Immigration Review

All of the following are reasons immigrants arrived in the United States between 1870 and 1900 EXCEPT--

• escape from high taxes

• better climate

• religious freedom

• escape famine and land shortages

What would be the best title for the following
- Hope for better opportunities
- Religious freedom  
- Adventure
- Escape from oppressive governments 

• Reasons for Reconstruction policies 
• Reasons for City Problems 
• Reasons for Increased Immigration
• Reasons for Westward Expansion

The Statue of Liberty stands to greet which group of people?

• Immigrants 
• African Americans
• American Indianas
• Farmers 

What is a tenement?

• A new form of transportation
• Poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings
• The end of immigration
• A revolutionary war in Africa

Which group were business owners most likely to hire?

• African Americans
• Immigrants
• Native Americans

Rapid industrialization and _____________ lead to overcrowded ghettos and tenements.

• urbanization
• mechanization
• specialization
• relocation

ALL are reasons for the increase in immigration in the late 1800s to early 1900s except,

• hope for new opportunities
• desire for religious freedon
• the Gold Rush
• escape from oppressive governments

Cities grew at extreme rates because

• there was more opportunities for farmers

• it had the most luxerious houses to buy

• large numbers of immigrants coming from otherr countries

• people were moving West

Between 1860 and 1910, the U.S. population tripled due to:

• The Baby Boom
• Immigration
• The Homestead Act
• Better Healthcare

Which groups of people were often blamed for the problems of the cities like poverty, crime, overcrowding, and violence? 

• Union members
• Muckrakers
• Immigrants
• Trolley dodgers