Religious freedom |
Traditionally, immigrants had come to America for economic opportunity and |
Dirty, crowded, and unhealthy |
Travel accommodations for most immigrants to the United States were |
Industrial jobs |
Most new immigrants lived in cities to be close to |
Protestant |
Which of these immigrants would have been least likely to encounter prejudice? |
Steady employment |
Rural-to-urban migration was primarily motivated by |
Elevators |
Which invention made the building and use of skyscrapers feasible? |
European Protestants |
Which group of people made up the majority of immigrants to America before 1870? |
Potential Employment |
Which of these factors pulled immigrants to the United States? |
Legal standing |
At processing stations, officials met with immigrants to determine their medical condition and |
Settlement Houses |
Which of the following provided Americanization programs for new immigrants? |
Anxiety |
What feeling did Li Keng Wong experience on Angel Island? |
Hours |
Immigrants left Ellis Island within |
Weeks |
Immigrants often remained at Angel Island for |
Electricity |
The first reliable streetcars were powered by |
Water |
Most Midwestern cities were established near |
Separate functions within a city |
Zoning laws were designed primarily to |
Dark |
Even though unlit city streets were dangerous, factory workers had to travel to and from work in the |
Purchasing |
Mass culture signified a change in American life because Americans became more alike in their |
A new emphasis on acquiring goods |
The middle-class lifestyle of the Gilded Age featured |
Adverstising |
Consumption patterns were most influenced by |
More efficient |
After the Civil War, the cost of living decreased because technology made manufacturing |
Poor sanitation conditions |
one of the dangers of living in a tenement was that tenements had few windows and |
Jacob Riis |
What journalist called attention to the living conditions of tenement-dwellers? |
Cincinnati |
What city showed the most gradual increase in population between 1850 and 1890? |
Americanize new immigrants |
Urban leaders counted on schools to |
Mass transit and sanitation |
Cities addressed the problems caused by urban living because governments began to offer services such as |
Skyscrapers |
ten story or higher buildings with steel frames |
Mass Transit |
public system to move large numbers of people inexpensively |
Gilded Age |
the last decades of the nineteenth century |
Nativism |
belief that native-born white Americans are superior to newcomers |
Urbanization |
rapid growth of cities |
Rural to Urban Migration |
a person who moves from an agricultural area to a city |
William Randolph Hearst |
sensationalist publisher |
Vaudeville |
type of show that became popular in the late 19th century |
Elisha Otis |
inventor of the elevator |
Horatio Alger |
wrote inspiring novels about success in America |
Ellis Island |
important immigrant processing station |
Melting Pot |
blended nationalities that create a single culture |
Mass Culture |
similar consumer patterns across society |
U.S. History Ch. 14
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