US HISTORY: CHAPTER 15 Immigration and Urbanization

Most immigrants were skilled and well educated workers.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Where did most immigrants during the Gilded Age come from?

• East Asia

• Southern and Central Europe

• Mexico

• Middle East

Many immigrants flocked to the nation's cities because of:

• Shopping

• Entertainment

• Education

• Employment

Settlement houses were run largely by

• Native Americans

• Women

• African Americans

• Church

The co-founder of Hull House in Chicago was

• Boss Tweed

• Grover Cleveland

• Jane Addams

• Rutherford B. Hayes

Preached salvation through service to the poor?

• Nativism

• Social Gospel Movement

• Political Machine

• Americanization Movement

The main immigration processing station in San Francisco was called:

• Angel Island

• Ellis Island

• Tammany Hall

• Hull House

The illegal use of political influence for personal gain is called:

• Nativism

• Civil Service

• Graft

• Gentlemen's agreement

The main goal of the Americanization movement was to:

• limit the number of immigrants entering the country

• assimilate people of various cultures into the dominant culture

• improve living conditions of the poor

• encourage people to move from rural areas to urban ones

The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to:

• decrease Chinese immigration

• create segregated classrooms (Chinese/American)

• settle a disagreement of trade between China and America

• stop Chinese Americans from attending college in the United States