Objective Language in a Speech about the Brooklyn Bridge — Unit test Answers

Most immigrants who came to the United States from the 1820s to the 1880s were from

In the 1800s, both “old” and “new” immigrants to the United States faced discrimination because of

Why did many German and Scandinavian immigrants settle in the Midwest between 1890 and 1910?

An example of a push factor would be

Which law required immigrants to be able to read and write?

Read the excerpt from "Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge" by Hon. Seth Low, Mayor of the City of Brooklyn.This Bridge is a landway over the water, connecting two cities bearing to each other relations in some respects similar. It is the function of such works to bless "both him that gives and him that takes." The development of the West has not belittled, but has enlarged New York, and Brooklyn will grow by reason of this Bridge, not at New York's expense, but to her permanent advantage. The Brooklyn of 1900 can hardly be guessed at from the city of to-day. The hand of Time is a mighty hand. To those who are privileged to live in sight of this noble structure every line of it should be eloquent with inspiration. Courage, enterprise, skill, faith, endurance--these are the qualities which have made the great Bridge, and these are the qualities which will make our city great and our people great. God grant they never may be lacking in our midst. Gentlemen of the Trustees, in accepting the Bridge at your hands, I thank you warmly in Brooklyn's name for your manifold and arduous labors.

One of the challenges John Roebling faced during the designing of the Brooklyn Bridge was

Employment opportunities that brought a large number of immigrants to urban areas in the early 1900s included jobs in

During the Second Industrial Revolution, as factories were built around train depots,

Read the excerpt from "Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge" by Hon. Seth Low, Mayor of the City of Brooklyn.Fourteen years ago a city of 400,000 people on this side of the river heard of a projected suspension bridge with incredulity. The span was so long, the height so great, and the enterprise likely to be so costly, that few thought of it as something begun in earnest. The irresistible demands of commerce enforced these hard conditions. But Science said, "It is possible," and Courage said, "It shall be!" To-day a city of 600,000 people welcomes with enthusiasm the wonderful creation of genius. Graceful, and yet majestic, it clings to the land like a thing that has taken root. Beautiful as a vision of fairyland it salutes our sight. The impression it makes upon the visitor is one of astonishment, an astonishment that grows with every visit. No one who has been upon it can ever forget it. This great structure cannot be confined to the limits of local pride. The glory of it belongs to the race. Not one shall see it and not feel prouder to be a man.

In the 1880s, Congress proposed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, several Chinatowns had violent riots that were started by

Which of the following best describes how the working poor lived during the Second Industrial Revolution?

Many immigrants who moved to American cities at the turn of the twentieth century became part of

At the turn of the twentieth century, most of the working poor lived