Review Questions for Immigration and
Cultural Change
Directions: Answer the following questions on separate paper
using complete sentences.
1. What is the difference between "new" and "old" immigrants? Where did
each group come from?
2. What were some "push/pull" factors that encouraged immigration?
3. How were "new" immigrants treated? What were some of the
stereotypes that existed in regard to the "new" immigrants?
4. Describe the conditions of immigrant housing in urban areas? Why were
there major health concerns among "new" immigrants?
5. What factors led to the rise of ethnic neighborhoods in large Eastern
cities?
6. How did the public education system play a role in "mixing" immigrants?
7. Describe the generational clash between the "new" immigrants and their
children.
8. Who were the Nativists? How did they seek to "close the door" on
immigration? Why did they oppose immigration?
9. What is scientific racism? How was it used to discriminate against "new"
immigrants? What are some other examples of the use of scientific racism?
10. How did sports and entertainment play a significant role in the lives of
"new" immigrants?
11. What comparisons and contrasts can be drawn from the "new"
immigrants during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the
controversies surrounding immigration today?
Review Questions for The Progressive
Movement
Directions: Answer the following questions on separate paper
using complete sentences. Attach this sheet to the front t of your
answers.
1. What was Progressivism? What was the goal of this movement?
2. How did Progressives seek to help "new" immigrants? How did their
involvement create some conflict?
3. What were Political Machines? How did these machines work? How did
Political Bosses use immigrants to further their agendas?
4. Who were the Muckrakers? What was some of their goals?
5. How did Upton Sinclair's The Jungle fit into the Progressive Movement?
6. Why was President Theodore Roosevelt (TR) called the "Trustbuster?"
Was this description accurate? How did he compare with President Taft on
the issue of trusts?
7. TR ran for election in 1912 as an independent. How did his involvement
in the election influence the outcome?
8. Despite some of the social advances of the Progressive Movement, many
African-Americans remained as second-class citizens. Explain some ways
in which this was evident.
9. Compare and contrast the views of W.E.B Dubois and Booker T.
Washington in regard to racial issues. Which of these two men had a more
realistic approach to dealing with the issue of race?
10. How did labor movements emerge during this time period?
11. Women's suffrage came to the forefront during the Progressive
Movement? What major accomplishment occurred within the women's
movement? How was some of the suffragets racist in their thinking?
12. What were some of the causes of Prohibition?