2.6 The Growth of the City

What was the Great Migration?

• The migration of northern blacks to southern plantations

• The migration of southern blacks to northern cities

• The immigration of Mexicans to the north

• The immigration of Mexicans to the cities in the west

In cities, immigrants tended to live....

• in ethnic communities.

• together with native-born Americans.

• outside of the city limits

• mixed with all other races

Which of the following was NOT a problem that came along with urbanization?

• Fewer job opportunities

• A lack of sanitation

• Inefficient transportation

• Poor water supply

The main goal of the Americanization movement was to....

• encourage people to move from the country to the city.

• improve the living conditions in America’s largest cities.

• assimilate people of various cultures into the dominant American culture.

• limit the number of immigrants entering the country.

The row house was a new type of housing that conserved space by....

• rising ten or more stories high.

• sharing side walls with other buildings.

• enclosing a park shared by several buildings.

• combining air vents with trash disposal systems.