Review: Chapter 5: Immigrants and Urban Life

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To adjust to a new life immigrants

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moved into neighborhoods with others from the same country

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The Chinese Exclusion Act

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Banned Chinese people from immigrating to the U.S. for 10 years; Was the first time America banned a single group from America.

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Mass transit is

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public transportation designed to move many people

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Many immigrants lived in these run-down urban buildings.

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tenements

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Why were immigrants often forced to take low-paying jobs in cities?

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Immigrants lacked skill needed to get better jobs

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Because the switch to American life was difficult many immigrant families

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moved into other areas with people from their home countries

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What was the main change brought by the steel industry to American architecture of the late 1800s?

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Steel was used to build skyscrapers that needed limited city space

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What did city governments do to try to improve city sanitation in the late 1800s?

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built water purification systems

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Immigrants who came from Northern Europe in the mid 1800s?

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old immigrants

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Immigrants who came from Southern and Eastern Europe in the late 1800s?

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new immigrants