1. Many Jewish immigrants settled in New York City, while most Chinese settled in California, and Scandinavians settled in the Midwest. What is one reason for these patterns of settlement?
Immigrants wanted to break new ground and establish new settlements.
Immigrants wanted to be in the closest location to their native country.
Immigrants faced restrictions on which regions were open to them.
Immigrants wanted to be with others from their native country.
2. The first wave of immigrants to the United States was largely from northern and central Europe. Where did most of the second wave of immigrants come from?
southern and eastern Europe
Asia and Latin America
southern Europe and South Asia
South America and eastern Europe
3. Which group of nineteenth-century immigrants received the most efficient processing?
Europeans at Ellis Island
Asians at Angel Island
Europeans at Angel Island
Asians at Ellis Island
4. What was the nativist response to immigration?
high regard as a way to enlarge the workforce
prejudice, legislation, and commissions questioning whether it should continue
enthusiastic assimilation and encouragement for citizenship
cautious optimism that immigrants would contribute quickly
5. Which is a true statement about cities in the period between the Civil War and 1920?
Cities grew rapidly as both immigrants and native-born citizens sought higher paying jobs.
Cities grew slowly because people wanted to stay on their farms and make money.
Cities grew rapidly because people were eager to enjoy the sophisticated entertainment they offered.
Cities remained about the same at that time because people were reluctant to make changes.
6. Where did most immigrants choose to live when they entered the United States in the late 1800s or early 1900s?
on farms
in cities
in the suburbs
in the West
7. Which had the greatest effect on the growth of cities and the expansion of cities to suburbs?
transportation innovations
political changes
leadership from mayors
action by the federal government
8. Amusements that became popular in the growing cities of the late 1800s included baseball, movies, and __________.
wind surfing
dance halls
bicycle races
hockey
9. As American cities grew, they became more stratified. What does this mean?
Cities tripled in size by annexing neighboring communities.
Cities were separated by categories such as class, race, and ethnicity.
Cities confronted rising rates of crime.
More city dwellers began to live farther from their places of work.
10. How did Louis Sullivan and William Jenney change the face of American cities in the late 1800s?
They invented the electrical connections that operated streetcars.
They opened some of the first settlement houses.
They designed and built some of the early skyscrapers.
They built the Coney Island amusement parks that drew thousands.
Immigrants wanted to break new ground and establish new settlements.
Immigrants wanted to be in the closest location to their native country.
Immigrants faced restrictions on which regions were open to them.
Immigrants wanted to be with others from their native country.
2. The first wave of immigrants to the United States was largely from northern and central Europe. Where did most of the second wave of immigrants come from?
southern and eastern Europe
Asia and Latin America
southern Europe and South Asia
South America and eastern Europe
3. Which group of nineteenth-century immigrants received the most efficient processing?
Europeans at Ellis Island
Asians at Angel Island
Europeans at Angel Island
Asians at Ellis Island
4. What was the nativist response to immigration?
high regard as a way to enlarge the workforce
prejudice, legislation, and commissions questioning whether it should continue
enthusiastic assimilation and encouragement for citizenship
cautious optimism that immigrants would contribute quickly
5. Which is a true statement about cities in the period between the Civil War and 1920?
Cities grew rapidly as both immigrants and native-born citizens sought higher paying jobs.
Cities grew slowly because people wanted to stay on their farms and make money.
Cities grew rapidly because people were eager to enjoy the sophisticated entertainment they offered.
Cities remained about the same at that time because people were reluctant to make changes.
6. Where did most immigrants choose to live when they entered the United States in the late 1800s or early 1900s?
on farms
in cities
in the suburbs
in the West
7. Which had the greatest effect on the growth of cities and the expansion of cities to suburbs?
transportation innovations
political changes
leadership from mayors
action by the federal government
8. Amusements that became popular in the growing cities of the late 1800s included baseball, movies, and __________.
wind surfing
dance halls
bicycle races
hockey
9. As American cities grew, they became more stratified. What does this mean?
Cities tripled in size by annexing neighboring communities.
Cities were separated by categories such as class, race, and ethnicity.
Cities confronted rising rates of crime.
More city dwellers began to live farther from their places of work.
10. How did Louis Sullivan and William Jenney change the face of American cities in the late 1800s?
They invented the electrical connections that operated streetcars.
They opened some of the first settlement houses.
They designed and built some of the early skyscrapers.
They built the Coney Island amusement parks that drew thousands.