Chapter Nineteen

Question 1

explain the anti-immigrant attitudes of the educated elites in america at the turn of the 19th century

Answer 1

1. they viewed ethnic and religious differences as racial characteristics and saw new immigrant groups as inferior
2. uneducated backward
3. new immigrants would never assimilate and it would ruin the united states

Question 2

neighborhoods with lawns, gardens, and trees

Answer 2

Cool green rim

Question 3

newcomers faced hostility as they stuggled to survive they they often found distinct ethnic neighborhoods

Answer 3

little italy, chinatown, and germantown

Question 4

1869 at first a secret society of workers “universal brotherhood” of all workers by 1876 membership stood at 730,000

Answer 4

the knights of labor

Question 5

riot is a death blow for the knights of labor and the 8 hour work day

Answer 5

haymarket “riot”

Question 6

domestic service became an occupation of last resort

Answer 6

resented long workday and lack of privacy

Question 7

the saloon played a central role in workers lives

Answer 7

1. political headquarters
2. employment agencies
3. union halls
4. banks

Question 8

city growth, building cities, inventions

Answer 8

electricity and steel

Question 9

political machines

Answer 9

bosses

Question 10

Cause in population increase for American cities

Answer 10

-foreign immigration (global migration)
Eased transportation
Declining costs
Difficult conditions abroad- tough economic and political conditions
American Migration

Question 11

Industrialization

Answer 11

High Earnings

Question 12

For American industrialists these immigrants were a great source of

Answer 12

Cheap labor

Question 13

Political machines exist to

Answer 13

Win elections
Reward its supporters with jobs