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traditionally immigrants had come to America for economic opportunity and |
religious freedom |
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rural-to-urban migration wasa primarily motivated by |
steady employment |
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which invention made the building and use of skycrapers feasible |
elevators |
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which group of people made up the majority of immigrants to America before 1870 |
European Protestants |
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which of the following provided Americanization programs for new immigrants |
settlement houses |
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which of these factors pulled immigrants to the united states |
potential employment |
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how did Ellis Island differ from Angel Island |
Immigrants left Ellis Island within hours; they often remained at Angel Island for weeks |
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zoning laws were desined primarily to |
seperate functions within a city |
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how did mass culture signify a change in American life |
Americans became more alike in their purchasing |
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consumption patterns were most influenced |
advertising |
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after the Civil War the cost of living decreased because |
technology made manufacturing more efficient |
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what ws one of the dangers of living in tenement |
tenements had few windows and poor sanitation conditions |
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urban leaders counted on schools to |
Americanize new immigrants |
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how did cities address the problems caused by urban living |
governments began to offer services such as mass transit and sanitation |
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rapid growth of cities |
urbanization |
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important immigrant processing station |
Ellis Island |
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blended nationalities that create a single culture |
"melting pot" |
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10 story or higher buildings with steel frames |
skycrapers |
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inventor of the elevator |
Elisha Otis |
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public system to move large numbers of people inexpensively |
mass transit |
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the last decades of the 19th century |
Gilded Age |
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similar consumer patterns across society |
mass culture |
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sensationalist publisher |
William Randolph Hearst |
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wrote inspriring novels about sucess in America |
Horatio Alger |
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