Immigration / urbanization

Question 1

Push Factor

Answer 1

conditions that drive people away from their home

Question 2

Pull Factor

Answer 2

A condition that attract people to an area

Question 3

Nativist

Answer 3

people who want to limit immigration

Question 4

Chinese Exclusion Act

Answer 4

Barred Chinese laborers from entering the country.

Question 5

Urbanization

Answer 5

the movement of a population from farms to cities

Question 6

Skyscrapers

Answer 6

tall buildings with many floors & lightweight steel frame construction

Question 7

Ellis Island

Answer 7

New York, immigrants were mostly from europe

Question 8

Angel Island

Answer 8

San Francisco, California, immigrants were mostly from Asian Countries

Question 9

Suburbs

Answer 9

residential areas outside or near the city

Question 10

Settlement Houses

Answer 10

Community centers that offered services to the poor

Question 11

Building Codes

Answer 11

set standards for construction

Question 12

Social Gospel

Answer 12

Ministers called on their well-to-do their duty as Christians by helping society’s poor

Question 13

Salvation Army

Answer 13

spread christian teachings, offered food and shelter to the poor

Question 14

Compulsory education

Answer 14

laws that required children to attend school, up to sixth grade

Question 15

parochial schools

Answer 15

church sponsored schools

Question 16

What services did the settlement houses offer?

Answer 16

Taught classes in American government and English, gave instruction on health care. provided nurseries for children, and provided recreational activities.

Question 17

What were some of the push factors?

Answer 17

Land was scarce, Farm machines were replacing workers, political or religious persecution, political unrest

Question 18

What were some of the pull factors?

Answer 18

jobs, land, religion, promise of freedom