Urbanization and Immigration

Why were big cities in America growing during the Gilded Age?

• Business

• Factories

• Immigration

• Birth Rate

What important invention brought more people to cities from rural areas?

• Cell Phones

• Computers

• Electricity

• Paper

How many immigrants came to the USA between 1870 and 1920?

• 75 million

• 120 million

• 60 million

• 25 million

Which factors were important for immigrants coming to America?

• Safety

• Housing

• Jobs

• Land

Which class of Americans benefitted the most from moving to cities?

• Lower

• Middle

• Upper

• High-Esteem

In cities, there was a growing amount of _________ for the middle class.

• income and leisure time

• homelessness and suffering

• disease and hunger

• buildings and finances

For the poor, living in cities resulted in a ____________ quality of life.

• encouraged

• prominent

• increased

• decreased

By 1904, one of out every three people in cities were _____________ to death.

• starving

• working

• crying

• lying

In Northern cities in 1890, immigrants made up ______ of the population.

• 50%

• 40%

• 60%

• 100%

Many immigrants came through which island to enter America?

• Maryland Island

• Rhode Island

• Ellis Island

• Tunisia Island