Early Immigration Review

A tenement is _________________________________.

• a dumbbell-shaped brick apartment building, four to six stories in height consisting of rooms or a set of rooms within a house or block of apartments

• living conditions in New York in 1900

• the baseball stadium in New York

• a luxury condominium

In 1900, two-thirds of Manhattan's residents lived in tenements.

• True

• False

In tenements, many apartments were spacious with a lot natural light coming in through windows.

• True

• False

Sweatshops are mostly used for making...

• clothing

• steel

• books

• automobiles

True or False: An immigrant is a person who moves from their country to a new country.

• True

• False

The United States had many factory jobs available at the turn of the century. Was this a pull or push factor for any immigrants?

• pull

• push

What does the word “newsies” refer to?

• two New York City newspapers

• farmers who move to the city

• the kids who sell newspapers on the street

• the people who write stories for the papers

Most immigrants found work in___________

• Schools
• Churches
• Factories
• Farms

All of the following are reasons immigrants arrived in the United States between 1870 and 1900 EXCEPT--

• escape from high taxes

• better climate

• religious freedom

• escape famine and land shortages

What was one of the first things immigrants saw as they were arriving to Ellis Island?

• The Washington Monument

• The Empire State building

• The Statue of Liberty

• The Brooklyn Bridge