Immigration / Urbanization Test Review

Why were skyscrapers able to be built? (2 reasons)

Immigrants were forced to live in tiny, cramped apartments called these.

What was the name given to the new class of wealthy urban dwellers?

What gave city dwellers a better opportunity to move out to the surrounding areas of the city, which were known as

suburbs?

The term that means an extreme dislike for foreigners

People of the upper class lived by a certain philosophy. What were their beliefs and what did it mean?

What did the Chinese Exclusion Act state?

Immigrant opposition was one of the reasons that caused this, which is the tendency for people to settle around others with

the same ethnicity and national decent?

What are two main reasons why “Americans” disliked immigration?

Who was the most well-known settlement house reformer?

Explain the Social Gospel

What was the name of the famous settlement house in Chicago?

Where would immigrants go through customs if they were entering the west coast after 1910?

A form of entertainment for immigrants that included acrobats, animal acts, dancers, etc. was known as what?

What was ragtime and what are its origins?

Explain the settlement house movement in detail.

How did baseball begin to break down cultural, not racial, barriers?

Who were “new” immigrants?

Why did many Irish immigrants come to America in the mid-1800’s?

Explain philanthropy and give examples from the late 1800’s & present day.

Who designed Central Park, which sparked the City Beautiful Movement?

Who were “old” immigrants?