Immigrants & Urban Life Unit Review

How did immigration patterns change in the United States during the late 1800s?

• More immigrants came from Asia.

• More immigrants came from Africa.

• Fewer immigrants came from Europe.

• Fewer immigrants came from Mexico.

How did immigrants to the United States during the late 1800s adapt to their new life?

• They found low-paying jobs.

• They built tenement apartments.

• They set up rules for better sanitation.

• They established benevolent societies.

Some people in the United States were worried that (a)   would take their jobs because they were willing to work for low wages.

How did the population distribution of the United States change in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• More people moved to big cities.

• More people left the West Coast.

• Fewer people settled in the suburbs.

• Fewer people emigrated from Latin America.

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, (a)   were built in big cities so more people could live and work in city centers.

Comic strips were viewed as a form of advertising for newspapers in the 1900s.

• True

• False

People reserved open spaces in big cities in the late 1800s instead of constructing buildings everywhere.

• True

• False

World fairs helped people in rural areas have access to merchandise from department stores in the late 1800s.

• True

• False

Newspapers became more prevalent by 1900 because a new typesetting machine had been invented.

• True

• False

What was the main source of the problems that big cities faced in immigrant neighborhoods in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• There were few jobs available in factories.

• There were too many people living in a small area.

• There were too many laws that restricted landlords.

• There were few regulations on the education system.