4 The Newcomers 1865-1929 (Five Ponds Press)

What natural resource would a factory need to make wooden chairs?

• steel

• wood

• textiles

• automobile

What were the reasons for the increase in immigration?

• Hope for better opportunities

• The desire for religious freedom

• Escape from oppressive governments

• Desire for adventure

What produced interaction and often conflict between different cultural groups?

• Population changes

• Growth of cities

• More immigrants coming in

• Jane Addams

Why did cities grow and develop?

• Specialized industries provided jobs

• Lack of jobs

• Movement of Americans from rural to urban areas for job opportunities

• Immigration

Rapid industrialization and urbanization led to overcrowded immigrant neighborhoods and tenements.

• True

• False

An oppressive government is

• kind and helps its citizens.

• cruel and unjustly harsh on its citizens.

Poor neighborhoods where people from similar ethnic groups live are called

• tenements.

• immigrants.

• emigrated.

• ghettos.

• Urbanization

Run-down apartment buildings are called

• tenements.

• immigrants.

• emigrated.

• ghettos.

• urbanization

People who move to a different country to live permanently are called

• tenements.

• immigrants.

• emigrated.

• ghettos.

• urbanization

Famine, oppressive governments, and religious persecution are three reasons that immigrants ________ to the United States.

• tenements.

• immigrants.

• emigrated.

• ghettos.

• urbanization