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The Immigrant Experience — Unit test Answers

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Which of the following statements best describes how wealthy people lived on a daily basis during the Gilded Age?

A
They lived in modest townhomes.
B
They lived in luxurious city apartments.
C
They lived in country cottages.
D
They lived in tenement buildings.
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Which of the following was an effect of the growth of the service industry in the late 1800s?

A
The number of people that worked in factories decreased.
B
The number of people that worked in factories increased.
C
The urban middle class grew.
D
The urban middle class shrank.
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How did railroads contribute to urban growth during the Second Industrial Revolution?

A
by providing the greatest number of jobs
B
by transporting raw materials and finished goods
C
by transporting materials to parks and museums
D
by providing immigrants with access to enclaves
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Between 1790 and 1900, cities in America

A
grew rapidly as people moved to urban centers.
B
shrank as rural areas became more popular.
C
shrank as people began moving to the suburbs.
D
grew slowly as they industrialized.
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Which of the following was a direct result of increased job and educational opportunities in urban areas?

A
decline of city centers
B
rise of city centers
C
increase in overcrowding
D
formation of ethnic neighborhoods
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When Jacob Riis wrote "How the Other Half Lives" in 1890, the "other half" he was referring to was the

A
captains of industry.
B
upper class.
C
working poor.
D
growing middle class.
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Which of the following best explains why US cities became segregated by culture and ethnicity in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

A
Immigrants formed communities when they were shunned elsewhere.
B
City planners set aside neighborhoods for various ethnic groups.
C
Foreign governments set up colonies in American cities.
D
Government authorities forced immigrants to live in enclaves.
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Which reason best explains why American cities grew in the late 1800s?

A
Cities were clean, peaceful places to settle.
B
Cities offered more jobs and opportunities.
C
Rural areas had become empty and abandoned.
D
Rural areas had ceased to offer employment for workers.
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Which of the following best summarizes the living and working conditions of the urban poor at the turn of the twentieth century?

A
Both living and working conditions were unsafe.
B
Both living and working conditions were safe.
C
Living conditions were unsafe, but working conditions were safe.
D
Living conditions were safe, but working conditions were unsafe.
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Tenement apartments at the beginning of the twentieth century were

A
spacious but crowded.
B
small and dangerous.
C
crowded but safe.
D
renovated and spacious.

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