Flash Quiz: Jacob Riis: Immigration and Urbanization in the Gilded Age

America was relatively slow to urbanize because

• there were laws against moving into many cities
• there was so much open and cheap land available
• food shortages led to increasing opportunities for farmers
• it had such a small population that large cities were very slow to develop

Which might be an attraction for people to move to the city in the late 19th century?

• the increasing number of dumdbell apartments
• cities offered excitement and services not found anywhere else
• cities generally had more liberal laws that gave residents more freedom
• only cities had access to transportation networks like railroads and shipping

Which of the following is NOT true of the "New Immigrants"

• they mostly came from southern and eastern Europe
• they were mostly illiterate and unskilled laborers
• they were mostly Protestants
• they were unfamiliar with the democracy and the American government

In reaction to the rising number of New Immigrants, America experienced:

• increasingly more tolerant views towards foreigners
• an economic recession with the influx of cheap and unskilled labor
• a new demand to conquer land to make more room for the migrants
• a rise of nativism and hostility from many Americans

What new invention helped Jacob Riis write his book, "How the Other Half Lives?"

• the camera
• flash photography
• the Iphone 4s
• the automobile
• the portable audio-recorder

Someone living in a dumbbell tenement would probably experience all these major problems EXCEPT?

• infectious disease
• crowded and cramped conditions
• poorly built showers and bathrooms
• lack of light and fresh air

Which of the following is not a PUSH factor

• freedom and opportunities
• widespread poverty
• political or religious discrimination
• unemployment

Which political figure would go on to help Riis address some of the major problems facing the cities poorest inhabitants?

• President Arthur
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Boss William Tweed
• Mother Mary Jones