WorksheetsMoving To The City
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 33mins
During this time period, the United States ______.
changed from a rural society to an urban one
changed from an urban society to a rural one
replaced all its farms with factories
became a large farming country became a large farming country
People who worked as doctors, lawyers, managers, and clerks were members of ______.
the middle class
the professional class
the working class
settlement houses settlement houses
Tenements could be described as ______.
healthful, clean places to live and raise a family
factories that ran seven days a week
crowded, run-down apartment buildings
the main form of housing in major U.S. cities the main form of housing in major U.S. cities
Why was disease a problem in cities?
No one was able to help the sick people.
Almost all of the doctors lived in the suburbs
Garbage and overcrowding allowed disease to spread.
There were not enough doctors. There were not enough doctors.
The main purpose of a settlement house was to ______.
teach people English
provide hospitals and education
provide jobs for the middle-class
to help people in poverty to help people in poverty
Why did urbanization happen during the Gilded Age?
People were trying to escape the problems of the cities.
People wanted to farm more so they moved to urban areas.
People were escaping tenements and overcrowding in the country.
So many people needed jobs that they moved to the city for factory work.
In 1889, during the Gilded Age, a Settlement House called Hull House was opened in Chicago. It was designed to help working class women, many recent immigrants, move out of poverty and dependence on others. It sought to address some of the excesses of industry and business. Who founded Hull House?
Margaret Sanger
Jane Addams
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
