1. Many Jewish immigrants settled in New York City, while most Chinese settled in California, and Scandinavians settled in the Midwest. What is one reason for these patterns of settlement?
(Points: 3)
Immigrants wanted to break new ground and establish new settlements.
Immigrants wanted to be with others from their native country.
Immigrants wanted to be in the closest location to their native country.
Immigrants faced restrictions on which regions were open to them.
2. The first wave of immigrants to the United States was largely from northern and central Europe. Where did most of the second wave of immigrants come from?
(Points: 3)
Asia and Latin America
southern Europe and South Asia
southern and eastern Europe
South America and eastern Europe
3. Which group of nineteenth-century immigrants received the most efficient processing? (Points: 3)
Asians at Ellis Island
Asians at Angel Island
Europeans at Angel Island
Europeans at Ellis Island
4. What was the nativist response to immigration?
(Points: 3)
high regard as a way to enlarge the workforce
prejudice, legislation, and commissions questioning whether it should continue
enthusiastic assimilation and encouragement for citizenship
cautious optimism that immigrants would contribute quickly
5. Which is a true statement about cities in the period between the Civil War and 1920?
(Points: 3)
Cities grew rapidly as both immigrants and native-born citizens sought higher paying jobs.
Cities grew slowly because people wanted to stay on their farms and make money.
Cities grew rapidly because people were eager to enjoy the sophisticated entertainment they offered.
Cities remained about the same at that time because people were reluctant to make changes.
6. Why did many immigrants choose to live in cities as they entered the United States in the late 1800s or early 1900s?
(Points: 3)
Jobs, family, and friends were there.
Cities reminded them of home.
Their visas required them to do so.
They wanted to participate in city politics.
7. Which had the greatest effect on the growth of cities and the expansion of cities to suburbs?
(Points: 3)
political changes
leadership from mayors
action by the federal government
transportation innovations
9. Which was not an element of urban social stratification in the cities of the late 1800s?
(Points: 3)
ethnicity
race
class
gender
10. How did Louis Sullivan and William Jenney change the face of American cities in the late 1800s?
(Points: 3)
They invented the electrical connections that operated streetcars.
They opened some of the first settlement houses.
They designed and built some of the early skyscrapers.
They built the Coney Island amusement parks that drew thousands.
11. What did the construction of Central Park add to New York City?
(Points: 3)
It gave residents a meeting place to discuss social issues.
It offered immigrants a place to congregate while waiting for work.
It offered a venue for leisure and recreation within the city.
It eliminated the potential for urban pollution.
12. What was urban planner Daniel Burnham’s greatest contribution to cities?
(Points: 3)
When the exposition was over, Chicago had many new buildings that others could copy.
His building designs were more practical and popular than any others.
His Plan of Chicago offered a blueprint for the orderly growth of the city.
He developed the transportation system that brought visitors to the exposition.
13. What was Tammany Hall in New York City?
(Points: 3)
the home of the opera
a municipal building
a settlement house
the Democratic political machine
14. Who is regarded as the leader of the settlement house movement?
(Points: 3)
Jane Addams
Ellen Starr
Mary Rozet Smith
Florence Kelley
15. What American urban movement was established to assist the poor?
(Points: 3)
settlement houses
Gilded Age
city councils
people’s palaces
16. Which goal of the Populist Party led to its early popularity?
(Points: 3)
coinage of silver
political power for the upper class
laissez-faire government
system of national banks
17. How do historians generally view populism?
(Points: 3)
as a driving force in the late nineteenth century
as a failed movement that set the stage for some reforms
as the movement that saved the farmers
as the party that laid the groundwork for the ele
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its obvious not that im trying to sound like a jerk im just trying to be honest here.
yeah dude..these are just guesses…I’ll give it a try though.
1. wanted to be there with their fellow countrymen
2. southern and eastern europe (but I thought it was the irsh who was the 2nd wave)
3. europeans at ellis island.
4. predjudice
5. grew high because of jobs
6. jobs, family, friends
7. transporation
9. gender (you skipped
10. streetcars.. (no idea who those clowns are)
11. leisure and rec
12. blueprint for growth
13. democratic politcal machine (see aaron burr)
14. ellen starr (100 percent guess)
15. settlement houses
16. laissez faire govt…
17. failed movement that set stage for reforms
And I deserve to get the answers when you get graded on your take home quiz hehe
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