USH Immigration and Urbanization Review

Chinese Exclusion Act:

• Allowed more immigrants
• Banned freedom of speech
• Restricted working conditions
• Prevented people from immigrating to the U.S.

How did population change in the late 1800s?

• People moved to farms
• Many people moved south
• Immigrants went west for farms
• Immigrants settled in cities

What did the Americanization movement do?

• Taught advanced math to new immigrants

• Taught new immigrants about American customs, language, etc.

• Gave new immigrants tons of free time to get adjusted

• Gave new immigrants a job, place to live, and advanced pay

Someone who supported Nativism:

• Embraced the diversity that immigrants brought to the US

• Disliked the new immigration to the US

• Moved out of the US to escape the new immigration

• Supported Native Americans' rights above new immigrants

How were cities built to conserve space?

• Skyscrapers were built

• Tenements apartments were built

• Buildings were built in unique shapes

• All of these happened

An immigrant coming from Europe would travel through _______ Island outside New York City, while an immigrant coming from Asia would travel through _______ Island outside San Francisco.

• Jekyll, Cumberland

• Angel, Ellis

• Madeira, Alcatraz

• Ellis, Angel

Forms of mass transit during the late 1800s included all EXCEPT:

• Trolleys
• Subways
• Cars
• Trains

Which term describes the mixture of cultures we have here in the United States?

• Nativism
• Melting Pot
• Steerage
• Open Border

The growth of cities is:

• Immigration
• Urbanization
• Depersonalization
• Materialization

Which is NOT a topic/issue checked at Ellis and Angel Islands?

• health of immigrant

• literacy of immigrant

• willingness to work/contribute to the U.S.

• bank account of immigrant