WorksheetsImmigration & Cities Review
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Rapid Urbanization and Industrialization led to...
limited access to transportation
overcrowding in urban neighborhoods
decline in disease and illness
a surplus (means too much) of food and land
Job Opportunities caused movement in America. People generally moved from...
cities to the country
the United States to Canada
the rural countryside to the city
the United States to Mexico
Which group of people generally saw the Statue of Liberty as they came into the New York harbor in the 1900s?
veterans returning to America from war in Europe
Americans who were tired of new people coming into their country.
Americans who were struggling and needed hope
Immigrant coming into America to find a better life.
Chicago became a city with a specialized industry in ...
textiles
dye
steel
meat packing
Where was Andrew Carnegie's steel industry located?
Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Illinois
Which immigrant group originally came over for the gold rush and then again to work on the transcontinental railroad?
African Americans
Norwegians
Chinese
Irish
Which immigrant group came into California during the Gold Rush to maybe strike it rich?
Russia
India
Mongolia
China
If you lived in the late 1800s, and your parent worked in this factory, which city would you MOST LIKELY live in? (think major manufacturing areas)
New York City
Chicago
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Adventure, Escape from oppressive governments, Religious Freedom, and Hope for better opportunities are all examples of what??
Reasons Why Colonists Immigrated to Europe
Reasons for Westward Expansion
Reasons for the Development of Cities
Reasons for Increased Immigration to the United States
What is the process in which immigrants become part of the American culture and American Indians become part of the white culture called?
Acceptance
Nativism
Conversion
Assimilation
Which of these are NOT examples of push factors?
religious freedom
poor living conditions
war or revolution
major crime
Crime, pollution, poor sanitation, and rough tenements are all examples of...
reasons immigrants left the United States
Problems the Captains of Industry caused
major problems in big cities during the early 1900s
effects of the invention of the model T
Who was Jane Addams?
a woman devoted to helping the poor through the Hull House
a woman who helped immigrants by giving them jobs
a woman who came to the United States from Europe
someone who worked on busting trusts and monopolies
