Immigrants and Urban Life

Public transportation systems built to move many people and ease traffic in crowded cities

• steerage

• sweatshops

• benevolent societies

• mass transit

Small mills where immigrants worked for long hours in hot, unhealthy conditions

• steerage

• sweatshops

• benevolent societies

• mass transit

Organizations created by immigrants to help each other in times of sickness, unemployment, or other troubles

• steerage

• sweatshops

• benevolent societies

• mass transit

How did immigration patterns change in the United States during the late 1800's?

• More immigrants came from Asia

• More immigrants came from Africa

• Fewer immigrants came from Europe

• Fewer immigrants came from Mexico

Some people in the United States were worried that immigrants would take their jobs because they were willing to work for low wages.

• True

• False

How did the population distribution of the United States change in the late 1800's and early 1900's?

• More people moved to big cities.

• More people left the West Coast.

• Fewer people settled in the suburbs.

• Fewer people emigrated from Latin America.

The production of _____________ made skyscrapers and mass transit possible in big cities.

• plastic

• elevators

• steel

• iron

People reserved open spaces in big cities in the late 1800's instead of constructing buildings everywhere.

• True

• False

World fairs helped people in rural areas have access to merchandise from department stores in the late 1800's.

• True

• False

Newspapers became more prevalent by 1900 because a new typesetting machine had been invented.

• True

• False