Unit 4 Review - Urban America

A major cause of antagonism toward the “new immigrants” who came to the United States after 1880 was the belief that they...

• were better than native-born Americans

• worked for higher wages than native-born Americans

• competed with Americans for jobs as unskilled laborers

Answer explanation

The so-called "OLD IMMIGRATION" brought thousands of Irish and German people to the New World.

In the 1800s and early 1900s, why did most immigrants to the US settle in urban areas?

• ready availability of industrial jobs

• government restrictions required immigrants to settle in cities

• labor unions provided them free housing

How did immigrants decide to settle where they did?

• They settled in the Great Plains

• They settled in rural America

• They settled by people of similar ethnic backgrounds

Answer explanation

Letters from America from friends and family beckoned new immigrants to ethnic enclaves such as CHINATOWN, GREEKTOWN, or LITTLE ITALY.

Where did Asian immigrants arrive when they came to America?

• Angel Island

• Fire Island

• Ellis Island

Answer explanation

From 1910 to 1940 the U.S. Immigration Station processed almost a million immigrants, with 175,00 from China. Most of the Chinese were detained for up to ninety days, some up to two years, while their applications were considered.

What is the significance of Ellis Island?

• It was the place where most European immigrants settled.

• It was the place where most European immigrants passed through before they became citizens.

• It was the place where unwanted immigrants were sent by the U.S. government.

Answer explanation

The first immigrant to arrive was 15-year-old Annie Moore from Ireland. Annie had come to America with her two younger brothers to reunite with her parents who were already in the country. Today, there is a statue of Annie on the island.

The following are reasons people chose to move from their rural homes to the cities EXCEPT -

• entertainment

• better pay

• electricity

• live in tenements

Answer explanation

With museums and public libraries, colleges and universities, churches and synagogues, clubs and organizations, saloons and dance halls, shops and street life, cities were vibrant and diverse places.

Tammany Hall was a the most famous -

• Party Boss

• Theater

• Political machine

Answer explanation

Tammany Hall was a New York City political organization that endured for nearly two centuries

Increased wealth of the Gilded Age eventually improved the economic lives of many poorer americans creating -

• a Middle class

• a Labor class

• a Gentry Class

Answer explanation

These new clerical jobs, which were open to women as well as men, fostered the growth of a middle class of educated office workers who spent their surplus income on a growing variety of consumer goods and leisure activities.

Due to Industrialization and Urbanization, cities saw negative problems increase such as the following EXCEPT -

• Crime

• Overcrowding

• Suburbs

• Pollution

Answer explanation

Overall, there were probably between three and three and a half million horses in American cities as the century opened.

Political Machines took advantage of what major groups?

• Immigrants and the Poor

• Immigrants and Big Businesses

• The Poor and the Middle Class

Answer explanation

Tammany Hall’s popularity and endurance resulted from its willingness to help the city’s poor and immigrant populations.