.

• Nativism

• Assimilation

• Subculture

• Exclusion

A very tall building with many stories is known as a _________.

• Settlement House

• Skyscraper

• Tenement

• Vaudeville