WorksheetsImmigration and Urbanization
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
1.B.2.D.2 Which of the follow statements best describe the relationship between immigrants and political machines in the late 19th century?
Political machines helped immigrants learn English and become citizens.
Political machines provided jobs and housing to immigrants in exchange for votes.
Political machines worked to restrict immigration and block naturalization.
Political machines organized violent protests against immigrants.
1.B.2.D.3 What factors contributed to the growth of the middle class during the late 19th century?
The expansion of educational opportunities and increasing professional employment.
A period of sustained economic growth led to a better standard of living for all.
The manufacture of cheap and durable home appliances, such as vacuums and refrigerators, let most people attain a middle class lifestyle.
The generosity of wealthy individuals who paid high wages to their workers.
1.B.2.D.9 Which of the following population trends occurred in the United States from 1860 to 1910?:
gradual decline of the rural population in absolute numbers.
shift of the majority of the urban population from central city to suburbs.
significant shift of the population from the North to the South.
faster rate of growth for the cities than for the general population.
1.B.2.D.10 American nativist disliked immigrants for all of the following reasons (Select all that apply)
many Americans believed immigrants to be racially inferior.
most immigrants were not Protestant.
the language and customs of immigrants were very different.
immigrants were strong supporters of prohibition.
1.B.2.D.12 After 1890, increased immigration resulted in
unskilled laborers tended to concentrate in crowded urban slums
contract laborers enabled employers to combat strikes effectively.
the American educational system not able to absorb the numbers of immigrant children.
unskilled laborers not becoming members of labor unions.
1.B.2.D.14 Those believing in the idea of the "Melting Pot" predicted that?:
each immigrant group would always maintain its separate identity.
all immigrant groups would eventually adopt to a singular American culture.
a culture would emerge from the blending of Old World cultures.
some immigrant groups would retain their culture while others would gradually blend into the mainstream culture.
1.B.2.D.27 The most important institution that Americanized immigrant children was ___.
Schools
Sports and leisure
Work
Literature, magazines, and newspapers
1.B.2.D.31 Where did most of the new immigrants come from after 1880?
Northwestern Europe
Asia
Eastern and Southern Europe
Central and South America
