3C DOL: Immigration & Urbanization

In 1895 the Department of Street Cleaning in New York City created a permanent group of sanitation workers known as the White Wings. This image shows the White Wings at work in 1896. Which issue contributed most to the need for this permanent sanitation group?

• Increased urban population

• The passage of labor laws

• Decreased regulation of urban rail systems

• The establishment of immigration quotas

What was the main reason given for the creation of these restrictions?

• Preventing the depletion of natural resources

• Discouraging anti-American activism

• Reducing competition for U.S. jobs

• Addressing a lack of urban housing

During the nineteenth century, one way political bosses gained voter support was by --

• campaigning for women’s suffrage

• advocating the use of poll taxes

• making improvements in urban infrastructure

• providing public assistance for former slaves

Which group of people most likely inspired the creation of this 1893 cartoon?

• Union leaders

• Political bosses

• Philanthropists

• Nativists

Which result completes this diagram?

• Ratification of a suffrage amendment

• Building of the transcontinental railroad

• Passage of prohibition legislation

• Passage of prohibition legislation

What effect did population growth from 1850 to 1890 have on the physical environment of the American West?

• Pollution from steamboats traveling up and down the Mississippi River increased.

• Settlers built homesteads and ranches that destroyed the natural environment that wild animals had previously grazed.

• Native Americans used barbed wire fencing to protect the boundaries of their reservations.

• Homesteaders cut down the plentiful trees on the Great Plains to build large, wooden cabins.