Gilded Age-> Progressive Era

Based on the information in this graph, why did immigration increase rapidly between 1895 and 1905?

• Railroad construction created the most jobs for migrants.
  

• Cheap land prices in the West attracted immigrant farmers.
  
• Availability of factory jobs greatly increased immigration
  

• All of the answers are correct.
  

The movement of people from the countryside to cities is called...

• reconstruction
• nativism
  
• urbanization
• mercantilism

Which statement about nativism is most accurate?

• Nativists wanted to bring about an end to slavery
• Nativists were opposed to immigration
• Nativists were laborers who favored unlimited immigration
• Nativists encouraged immigrants to settle in California

An increase in the number of factories in the mid-1800's led to

• An increased dependence on products made in homes
  
• An increase in urbanization
  
• A decrease in levels of water and air pollution
  
• A reduction in immigration from Europe
  

During the early 1900s, large number of African Americans from the South found better job opportunities

• In northern cities
  
• In Pacific Coast lumber yards
  
• On southwestern ranches
  
• On Great Plains farms
  

In the late 1800s, the increase in the number of tenement buildings resulted directly from the

• Americans leaving the country to move to Europe
  

• Increased tax money spent to improve housing
  

• Need for health care facilities
  
• Rapid population growth of cities
  

. In 1892, the United States government opened Ellis Island and Angel Island mostly to

• Defend New York City from attack
  
• Serve as the first federal prison in New York State
  
• Process immigrants arriving from overseas
  
• Check the safety of imported products
  

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Why did most immigrants end up staying in America?

• Available Jobs

• Free Farmland

• Opportunity

• Cheap Housing

• Tons of Gold

Where did most Chinese immigrants end up working?

• Coal Mines

• Railroads

• As Carpenters/Repairmen

• Restaurants/Saloons

During the Gilded Age, most immigrants came from...

• Eastern and Southern Europe

• South America

• Asia

• Africa