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Urbanization Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Many immigrants lived in overcrowded apartments with poor ventilation and sanitation. These were called:

a)

Slums

b)

Tenements

c)

Suburbs

d)

Urban Developments

2.

Which of these statements best describes how new immigrants to the U.S. were treated?

a)

New immigrants were given the best places to live

b)

New immigrants instantly received the same rights as native-born Americans

c)

New immigrants were always welcomed with open arms

d)

New immigrants were often discriminated against socially and legally

3.

This term means the growth and development of cities:

a)

Urbanization

b)

Discrimination

c)

Immigration

d)

Migration

4.

The growth of cities was mostly due to

a)

Better urban planning

b)

Extension of cities into rural areas

c)

An improvement in living conditions

d)

An increase in immigration from other countries

5.

Which person helped immigrants in New York City, but also took advantage of them to profit off of government funds?

a)

William (Boss) Tweed

b)

Thomas Clifford

c)

Robert Moore

d)

Upton Sinclair

6.

Political machines provided new city dwellers with necessities such as jobs and housing in exchange for

a)

Labor

b)

Land

c)

Wages

d)

Votes

7.

Settlement houses, like the Hull House created by Jane Addams, were created to:

a)

Help immigrants find educational opportunities

b)

Help immigrants find jobs

c)

Give immigrants child care

d)

All of the above

8.

What created a 10-year halt on all Chinese labor immigration?

a)

Chinese Exclusion Act

b)

Labor Immigration Act

c)

Chinese Worker Act

d)

Invitation to Work Act

9.

"Some immigrants were pushed from their homeland while others were attracted to the United States. They served as the cheap labor force in the new, developing businesses and their presence caused a dramatic increase in city populations."


The except above best identifies the factors that brought about rapid...

a)

urbanization and industrialization.

b)

free enterprise and nativism

c)

mercantilism and slavery.

d)

innovation and mechanization.

10.

Which trend of the late 1800s correctly replaces the question make in this cause-and-effect diagram?

a)

The number of immigrants from Europe declined

b)

The government passed laissez-faire laws

c)

People moved from rural to urban areas

d)

Settlement houses lost federal funding

11.

Immigration

a)

stopped political corruption

b)

helped grow and develop cities

c)

was bad for the United States

d)

ended world hunger

12.

True or False: Many immigrants were discriminated against when then arrived in the United States?

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What two issues lead to overcrowded immigrant neighborhoods?

a)

Urbanization

b)

Automobiles

c)

Industrialization

d)

Aeroplanes

14.

Americans moved from ______ to ______ areas in order to find better job opportunities.

a)

urban, rural

b)

rural, urban

15.

Which group of immigrants faced racial discrimination?

a)

Native Americans

b)

Jewish

c)

Irish

d)

Italians

16.

crowded apartment buildings for immigrants

a)

tenements

b)

immigrants

c)

urban

d)

settlements

17.

a specific area in a city where an ethnic group of similar culture, religion, and language lives

a)

Ghetto

b)

Oppressive

c)

Tenement

d)

Urbanization

18.

community centers in urban areas established by social and religious workers to meet the needs of people in poor neighborhoods

a)

Ghetto

b)

Settlement Houses

c)

Tenement

d)

Hull House