Unit 2 Industrialization and Progressivism

Between 1890 and 1915, the majority of immigrants to the U.S. had an impact on American life because they were

• from China, Japan, and other Asian nations

• forced to settle in Midwestern cities

• culturally different from most earlier immigrants

• physically and mentally superior to earlier immigrants

In the late 1800s, why were union leaders mainly opposed to immigration?

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  It took jobs away from Americans

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  It weakened American education

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  It threatened American culture

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  It was a fiscal drain on unions

During the late 1800s and early 1900s, large numbers of immigrants were admitted to the U.S. primarily because of the economy's need for more

• skilled craftsmen

• unskilled factory workers

• 
  educated professionals

• 
  scientists and technicians

Select all of the ways that migration transformed American society during the late 1800s

• large numbers of people competed for factory jobs which pushed wages lower

• Immigrants often set up their own schools to avoid being assimilated into American culture

• "ghettos" develop as many immigrants moved to areas with people with the same ethnicity

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  overcrowded cities led to very poor conditions for many migrants

At the turn of the 20th century, large-scale urbanization transformed American life. 

 

Identify the results of urbanization. Choose any answer you think is correct.

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  Urbanization led to increased crime in cities.

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  Urbanization led to the construction of fewer buildings.

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  Urbanization led to decreased immigration.

• Urbanization prevented improvements in transportation.

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  Urbanization resulted in the development of tenement housing.

How did rapid industrialization during the late 1800s affect the US workforce?

• Increased numbers of immigrants sought employment in urban areas.

• Many women who had previously worked in urban areas lost their jobs.

• The unemployment rate in the country increased as the demand for labor decreased.

• Many factory workers moved to rural areas because of the development of industrial automation.

Why did the US government set up schools for American Indians?

• The government was planning on hiring American Indians to build railroads.

• The government wanted to assimilate the American Indians into US culture.

• The government thought the American Indians would tell them where gold was.

• The government desired to have the American Indians work as farmers.

What was the outcome of the Dawes Act of 1887?

• It provided more services to American Indians in the United States.

• It reduced the size of reservations and divided tribal land among individuals.

• It established reservations for American Indians in the Western United States.

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  It created an official government agency in change of negotiating treaties with American Indians.

How did the westward expansion of white settlement affect American Indians?

• White settlers were searching for gold, and American Indians were recruited as work crews.

• White settlers wanted land for larger farms, and they enslaved American Indians as agricultural laborers.

• White settlers wanted to own western land and its natural resources, and they drove American Indians off their lands.

• White settlers wanted to be the first people to reach the Pacific coast, and the American Indians suffered as both groups raced west.

Select all of the factors that enabled racism to become institutionalized in the U.S. following the end of the Reconstruction Era.

• Southern states passed "Jim Crow" laws

• the former Confederate States were divided into 5 military districts

• The U.S. Supreme Court upheld "separate but equal" doctrine in their Plessy v. Ferguson decision

• Many Southern states required a poll tax or literacy test to allow people to vote

• The rise of the Klu Klux Klan allowed for more African-Americans to vote