Immigrants & Urban Life Unit Review

Front

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

Back

More immigrants came from Asia.

Front

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

Back

They established benevolent societies.

Front

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

Back

immigrants

Front

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

Back

More people moved to big cities.

Front

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

Back

skyscrapers

Front

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

Back

False

Front

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

Back

True

Front

Did world fairs help people in rural areas have access to merchandise from department stores in the late 1800s?

Back

False

Front

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

Back

True

Front

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

Back

There were too many people living in a small area.