Exam Review 2

Nativism is:

• Embracing diversity
• Disliking immigration
• Moving out of the U.S.
• Liking Native Americans

Which was not an invention that urban areas benefitted from in the late 1800s?

• Electricity
• Telephone
• Automobile
• Mass Transit

Which term describes the mixture of cultures we have here in the United States?

• Nativism
• Melting Pot
• Steerage
• Open Border

The growth of cities is:

• Immigration
• Urbanization
• Depersonalization
• Materialization

How did new inventions and developments in the late 19th century change the way people worked?

• New inventions decreased the number of jobs, which made it more difficult for women to find work.

• New processes helped make it possible to make larger quantities of goods in a shorter amount of time.

• New developments reduced the flexibility of manufacturers to decide where to locate their plants.

• New workers made it possible to fire old workers.

How did the Bessemer process improve manufacturing?

• It produced a dense metal that was soft and tended to rust.

• It enabled manufacturers to produce quality steel from scrap metal.

• It provided a cheap and efficient process to produce a flexible, rust-resistant metal, known as steel.

• the belief that individuals could not better themselves through their own efforts

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

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

How did immigrants decide to settle where they did once they came to America?

• They settled in warmer climates

• They settled near water

• They settled by people of similar ethnic backgrounds

• They settled where immigrant officials sent them

Nativists believed ..

• Immigrants threatened the American way of Life and Democracy.

• White Protestants were superior to other immigrant groups.

• Immigrants stole jobs from natives.

• All of the above.

During the period from 1880 to 1910, why did the majority of immigrants to the United States settle in urban areas in the North?

• The Populists were successful in preventing immigrants from buying farmland.
• Rapid industrialization had created many job opportunities.
• Labor unions gave financial help to immigrants willing to work in the factories.
• Most immigrants had lived in cities in their native countries.