Cities Grow & Change/the New Immigrants

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Urbanization

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Increasing numbers of factory jobs appeared in America's cities, followed by more workers to fill those jobs

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Tenement

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Apartment house that is usually run-down and overcrowded

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Political Machine

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An organization that influences enough votes to control a local government

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Slums

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A neighborhood with such overcrowded, dangerous housing

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Tammany Hall

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The most famous politcal machine

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Hull House

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Became a model for other settlement houses including Ny's Henry Settlement House

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Social Gospel Movement

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Provided one basis for these beliefs; aimed to improve the lives of the poor

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Jane Addams

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Founded Chicago's Hull House in 1889

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How did industrial growth lead to urbanization in the US?

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Industrial growth lead to urbanization in the US because people were looking for jobs. Industries were drawn to cities because cities offered good transportation and plentiful workers. Increasing number of factory jobs appeared, and more workers to fill those jobs. Many of the people who moved to American cities were immigrants who migrated from America's farms to get better jobs.

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All these characterized big cities at the end of the nineteenth century EXCEPT

A)
slums

(B)
overcrowding

(C)
no public transportation

(D)
poverty

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A)
slums

(B)
overcrowding

Correct Answer
(C)
no public transportation <----- because By 1900, electric streetcars in American cities were carrying more than 5 billion passengers a year. Cities did suffer from other problems, however. Rapid population growth led to overcrowding, poverty, and slums.

(D)
poverty

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Political machines in the early 1900s

(A)
destroyed cities


(B)
replaced political parties


(C)
excluded immigrants


(D)
were corrupt, yet did some good

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(A)
destroyed cities


(B)
replaced political parties


(C)
excluded immigrants

Correct Answer
(D)
were corrupt, yet did some good ------> because Political machines were corrupt, yet did some good. Political machines, which traded favors for votes, made money for politicians and often broke the rules. Nevertheless, people supported them because they sometimes improved life in the cities, including settling and finding jobs for immigrants.

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3.
After 1900, the new immigrants came mainly from

(A)
eastern and southern Europe

(B)
Asia

(C)
western Europe

(D)
northern Europe

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3.
After 1900, the new immigrants came mainly from

Correct answer
(A)
eastern and southern Europe <------ because After 1900, the new immigrants came mainly from eastern and southern Europe. Until the 1890s, most immigrants to the United States had come from northern and western Europe. After 1900, however, Italians, Slavic peoples, and eastern European Jews made up the majority of immigrants.


(B)
Asia

(C)
western Europe

(D)
northern Europe

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Ellis Island

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First stop for most immigrants from Europe
They were procesed before they could enter the US

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Angel Island

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Asians landed here in San Francisco Bay
Filthy buildings, most
Chinese immigrants were held for several weeks

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Melting Pot

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A place where cultures blend, such as the new immigrants who blended into American society as earlier immigrants had

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Assimilation

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Process of blending into society

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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1882, Congress passed it, banned Chinese immigration for 10 years