United States
Immigration
“Explore and Review Questions”
Page 64-65.
1. List 4 reasons for the increase in
immigration.
1. Hope for better opportunities
- (example: jobs).
2. Escaping Oppressive Governments.
3. Adventure in the United States.
4. Religious freedom.
- (example: Jews from Poland, Germany, & Russia).
Page 66-67.
2. What are the 3 reasons cities
grew and developed?
1. The rapid growth of specialized
industries that created jobs.
•
(e: Steel manufacturing in Pittsburgh).
2. Immigration mainly from Europe.
• (e: 37 million from 1820-1925).
3. Migration from rural to urban areas
due to Mechanization.
3. How did this rapid
industrialization and urbanization
negatively affect immigrants?
Overpopulation in cities brought
about crime, filth, poverty,
disease, & the creation of slum
housing known as “tenements” in
ghettoes.
4. What was the Hull
House and who founded
it?
The Hull House was “settlement
house” that provided aid to new
immigrants.
Founded by Jane Addams in 1889 in
Chicago, Illinois.
Page 72.
5.What role did the Hull House
play in helping immigrants?
It helped immigrants to “settle”
into American life by providing help
learning English, finding a job, a
safe place to live, child care, and
various services to cope with the
stress of a hard life in a new land.
6. How were the Chinese and Irish
immigrants treated during the late
1800s and early 1900s?
• Irish & Chinese were given the most
difficult jobs, low pay, long hours, &
were often turned away from jobs due
to discrimination.
• Ex: The Chinese Exclusion Act: 1883
law that kept all but 105 Chinese a
year from immigrating to the U.S.
7. Define “political
machines.”
• Corrupt, dishonest, and very
powerful politicians who did
anything to ensure their
candidates won election.
• Ex: “Boss” Tweed of New York
often accepted bribes and
kickbacks (graft) which made
him exceptionally rich.
8. How did political machines
gain power in the United States?
• Political machines gave their
supporters government jobs &
kickbacks.
• Gained the vote of new
immigrants.
•
Often used threats, tricks, or
violence to keep other candidates
from office.
9. How did advances in
transportation link
resources, products, and
services?
- Through the use and building
of hundreds of connecting
railroads across the United
States to large cities, raw
materials, & industries.
10. Why were manufacturing
areas located by centers of
population?
-Large centers of population like
New York, Boston, and Pittsburgh
provided many willing workers for
growing industries such as steel
or meat-packing during the
industrialization era.
11. Where was the textile
industry located?
Mainly in large cities in New
England .
-Ex: Boston, MA
12. Where was the
automobile industry
located?
-Detroit, Michigan
-known a “motor city”
13. Where was the
steel industry
located?
-Pittsburgh, PA
14. How did industrialization and
urbanization affect Americans
living in rural, agricultural
areas?
-Due to “mechanization,” human
labor was replaced by machines
in rural areas (farms).
-Many Americans flocked to
cities to find jobs in the growing
industries.
15. Name 2 inventions and its
inventor which created great
change and industrialized
growth in the United States.
Invention: Telephone Inventor: Bell
Invention: Light bulb Inventor: Edison
16. Why did these inventions have
such an enormous impact on the
United States?
-Light Bulb: It provided a reliable
& safe source of light allowing the
work day to be extended leading
to increased production of goods.
-Phone: Provided fast and easy
access to communication &
information over long distances.