Immigration and City Life

Which of the following was the main immigration station in New York?

• Tammany Hall

• Ellis Island

• Hull House

• Angel Island

Which would show the main goal of the Nativists in regards to the Chinese Exclusion Act?

• create segregation of the Chinese in cities

• settle a disagreement between China and the U.S.

• limit rights of Chinese-Americans

• decrease Chinese immigration

Which of the following made it possible to construct skyscrapers and build up cities?

• safer fire escapes and taller ladders

• elevators and steel frameworks

• larger bricks and stronger cement

• immigrant workers

Which of the following examples does NOT show what tenement life was like?

• Tenements rarely had indoor plumbing

• Tenements were tiny and overcrowded

• Tenements had few diseases

• Tenements had poor ventilation

Which of the following ideas led to a rise in anti-immigration groups and a demand for immigration restrictions?

• The Gentleman's Agreement

• Communism

• The Melting Pot

• Nativism

Which happened first?

• The Bessemer Process makes cheap steel readily available

• The first transcontinental railroad is completed

These immigrants came mostly rom Southern and Eastern Europe

• Old immigrants

• New immigrants

Which of the following people would NOT be a supporter of a political machine and how it works?

• A poor Italian

• An unemployed Irish man

• A Nativist

• Bohemian that lived in tenements

Some American workers felt threatened by Chinese immigration because Chinese workers would work for higher wages

• True

• False

Which of the following was a common job for new immigrants in the late 19th century?

• Factory worker

• Banker

• Politician

• University professor