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The "Old immigrants" who arrived in America during the 1800s were from? ON TEST
Northern Eroupe
Why were immigrants often forced to take low-paying industrial jobs in cities in the late 1880s?ON TEST
Immigrants lacked the skills needed to obtain higher-paying jobs.
What did the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act prevent the Chinese from doing?ON TEST
Immigrating to the United States
What is true of Chicagos population?
The largest increase occured between 1890 and 1990
Which of these contributed to the formation of mass culture in the United States in the late 1800s?
Increased number of immigrants entering the country
When did the "new immigrants" arrive in the United States?ON TEST
During the 1880s
In which industry were workplaces called "sweatshops"?
Textiles
Employers often welcomed immigrant workers because the workers?ON TEST
Were willing to work for lower pay than native-born Americans.
Chicago
What was the main advantage if the Linotype?
Reduced time and cost of printing
What can you infer from the fact that many immigrants traveled to America in steerage? ON TEST
Most of them did not have much money.
Because the transition into American culture was difficult,Many immigrant families?ON TEST
Moved into neighborhoods with people from the same country
Labor unions tended to oppose immigration because they feared immigrants would?ON TEST
Take all the jobs from native-born Americans
To what does the term mass transit refer?
A system of public transportation created to move a large number of passengers
What was one effect of mass transit on American cities?
Suburban areas became connected with the city
How frequently did immigration officials at Ellis Island reject new arrivals?
Seldom/rarley,as records show less than two percent of arrivals were not allowed into the country.
The benevolent societies of the late 1880s were associations set up by?
Immigrant groups to help one another
What was a major factor in Chicago's rapid growth?
Many railroad lines connecting the east and west coats ran through chicago
New technologies in the steel industry in the late 1800s led to increased activity in which industry in particular?
Building
Central park was designed by?
Frederick Law Olmstead
what is true about the chinese immigrants?
They were allowed to enter the country only if their fathers were U.S citizens.
Who were nativist?ON TEST
Americans who believed that too many immigrants were coming to the country
In the 1890s,African Americans moved from the rural South to northern cities in order to?
Escape discriminiation and find better ecnomic opportunities.
What was the main change brought by the steel industry to American architecture of the late 1800s?
Steel was used to build skyscrapers that needed limited city space.
How did the population boom affect mass culture?
Businesses such as newspapers were in constant competition for patrons.