Urbanization and Immigration

Why was the period after Reconstruction known as the “Gilded Age” in America?

• Currency debates were the biggest issue in American politics
• There was much economic growth but were many issues under the surface
• All Americans regardless of class and occupation saw significant improvements in their standard of living
• Women and African Americans joined together in their struggles against inequality

The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor sought to ___________.

• Overthrow capitalism and install Soviet Communism.
• Increase production efficiency through the use of scientific management practices.
• Organize workers to bargain and strike collectively for increased wages, better working conditions, decreased hours..
• Limit the movement of Chinese Americans into farm jobs in the South.

How did U.S. society respond to the development of the assembly line?

• People stopped purchasing as many automobiles.
• Businesses adopted these faster production methods and grew exponentially.
• The American economy shrank due to a glut of consumer goods.
• American laborers enjoyed a more relaxed pace of work.

What effect did the practice of the assembly line have on industrial workers in the United States?

• It gave laborers a better sense of purpose in their work
• It led to the need for more workers to accomplish the same work
• It reduced work to repetitive tasks easily performed by machines
• It created more professionalism among the industrial workers

Which statement about immigration to the United States during the 19th century is most valid?

• Organized labor supported unlimited immigration.
• Most immigrants to the United States were illegal aliens.
• Industrial growth led to a demand for cheap immigrant labor.
• Few immigrants came from Eastern Europe

Anti-immigrant legislation passed by Congress included the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. What was the impact of this act?

• It prohibited Chinese immigrants from settling east of the Rocky Mountains, but the west coast was open to immigration and settlement.
• It excluded native born Chinese from the legal protections of due process under the law.
• It prevented Chinese immigrants from legally coming to the United States, and was not repealed until 1943.
• It declared that all Chinese citizens in the United States had to move back to their country of origin.

Most European immigrants on the East Coast were processed where?

• Ellis Island
• Angel Island
• Washington, D.C.
• Baltimore

Nativists wanted to

• forced immigrants to live in rural areas
• encourage immigrants to keep their own culturally customs and beliefs
• limit or cut off immigration.
• convert immigrants to Protestantism

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

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

Which claim is best supported by the evidence in these charts?

• Industrialization in the U.S. coincided with a decrease in immigration to the country.
• The manufacturing sector provided only a small number of jobs during Industrialization.
• Immigrant women did not participate in manufacturing in the U.S. because their cultures forbid them from working.
• Immigration to the U.S. provided a steady source of laborers for a rapidly growing manufacturing sector.