Urbanization and Immigration

What were the characteristics of the 'Gilded Age' in America post the Reconstruction period?

• It was a period of significant economic decline

• It was a time of great prosperity but with underlying social and economic issues

• It was a time when all Americans experienced a uniform improvement in their living standards

• It was a period when women and African Americans successfully fought against inequality

How did the Haymarket Riot impact public perception of unions?

• It portrayed unions as peaceful and law-abiding.

• It associated unions with anarchy and revolutionary ideas.

• It increased the wages of union members.

• It eliminated the requirement for union members to pay dues.

The primary objective of the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor was to unite workers for collective bargaining for better wages, improved working conditions, and reduced working hours.

• True

• False

Which statement about immigration to the United States during the 19th century is most valid?

• Organized labor supported unlimited immigration.
• Most immigrants to the United States were illegal aliens.
• Industrial growth led to a demand for cheap immigrant labor.
• Few immigrants came from Eastern Europe

Which choice below best completes the diagram?

• Angel Island
• Whidbey Island
• Manhattan Island
• Alcatraz Island

Anti-immigrant legislation passed by Congress included the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. What was the impact of this act?

• It prohibited Chinese immigrants from settling east of the Rocky Mountains, but the west coast was open to immigration and settlement.
• It excluded native born Chinese from the legal protections of due process under the law.
• It prevented Chinese immigrants from legally coming to the United States, and was not repealed until 1943.
• It declared that all Chinese citizens in the United States had to move back to their country of origin.

Most immigrants on the East Coast were processed where?

• Ellis Island
• Angel Island
• Washington, D.C.
• Baltimore

Nativists wanted to

• forced immigrants to live in rural areas
• encourage immigrants to keep their own culturally customs and beliefs
• limit or cut off immigration.
• convert immigrants to Protestantism

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

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

Which claim is best supported by the evidence in these charts?

• Industrialization in the U.S. coincided with a decrease in immigration to the country.
• The manufacturing sector provided only a small number of jobs during Industrialization.
• Immigrant women did not participate in manufacturing in the U.S. because their cultures forbid them from working.
• Immigration to the U.S. provided a steady source of laborers for a rapidly growing manufacturing sector.