CHAPTER 16

Question 1

Most immigrants old or new came to the us for

Answer 1

Economic opportunities

Question 2

In the 1890s immigrants came from 1 and 2 European countries

Answer 2

Southern
Eastern

Question 3

1 island and 2 island were where the immigrants came to be processed and enter the us. They took 3 had 4 and took 4

Answer 3

Ellis
Angel
Health tests
Backround checks
Literacy tests

Question 4

The 1 led to widespread 2 in the government. Political 3 gained power because they provided help for the 4 and other 5 dwellers. Head of the nyc democratic political machine was 6

Answer 4

Spoils system
Corruption
Machines
Immigrants
City
Boss William tweed

Question 5

Supporters of 1 policies would refuse or at least be against 2. Reformers opposed laissez faire attitude because they felt 3 should protect society through 4

Answer 5

Laissez faire
Government land grants
Government
Regulation of business

Question 6

Anti trust laws were designed to promote 1 in business

Answer 6

Fair competition

Question 7

The interstate commerce commission and the sherman anti trust act showed that the 1 could 2 business practice

Answer 7

Federal gov
Regulate

Question 8

Rapid 1 was because of the large number of 2 segregation and 3 against African Americans in the 4 and mechanized in 5

Answer 8

Urbanization
Immigrants
Violence
South
Agriculture

Question 9

Urban life:
a.
b. Blank reflected a specific blank culture
c. Slums had blank

Answer 9

Overcrowded with poor sanitation
Ghettos
Ethnic
Fires crime and violence

Question 10

Many people migrated from 1 to 2 because farm had become mechanized and this led to 3

Answer 10

Farms
Cities
A sharp decline in the need for farm labor

Question 11

Immigrants supported 1 because they provided 2

Answer 11

Political machines
Jobs or farms

Question 12

1 wanted to 2 immigration because they thought they were the 3

Answer 12

Nativists
Limit
Major cause of urban problems

Question 13

For most of the 1800s immigration was 1 because the American economy needed 2. Industrial growth led to demand for 3 labor. Chinese immigrants first came to the us because they were recruited by the 4

Answer 13

Unristricted
Many unskilled workers
Cheap, immigrant
Railroad

Question 14

The immigration laws in the early 1900s discriminated most against the 1 because their workers accepted 2

Answer 14

Chinese
Very low wages

Question 15

1 were intact to eliminate 2 and corruption in government 3

Answer 15

Civil service exams
Patrionage
Hiring

Question 16

Recently, congress justifies raising 1 rates to protect 2

Answer 16

Tariff
Jobs of American workers

Question 17

Cartoons by John nast and books like the jungle by 1 show that arts can create 2. Many immigrants 3 because they 4

Answer 17

Upton sinclare
Demands for reform in society
Denied entry
Carried a contagious disease

Question 18

Prohibitionists was a like between 1 and 2

Answer 18

Drinking
Lower public morals