Chapter 21 Test

By the early 1900s, most immigrants arrived from northern and western Europe.

• True
• False

Economic hardship was a common “push” factor for immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s

• True
• False

. Immigrants played an important role in the growth of cities.

• True
• False

Most working-class residents of U.S. cities received good wages and benefits.

• True
• False

. After the Civil War, American artists and musicians largely copied European styles.

• True
• False

a type of residence that is often run-down and crowded

• emigrate
• assimilate
• tenement
• yellow journalism
• ragtime

a type of music characterized by syncopation in the melody

• emigrate
• assimilate
• tenement
• yellow journalism
• ragtime

to leave one’s homeland to live somewhere else

• emigrate
• assimilate
• tenement
• yellow journalism
• ragtime

to become part of a larger culture

• emigrate
• assimilate
• tenement
• yellow journalism
• ragtime

. based on sensational stories

• emigrate
• assimilate
• tenement
• yellow journalism
• ragtime