Immigration, Migration/Expansion, Social Issues Transform the US

Push Factors are reasons people emigrate (leave their home country)

• True

• False

Irish coming to the United States for opportunities to work on railroads is an example of

• Push Factor

• Pull Factor

Steamboats made the voyage for different immigrant groups more accessible

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The steamship took a trip from Europe to the US from weeks/or months to only a few days or more. Because the trip was now shorter immigrants that otherwise could not have made the journey to the US could now come to the US

Which of the following were pull factors for immigrants to the US

• Jobs

• Natural Resources

• Economic Opportunity

• Escape political disrimination

All of the following statements are true regarding the rapid urbanization of cities, except

• Overcrowding

• Poor Sanitary Conditions

• Fires

• Cities were easily able to adapt and provide resources to residents

Answer explanation

Cities often struggled to adapt with the rapid growing population. For example, as thousands of people moved to cities each year, cities struggled to provide public services such as education, hospitals, trash collection, and water to residents.

Someone who searches for wealth by mining minerals

• Manifest Destiny

• 49ers

• Prospectors

• Entrepreneurs

This amendment gave African American men the right to vote

• 19th

• 13th

• 15th

• 14th

This amendment abolished slavery

• 21st

• 14th

• 19th

• 13th

One objective of the Immigration Act of 1924 was to reduce the amount of immigrants entering the US each year. This legislation reflects a pattern of intolerance that was present during the 1920s.

What other development during the 1920s also reflects this pattern of intolerance

• Ratification the 19th Amendment

• Renewal of racial violence encouraged by the KKK

• The growth of African American Arts during the Harlem Renaissance

• Prospectors rushing out to California in 1849

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was passed primarily in response to

• Increased US presence in China

• the belief that Chinese Immigrants were taking jobs

• Rapid population growth of the Northeast

• China's actions during the Boxer Rebellion