Unit 16- Turn of the Century U.S.

What were problems that big cities faced at the turn of the century?

• disease

• lack of indoor plumbing

• trash pickup

• all of the above

Journalist who wrote to expose injustices in society were called

(a)  

Journalist who focused on the housing issues of New York City

• Ida Barnett

• Jacob Riis

• Ida Wells

• Upton Sinclair

Term for the party that formed to help farmers with their economic situation

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Populist

• None of the above

What is a main reason immigrants came to the US in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• Did NOT want religious freedom
• Hoped for economic opportunity (to make money)
• Wanted LESS diversity
• Wanted to live more simply

Why did immigrants often live in neighborhoods with others from their homelands?

• It was illegal to live anywhere else
• They didn't want to be in the US
• It made their adjustment to their new life easier
• No other housing was avaliable

How did prejudice create problems for some immigrants?

• Major companies wanted to hire them
• People laughed at their accents
• Were not allowed jobs because of their race/ethnicity
• Immigrant children were not allowed to attend school

Where did European immigrants enter when they came to America?

• Ellis Island
• Rhode Island
• Alcatraz
• Angel Island

Nativists believed ..

• Immigrants threatened the American way of Life and Democracy.

• White Protestants were superior to other immigrant groups.

• Immigrants stole jobs from natives.

• All of the above.

In the 1890s, which of the following were results of increased industrialization in the United States?

(Choose 4 that apply)

• Exploitation of factory workers

• Development of urban tenement housing

• Increased immigration

• Rise of labor unions

• Federal attempts to close the western frontier