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WorksheetsImmigration and Urbanization
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 21mins
Which statement best completes the diagram?
Farmers refuse to move to new territories
European states rapidly industrialize
Fewer Americans support nativism
Americans have larger families
One reason U.S. cities grew during the early 19th century was:
improvements to public schools
industrialization in the South
increasing trade with foreign countries
the spread of nativist policies
Which factor caused many Irish immigrants to come to the United States in the 19th century?
U.S. policies that promoted Catholic religion
A growing demand for farm labor in the American South
The collapse of Irish potato crops due to disease
The chance to buy huge plots of American land
U.S. cities grew quickly during the early 1800s because:
nativists called for more Americans to move to cities
recent immigrants often had to live in cities
poor transportation made it difficult to leave cities
education became freely available in cities
How was the U.S. population changing in the early 1800s?
It was made up of smaller families
It had a growing African slave population
it had a shrinking immigrant population
It was becoming much older
Which statement best completes the diagram?
Disease destroys potato crops in Ireland
U.S. leaders call for more Catholic immigration
German cities become highly industrialized
More Americans begin to support nativism
How was the U.S. population changing in the early 1800s?
Families were having fewer children
The slave population was shrinking
It was becoming much older
The immigrant population was growing
U.S. cities grew quickly during the early 1800s because:
agriculture became more important to the economies of cities
trade with other countries brought people and business to cities
governments paid for impressive schools and housing in cities
nativists called for more Protestants to move to cities
Which statement best completes the diagram?
The Know-Nothing gains political power
Cities in Europe go through industrialization
Irish farmers grow rich harvesting potatoes
Germans hope to escape unfair governments
Which statement best completes the diagram?
European cities go through industrialization
German potato crops are struck by disease
The Irish suffer from starvation
American nativists welcome more immigrants
U.S. cities grew quickly during the early 1800s because:
declining immigration created more space in cities
poor transportation made it hard to leave cities
Catholics and Protestants agreed to share cities
Industrialization created new jobs in cities
How was the U.S. population changing in the 1800s?
The immigrant population was shrinking
Slavery was made illegal
Families were having more children
More people moved to the country
Which factor caused many German immigrants to come to the United States in the 19th century?
The collapse of German potato crops due to disease
The chance to buy land in the American West
The rise of the Know-Nothing Party
The policies promoted by U.S. nativists
One reason U.S. cities grew during the early 19th century was:
the growing popularity of nativism
the increase in European immigration
the availability of new farming jobs
the lack of good transportation
Which statement best completes the diagram?
Americans move from cities to farms
Populations fall in mid-western states
A majority of Americans adopt Catholicism.
Immigration from Europe increases
Which factor caused many German immigrants to come to the United States in the 19th century?
U.S. policies that promoted Catholic immigration
The collapse of German potato crops due to disease
A growing demand for farm labor in the American South
Poor treatment by their own governments
One reason U.S. cities grew during the early 19th century was:
the spread of industrial factories
the end of slavery in the South
cooperation between religious groups
the growing popularity of nativism
Which statement best completes the diagram?
Immigrants buy land in the new territories
Fewer Americans support nativism
A majority of Americans adopt Catholicism
European states rapidly industrialize
Which statement best completes the diagram?
Fewer Americans work as unskilled workers
Catholicism becomes the dominant U.S. religion
Most Americans move to western territories
The number of enslaved Africans increases
One reason U.S. cities grew during the early 19th century was:
the rise of the Know-Nothing Party
government spending on schools
the need for factory workers
the lack of good transportation
Which factor caused many Irish immigrants to come to the United States in the 19th century?
The chance to buy huge plots of American land
Their knowledge of the English language
Food shortages in Ireland that caused starvation
Policies promoted by U.S. nativists
