Module 4: Immigration and Urbanization

Which of the following is a pull factor that drew immigrants to settle in the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• famine

• land shortages

• religious persecution

• promise of a better life

What is the first thing that immigrants at Ellis Island encountered once they got off the ship?

• interrogation by a government investigator

• physical examination by a medical professional

• interviews for employment by local factory owners

• dark and crowded conditions with lice-infested bunks

Why did many new immigrants take dangerous jobs in factories and mines?

• They lacked the skills to work in other industries.

• They needed the higher wages that these jobs offered.

• They wanted to prove that they were dedicated workers.

• They required language translators, which these jobs provided.

What impact did nativism (strong pride and preference for those native born to a nation) have on immigrants in the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• It encouraged laws to educate immigrants.

• It encouraged strategies to employ immigrants.

• It encouraged discrimination against immigrants.

• It encouraged policies to medically examine immigrants.

What was one factor that contributed to the urbanization (growth of cities) of the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• Immigrants settled mainly in the cities.

• Farmers were able to produce more food.

• A new American culture was being developed.

• Schools began offering education in English literacy.

Where did most immigrants in cities reside?

• Single Family Homes

• Condos

• Farms

• Tenements

Why were the political bosses and precinct captains able to relate to immigrants in big cities?

• They generally spoke the same language.

• They had frequently visited the old country.

• They had recently studied the culture of the immigrants.

• They generally were proprietors of local settlement houses.

What did political machines do to make sure they won elections?

• They hired political cartoonists.

• They committed election fraud.

• They brought police forces to voting booths.

• They publicized political campaigns in newspapers.

What was one of the impacts of the 90 percent literacy rate in the United States in the late 1800s?

• It lowered the price of newspapers.

• It encouraged advances in printing methods.

• It led to less people graduating from High School

• It led to more people farming

What was one way that bicycling influenced the lives of women?

• It gave them more independence.

• It allowed them to enter the workforce.

• It stopped them from becoming suffragists.

• It prevented them from traveling without a chaperone.