Immigration & Urbanization

Based on the information in this graph, why did immigration increase rapidly between 1895 and 1905?

• 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.
  

Base your answer to the next question on the poem below and your knowledge of social studies.
… “Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost [tossed] to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” -Emma Lazarus, “The New Colossus”
In this poem, the phrase “homeless, tempest-tost” refers to

• Soldiers
• Immigrants
• Survivors of a shipwreck
• Unemployed workers

Base your answer to the next question on the poem below and your knowledge of social studies.
… “Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost [tossed] to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” -Emma Lazarus, “The New Colossus”
This poem is found on which national landmark?

• Plymouth Rock
  
• Lincoln Memorial
  
• Statue of Liberty
  
• Independence Hall
  

During the 1800s, Irish immigrants faced discrimination mainly because of their

• Religious beliefs
  
• Upper-class backgrounds
  
• Conservative political views
  
• Reluctance to learn the English language
  

The movement of people from rural areas to cities is called

• reconstruction
• nativism
  
• urbanization
• mercantilism

Which statement about nativism is most accurate?

• Nativists wanted to bring about an end to slavery
• Nativists were opposed to immigration
• Nativists were laborers who favored unlimited immigration
• Nativists encouraged immigrants to settle in California

An experience shared by most “new immigrants” in the 1890s was that they

• A. met with some local hostility
  
• B. settled in farm areas where cheap land was available
  
• C. rapidly became part of the majority lifestyle
  
• D. enrolled in American universities to get an education
  

The quota system, established as part of United States’ immigration policy in the 1920s, was mainly designed to

• Limit the number of immigrants from certain nations
  
• Increase the total number of immigrants
  
• Allow an equal number of immigrants from every country
  
• Attract skilled workers and business investors
  

An increase in the number of factories in the mid-1800's led to

• An increased dependence on products made in homes
  
• An increase in urbanization
  
• A decrease in levels of water and air pollution
  
• A reduction in immigration from Europe
  

During the early 1900s, large number of African Americans from the South found better job opportunities

• In northern cities
  
• In Pacific Coast lumber yards
  
• On southwestern ranches
  
• On Great Plains farms