ss test 1/14 Flashcards
How many people were crammed into steerage class on ships full of immigrants?
2000
This Amendment is known as the National Prohibition Act
18th amendment
True or false The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote.
true
Ellis Island awaited immigrants on the East Coast. What was the main immigration station for the West Coast
angel island
What is a government sponsored, organized attack on a Jewish community called?
pogrom
This Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment.
21st amendment
True or False The Majority of immigrants who came through Angel Island were Asian.
TRUE
Which class ticket would allow an immigrant to skip Ellis Island and get off right in Manhattan.
First Class
Many immigrants were attracted to the U.S. West Coast (California) because there was work on the TCR & the Gold Rush.
True
Families never were separated at Ellis Island, if one was allowed through, everyone from the family could go.
False
Religous persecution would be a —— factor
PUSH factor
Religous Freedom would be a ——- factor
Pull factor
True or False: Industrial jobs was the CHIEF pull factor for immigrants.
True
Living in severe poverty would be a ——- factor
PUSH factor
What is a ban on the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages called?
prohibition
True or False :Al Capone was a Prohibition Era Gangster out of New York.
FALSE
An advanced education system would be a —- factor
PULL factor
A safe enviornment to raise a family would be a —- factor
PULL factor
___________ drew people to cities.
Jobs
True or False :Poor people in cities lived in small apartments call tenements.
true
In what city did more than half the babies die in slum around the year 1900?
CHICAGO
True or False: Western States of Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, and Colorado gave women the right to vote before the 19th Amendment.
True
True or False: Even before building codes, most tenements had decent plumbing and fire escapes
False
The Prohibition Era saw a rise in what?
Organized Crime
Up to how many people could live in a single apartment in a tenement.
10
Jacob Riis was a photojournalist who raised awareness about what?
tenement living conditions
True or False: People living in tenements enjoyed great privacy in their apartments
False
How many immigrants came to the USA between 1865 and 1915
25 million
What was the intention behind the prohibition Era?
reduce crime
True or False: Suffrage is the right to vote
True
