Immigration & Urbanization

European immigrants had to pass inspection here before they would be admitted into the U.S.

• Angel Island

• Ellis Island

Asian immigrants had to pass inspection on the West Coast at this station before being admitted into the U.S.

• Angel Island

• Ellis Island

This was the first significant legislation restricting immigration:

• Foraker Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Platt Amendment

• Pure Food & Drug Act

Factor(s) that radically changed the face of America's cities and caused noise, pollution, slums, and sanitation problems to be commonplace.

• Militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism

• Too much government intervention

• Population growth and industrial expansion

• Lack of manual labor

As skyscrapers began to dominate city skylines, what happened just beyond the city?

• Steel was being mass produced.

• The number of commuters decreased.

• Tensions between farmers and local government grew.

• Suburbs were being built.

Many immigrants that resided in the city lived in rented apartments or ​ (a)   that were typically overcrowded and unsanitary.

• tenements
• hoovervilles
• soddies
• internment camps

Japan's government agreed to limit emigration of unskilled workers to the U.S. in exchange for the repeal of the San Francisco segregation order. This deal was worked out by President Theodore Roosevelt.

• Atlantic Charter

• Gentleman's Agreement

• Affirmative Action

• Community Action Program

Many native born Americans thought of their country as a​ (a)   , a mixture of people of different cultures and races who blended together by abandoning their native languages and customs.​

• melting pot
• fair deal
• soup kitchen
• shantytown

What is social stratification?

• The organization of people into social classes by wealth

• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibited the denial of voting rights to people because of race

• The policy in international markets in which governments do not restrict imports or exports

• A religious movement grounded in the belief that all the stories and details in the Bible are literally true

Innovations in ​ (a)   enabled workers to go to and from jobs more easily. By the early 20th century, these networks were in many urban areas.

• mass transit
• seafaring
• soil genesis
• entomology