Immigration and Urbanization

1.B.2.D.2 Which of the follow statements best describe the relationship between immigrants and political machines in the late 19th century?

• Political machines helped immigrants learn English and become citizens.

• Political machines provided jobs and housing to immigrants in exchange for votes.

• Political machines worked to restrict immigration and block naturalization.

• Political machines organized violent protests against immigrants.

1.B.2.D.3 What factors contributed to the growth of the middle class during the late 19th century?

• The expansion of educational opportunities and increasing professional employment.

• A period of sustained economic growth led to a better standard of living for all.

• The manufacture of cheap and durable home appliances, such as vacuums and refrigerators, let most people attain a middle class lifestyle.

• The generosity of wealthy individuals who paid high wages to their workers.

1.B.2.D.9 Which of the following population trends occurred in the United States from 1860 to 1910?:

• gradual decline of the rural population in absolute numbers.

• shift of the majority of the urban population from central city to suburbs.

• significant shift of the population from the North to the South.

• faster rate of growth for the cities than for the general population.

1.B.2.D.10 American nativist disliked immigrants for all of the following reasons (Select all that apply)

• many Americans believed immigrants to be racially inferior.

• most immigrants were not Protestant.

• the language and customs of immigrants were very different.

• immigrants were strong supporters of prohibition.

1.B.2.D.12 After 1890, increased immigration resulted in

• unskilled laborers tended to concentrate in crowded urban slums

• contract laborers enabled employers to combat strikes effectively.

• the American educational system not able to absorb the numbers of immigrant children.

• unskilled laborers not becoming members of labor unions.

1.B.2.D.14 Those believing in the idea of the "Melting Pot" predicted that?:

• each immigrant group would always maintain its separate identity.

• all immigrant groups would eventually adopt to a singular American culture.

• a culture would emerge from the blending of Old World cultures.

• some immigrant groups would retain their culture while others would gradually blend into the mainstream culture.

1.B.2.D.27 The most important institution that Americanized immigrant children was ___.

• Schools

• Sports and leisure

• Work

• Literature, magazines, and newspapers

1.B.2.D.31 Where did most of the new immigrants come from after 1880?

• Northwestern Europe

• Asia

• Eastern and Southern Europe

• Central and South America