5.4 Cities and Politics

What was one negative aspect of industrialization for workers according to the review?

• Factories provided excellent heating and ventilation

• Workers had short working hours

• Factories were often poorly heated and ventilated

• Pay for workers was exceptionally high

In what year did the Massachusetts Supreme Court rule that labor unions were legal?

• 1842

• 1852

• 1862

• 1872

According to the review, who particularly received small pay during the industrialization of the North?

• Women

• Men

• Children

• Elderly workers

Which group was the largest group of immigrants to America during the period 1820-1860?

• German

• Irish

• British

• Scandinavian

After arriving in America, how did most Irish immigrants live?

• In spacious, well-lit houses

• In rural areas

• In crowded, dark, poorly ventilated tenements in cities

• In suburban neighborhoods

Which was the second largest group of immigrants to America during the period 1820-1860?

• Scandinavia

• Great Britain

• Germany

• The Americas

According to the principles of Social Darwinism, what percentage of the population owned 73% of the wealth?

• 5%

• 10%

• 20%

• 50%

How were the poor viewed under the principles of Social Darwinism?

• As industrious and hardworking

• As equal to the rich

• As lazy and inferior

• As the most capable and successful

Where did the new immigrants from this period largely come from?

• Asia

• South America

• Italy and Eastern Europe

• Africa

What was one of the concerns Americans had about the new immigrants?

• They would bring new technologies

• They would not assimilate as previous immigrants had

• They would all move to rural areas

• They would decrease unemployment