Immigration/Urbanization

Question 1

Push Factors

Answer 1

conditions that drive people from their homes.

Question 2

Pull Factors

Answer 2

conditions that attract immigrants to a new area.

Question 3

Ellis Island

Answer 3

New York, immigrants were mostly from Europe.

Question 4

Angel Island

Answer 4

San Francisco, California, immigrants were mostly from Asian countries.

Question 5

Nativists

Answer 5

people who wanted to limit immigration

Question 6

Chinese Exclusion Act

Answer 6

Barred Chinese laborers from entering the country. In addition, no Chinese person who left the U.S. could return.

Question 7

Urbanization

Answer 7

the movement of a population from farms to cities.

Question 8

Skyscrapers

Answer 8

tall buildings with many floors and lightweight steel frame construction.

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

Services Offered

Answer 11

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

Question 12

What were some of the push factors?

Answer 12

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

Question 13

What were some pull factors?

Answer 13

Jobs, Land, Religion, Promise of Freedom

Question 14

What were services offered in the settlement houses?

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Tenements

Answer 15

buildings divided into many tiny apartments.

Question 16

Where did immigrants live when they moved to the big city?

Answer 16

Two thirds of immigrants settled in cities near other people form the same country. Sidewalks rang with their languages , cooked foods form their country, and celebrate their holidays.

Question 17

Assimilation

Answer 17

is the process of becoming part of another culture.

Question 18

Anarchist

Answer 18

is a person who opposes all forms of government.

Question 19

Compulsory Education

Answer 19

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

Question 20

What did people learn in school?

Answer 20

The three Rs: reading, writing and arithmetic.

Question 21

Realists

Answer 21

tried to show the harsh side of life as it was.

Question 22

Mark Twain

Answer 22

most popular author of that time period.

Question 23

Why caused newspapers boom?

Answer 23

The spread of education made people be able to read more, so newspapers were sold more.

Question 24

Joseph Pulitzer

Answer 24

owned the New York World. To win readers he slashed prices and added comic strips.

Question 25

The New York World

Answer 25

featured stories about crime and political scandals.

Question 26

William Randolph Hearst

Answer 26

owned the New York Journal.

Question 27

The New York Journal

Answer 27

featured stories about crime and political scandals.

Question 28

Yellow Journalism

Answer 28

for the sensational reporting style of the World and Journal.

Question 29

Building Codes

Answer 29

set standard for construction and safety.

Question 30

Social Gospel

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Salvation Army

Answer 31

spread Christians teaching, offered food and shelter to the poor.

Question 32

Young Men’s Hebrew Association (YMHA)

Answer 32

provided social activities, encouraged good citizenship and helped Jewish families preserve their culture.

Question 33

Parochial Schools

Answer 33

church sponsored schools.

Question 34

Dime Novels

Answer 34

Low-priced paperbacks, offered thrilling adventure stories. Many stores were about the wild west.