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Worksheet time: 22mins
Selected Foreign-Born Populations in Florida, 1900
Country of Birth Population
China 118
Cuba 6,744
Denmark 204
Canada 1,199
Total Foreign-Born in Florida 23,832
This table supports the conclusion that in 1900 —
people moved to areas with religious protections similar to those in their native country
geographic proximity to native countries influenced immigration patterns
economic incentives offered by native countries encouraged emigration
people moved to areas with government regulations similar to those in their native country
Which pull factor contributed to the Great Migration?
The availability of land grants for homesteaders
Economic opportunities in industrialized cities
Better soil conditions in previously uncultivated areas
The lower cost of living in urban areas
The demographics of the United States are changing rapidly because of factors such as longer life expectancy and large-scale immigration. People closely watching these trends include corporate executives and the advertisers they hire to market their products to consumers.
Which marketing strategy is most clearly a result of the changing demographic patterns described above?
Television networks offer discounts to toy companies for commercials played during Saturday-morning cartoons.
Fast-food chains partner with the film industry to advertise recent movie releases with kids’ meals.
Telecommunication companies spend increasing amounts of money on commercials that air on Spanish-language radio stations.
Department stores place large advertisements in Sunday newspapers.
Which of the following contributed most to increased settlement of the Great Plains?
The availability of buffalo
The discovery of precious metals
A series of federal land grants
A decrease in agricultural production
Late 1800s
• Poverty • Famine • Political oppression ------> ___?____ -------> • New Catholic churches were built. • Urban areas were expanded
Which sentence correctly completes this diagram?
The Bracero program was introduced.
The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed.
Russian radicals joined labor unions in the United States.
Irish families immigrated to the United States.
Which situation does this cartoon from an early 1900s pamphlet illustrate?
The deportation of many Chinese immigrants in the Northwest
The recruitment of Chinese immigrants by large labor unions in the Midwest
The fear in the West of losing jobs to Chinese immigrants
The lack of available resources in the East to support a large influx of Chinese immigrants
Historically, one of the most significant migrations of population in the United States has been the movement of people from rural to urban areas. To appreciate the magnitude of this shift, consider the fact that in 1800, 94% of the U.S. population lived in a rural area, compared with 60% in 1890 and only 25% in 1990!
—Stephan J. Goetz, Migration and Local Labor Markets, 1999
Which factor was a primary reason for the shift described in this excerpt?
Kinship networks
Economic transformation
Government reform
Climate change
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was primarily a response to —
increased U.S. presence in China
competition for jobs on the West Coast
rapid population growth in the Northeast
China’s actions during the Boxer Rebellion
In the last half of the nineteenth century, the United States experienced vast industrial growth. A new class of wealthy entrepreneurs and a prosperous middle class emerged. Factory jobs also increased to meet production demands.
Which demographic change in the United States is most associated with this transformation?
Increased property values in rural areas
Increased life expectancies in urban areas
Increased birth rates in rural areas
Increased migration to urban areas
In the World War II era, what was the major reason for Jewish immigration to the United States?
To seek guaranteed universal suffrage
To escape famine and drought caused by natural disaster
To seek better educational opportunities
To escape state-sponsored genocide
It was during the First World War that a silent pilgrimage took its first steps within the borders of this country. . . . It would not end until the 1970s. . . . Over the course of six decades, some six million black southerners left the land of their forefathers and fanned out across the country for an uncertain existence in nearly every other corner of America....
—Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, 2010
What was a primary reason for the demographic shift described in this excerpt?
Increased demand for sharecroppers in the North
Limited economic opportunities for African Americans in the South
Increased availability of manufactured goods in the North
A lack of educational institutions for African Americans in the South
