Immigration & Urbanization Flashcard

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Based on the information in this graph, why did immigration increase rapidly between 1895 and 1905? Railroad construction created jobs for immigrants. Cheap land prices in the West attracted immigrant farmers. Industrial growth provided factory jobs for immigrants. World War I caused immigrants to flee Europe.

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Industrial growth provided factory jobs for immigrants.

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The movement of people from rural areas to cities is called

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urbanization

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Which statement about nativism is most accurate? Nativists wanted to bring about an end to slavery, Nativists were opposed to immigration, Nativists were laborers who favored unlimited immigration, Nativists encouraged immigrants to settle in California.

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Nativists were opposed to immigration.

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An increase in the number of factories in the mid-1800's led to

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An increase in urbanization

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In the late 1800s, the increase in the number of tenement buildings resulted directly from the:

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Rapid growth of urban populations

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The “new immigrants” who arrived during the late 1800's were primarily from: southern Europe, China, Japan, and Russia., Latin America and Mexico., Asia and Africa., northern and western Europe.

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southern Europe, China, Japan, and Russia.

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From which nation in Europe would an “old immigrant” likely have come? Options: England, Italy, Poland, Russia

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England

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How did the United States government attempt to limit the number of Chinese immigrants during the 1890s?

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It passed laws that forced immigrants to prove that they had relatives already living in the United States.

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What prompted the city governments to take these actions?

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Industrial growth and overcrowding led to poor sanitation conditions which increased the risk of disease.

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To what event in United States history did these factors contribute? Options: the rise of Big Business, the end of immigration, the start of World War I, the growth of suburbs

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the rise of Big Business