Urbanization Review

Many immigrants lived in overcrowded apartments with poor ventilation and sanitation. These were called:

• Slums

• Tenements

• Suburbs

• Urban Developments

Which of these statements best describes how new immigrants to the U.S. were treated?

• New immigrants were given the best places to live

• New immigrants instantly received the same rights as native-born Americans

• New immigrants were always welcomed with open arms

• New immigrants were often discriminated against socially and legally

This term means the growth and development of cities:

• Urbanization

• Discrimination

• Immigration

• Migration

The growth of cities was mostly due to

• Better urban planning

• Extension of cities into rural areas

• An improvement in living conditions

• An increase in immigration from other countries

Which person helped immigrants in New York City, but also took advantage of them to profit off of government funds?

• William (Boss) Tweed

• Thomas Clifford

• Robert Moore

• Upton Sinclair

Political machines provided new city dwellers with necessities such as jobs and housing in exchange for

• Labor

• Land

• Wages

• Votes

Settlement houses, like the Hull House created by Jane Addams, were created to:

• Help immigrants find educational opportunities

• Help immigrants find jobs

• Give immigrants child care

• All of the above

What created a 10-year halt on all Chinese labor immigration?

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Labor Immigration Act

• Chinese Worker Act

• Invitation to Work Act

"Some immigrants were pushed from their homeland while others were attracted to the United States. They served as the cheap labor force in the new, developing businesses and their presence caused a dramatic increase in city populations."

The except above best identifies the factors that brought about rapid...

• urbanization and industrialization.

• free enterprise and nativism

• mercantilism and slavery.

• innovation and mechanization.

Which trend of the late 1800s correctly replaces the question make in this cause-and-effect diagram?

• The number of immigrants from Europe declined

• The government passed laissez-faire laws

• People moved from rural to urban areas

• Settlement houses lost federal funding