Urbanization & Immigration

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Based on the information in this graph, why did immigration increase rapidly between 1895 and 1905? Options: Railroad construction created jobs for immigrants. Cheap land prices in the West attracted immigrant farmers. Industrial growth provided factory jobs for immigrants. World War I caused immigrants to flee Europe.

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Industrial growth provided factory jobs for immigrants.

Front

The movement of people from rural areas to urban cities is called

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Urbanization

Front

"Little Italy" and "Chinatown" are examples of

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Ethnic Neighborhoods

Front

Urbanization was caused by: The Civil War, Industrialization, Poverty, Communism

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Industrialization

Front

What important invention brought more people to cities from rural areas?

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Electricity

Front

For the poor, living in cities resulted in a ____________ quality of life.

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decreased

Front

In the late 1800s, the increase in the number of tenement buildings resulted directly from the: Rapid growth of urban populations

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Rapid growth of urban populations

Front

Why did immigrants often live in neighborhoods with others from their homelands?

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It made their adjustment to their new life easier

Front

Cities grew because of all these reasons except: Immigration, Jobs, Railroads, Farming

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Farming

Front

What term refers to multi-family apartments that are usually dark, crowded, and barely meet minimal living standards?

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tenement