Immigration
Urbanization and its Challenges
Politics in the City
Technology in Cities
Miscellaneous
100
Most of the immigrants coming from the Atlantic Ocean entered the United States through this port.
What is Ellis Island?
100
This was considered one of the main reasons for rapid urbanization.
What is the growth of technology and industrialization?
100
These highly organized units were eventually replaced by mayors in the city.
What are political machines?
100
To address the growing populations in cities, these were built.
What are tenements?
100
Pickpockets and thieves led to the establishment of this in New York City.
What is a police department?
200
The vast majority of immigrants came from this continent.
What is Europe?
200
This was designed to encourage immigrants to adopt American customs.
What is the Americanization Movement?
200
Political machines' primary responsibility in cities.
What is providing services to businesses and voters?
200
These inventions revolutionized travel in cities in the 19th and early 20th century.
What are underground subways, streetcars and bridges?
200
To reduce fires, these building materials were used in cities.
What are bricks (or stone) and concrete?
300
Daily Double Mexicans were compelled to come to the United States because of this act passed by the federal government.
What is the National Reclamation Act?
300
This caused immigrants to flock to large cities in the United States.
What is ethnic communities? (also acceptable: cities were cheap and convenient)
300
Increased power for political machines led to this
What is graft?
300
To prevent Cholera and other diseases, engineers developed this process to make water safer.
What is filtration and chlorination?
300
The main problems that African Americans felt after leaving southern farms and plantations.
What is segregation and discrimination?
400
Many American citizens were resentful about job opportunities given to various Asian immigrants. As a result, they urged Congress to pass this act.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
400
Many African Americans and southern farmers went to cities for this reason.
What is the growth of technology and the declining need for labor?
400
This act was passed in response to the growing problem of Patronange.
What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act?
400
This invention was designed to address the problem with fires in cities.
What is the automatic sprinkler?
400
Daily Double This movement was created to support the urban poor.
What is the Social Gospel Movement?
500
Nativists began this group, which convinced Congress to pass a bill requiring immigrants to take literacy tests.
What is the Immigration Restriction League?
500
Overall, these two problems led to the other major issues that took place in cities.
What are overcrowding and unsanitary conditions?
500
This president was assassinated after refused to allow stalwarts in his cabinet.
Who is James A. Garfield?
500
Daily Double This regulation was mandated by city planners to address the lack of ventilation in apartments.
What is air shafts?
500
These were built in slums to provide assistance to people of the area--especially immigrants.
What are Settlement Houses?
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