Progressive Movement

What is the process in which immigrants become part of the American culture and American Indians become part of the white culture?

• Acceptance

• Assimilation

• Conservatism

• Nativism

Which reason was NOT a challenge faced by immigrants in the cities?

• Political corruption led by political machines using the votes of immigrants

• Many factory jobs available

• Housing shortage with many people crowded into cheaply built tenement buildings

• Dishonest employers

Where was Andrew Carnegie’s steel industry located?

• Wyoming

• Wisconsin

• Pennsylvania

• Alaska

Which city developed into a steel-manufacturing area?

• Pittsburg

• New York

• Chicago

• San Diego

Rapid urbanization and industrialization led to-

• Overcrowding in urban neighborhoods

• limited access to transportation

• A decline in diseases

• A surplus of food

Which city was the center of the meatpacking industry?

• Philadelphia

• St. Louis

• Chicago

• New York

Jane Addams impacted American society in the late nineteenth century by —

• establishing a settlement house to focus on the needs of immigrant families in Chicago

• encouraging the development of legislation to limit immigration to the United States

Which man helped industrialize electricity?

• Aleixandre Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Tommy Matola

• Timmy Turner

Which group gained power by helping new immigrants in the United States during the late 1800s?

• Political Machines

• Labor Unions

• Big business

What device did Alexander Graham Bell create that changed communication forever?

• Telegraph

• Telephone

• internet