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Immigration and Urbanization

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement best completes the diagram?

a)

Farmers refuse to move to new territories

b)

European states rapidly industrialize

c)

Fewer Americans support nativism

d)

Americans have larger families

2.

One reason U.S. cities grew during the early 19th century was:

a)

improvements to public schools

b)

industrialization in the South

c)

increasing trade with foreign countries

d)

the spread of nativist policies

3.

Which factor caused many Irish immigrants to come to the United States in the 19th century?

a)

U.S. policies that promoted Catholic religion

b)

A growing demand for farm labor in the American South

c)

The collapse of Irish potato crops due to disease

d)

The chance to buy huge plots of American land

4.

U.S. cities grew quickly during the early 1800s because:

a)

nativists called for more Americans to move to cities

b)

recent immigrants often had to live in cities

c)

poor transportation made it difficult to leave cities

d)

education became freely available in cities

5.

How was the U.S. population changing in the early 1800s?

a)

It was made up of smaller families

b)

It had a growing African slave population

c)

it had a shrinking immigrant population

d)

It was becoming much older

6.

Which statement best completes the diagram?

a)

Disease destroys potato crops in Ireland

b)

U.S. leaders call for more Catholic immigration

c)

German cities become highly industrialized

d)

More Americans begin to support nativism

7.

How was the U.S. population changing in the early 1800s?

a)

Families were having fewer children

b)

The slave population was shrinking

c)

It was becoming much older

d)

The immigrant population was growing

8.

U.S. cities grew quickly during the early 1800s because:

a)

agriculture became more important to the economies of cities

b)

trade with other countries brought people and business to cities

c)

governments paid for impressive schools and housing in cities

d)

nativists called for more Protestants to move to cities

9.

Which statement best completes the diagram?

a)

The Know-Nothing gains political power

b)

Cities in Europe go through industrialization

c)

Irish farmers grow rich harvesting potatoes

d)

Germans hope to escape unfair governments

10.

Which statement best completes the diagram?

a)

European cities go through industrialization

b)

German potato crops are struck by disease

c)

The Irish suffer from starvation

d)

American nativists welcome more immigrants

11.

U.S. cities grew quickly during the early 1800s because:

a)

declining immigration created more space in cities

b)

poor transportation made it hard to leave cities

c)

Catholics and Protestants agreed to share cities

d)

Industrialization created new jobs in cities

12.

How was the U.S. population changing in the 1800s?

a)

The immigrant population was shrinking

b)

Slavery was made illegal

c)

Families were having more children

d)

More people moved to the country

13.

Which factor caused many German immigrants to come to the United States in the 19th century?

a)

The collapse of German potato crops due to disease

b)

The chance to buy land in the American West

c)

The rise of the Know-Nothing Party

d)

The policies promoted by U.S. nativists

14.

One reason U.S. cities grew during the early 19th century was:

a)

the growing popularity of nativism

b)

the increase in European immigration

c)

the availability of new farming jobs

d)

the lack of good transportation

15.

Which statement best completes the diagram?

a)

Americans move from cities to farms

b)

Populations fall in mid-western states

c)

A majority of Americans adopt Catholicism.

d)

Immigration from Europe increases

16.

Which factor caused many German immigrants to come to the United States in the 19th century?

a)

U.S. policies that promoted Catholic immigration

b)

The collapse of German potato crops due to disease

c)

A growing demand for farm labor in the American South

d)

Poor treatment by their own governments

17.

One reason U.S. cities grew during the early 19th century was:

a)

the spread of industrial factories

b)

the end of slavery in the South

c)

cooperation between religious groups

d)

the growing popularity of nativism

18.

Which statement best completes the diagram?

a)

Immigrants buy land in the new territories

b)

Fewer Americans support nativism

c)

A majority of Americans adopt Catholicism

d)

European states rapidly industrialize

19.

Which statement best completes the diagram?

a)

Fewer Americans work as unskilled workers

b)

Catholicism becomes the dominant U.S. religion

c)

Most Americans move to western territories

d)

The number of enslaved Africans increases

20.

One reason U.S. cities grew during the early 19th century was:

a)

the rise of the Know-Nothing Party

b)

government spending on schools

c)

the need for factory workers

d)

the lack of good transportation

21.

Which factor caused many Irish immigrants to come to the United States in the 19th century?

a)

The chance to buy huge plots of American land

b)

Their knowledge of the English language

c)

Food shortages in Ireland that caused starvation

d)

Policies promoted by U.S. nativists