Unit 1 US History Review

Which of the following are characteristics of Old immigrants?

• speaks English

• from Eastern and Southern Europe

• from Northern and Western Europe

• were often Jewish or Catholic

• spoke little to no English

Which of the following are characteristics of New immigrants?

• speaks English

• from Eastern and Southern Europe

• from Northern and Western Europe

• were usually Jewish or Catcholic

• spoke little to no English

What kind of immigrants did not blend well with society? (Old or New?)

Conflict between the interests of workers and business owners such as pay and working hours caused workers to go on _____________________.

What type of integration is pictured here?

What type of integration is pictured here?

Terrible living conditions in the cities were in run down buildings called _________________

• ethnic enclaves

• apartments

• tenements

• shacks

Counting votes and rigging elections was mainly done by _______________________.

• tenements

• ethnic enclaves

• immigrants

• political machines

What social change in America made it easier for political machines to rig elections?

• Pendleton Act

• Growth of cities

• Industrial Revolution

• Gilded Age

Who was the senator who gained control of the New York City government through granting favors to immigrants.

• William "Boss" Tweed

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• Teddy Roosevelt