Immigration & Urbanization

The main immigration port for the east coast during the late 1800s was:

• Manhattan Island

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

• Tybee Island

Nativists during the late 19th century

• Were some of the first Americans to object to foreign immigration

• Resented the immigrants’ attempts to move into white suburban areas

• Believed that the new immigrants would be difficult to assimilate into American culture

• Resented the unwillingness of immigrants to join labor unions

The most dangerous aspect of urban life in the late 19th century was

• Opium addiction

• Air pollution

• The increase of murders and robberies

• Inadequate water and sewage systems

All of the following were urbanization problems in the late 1800s EXCEPT

• Fire

• Transportation

• Sanitation

• Expanded healthcare

The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to

• Decrease Chinese immigration

• Settle a disagreement between China and the United States

• Create segregated classrooms

• Stop Chinese Americans from attending school in the United States

“New immigrants” who arrived after 1880 were mainly from

• Eastern and Southern Europe

• China and Japan

• Northwestern Europe

• Germany and Ireland

Favoring natural born interests over those of foreign born interests is known as

• Nativism

• Jim Crow laws

• The Gilded Age

• Populism

Which of the following is a valid conclusion to draw about the ways in which immigrants adjusted to urban life in their new society?

• Many immigrants shed their native culture only with reluctance

• Immigrants came to the US to try to become like Americans

• Immigrants were ashamed of their native culture

• The dominant American culture made assimilation impossible

The movement known as ____ says that Christians should help the poor immigrants by providing education, housing, food, etc. to earn salvation.

• Melting Pot Theory

• Social Darwinism

• Gospel of Wealth

• Social Gospel Movement

Who opened the settlement house called the Hull House in Chicago?

• Mary Jones

• Jane Addams

• Jacob Riis

• Boss Tweed