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Immigration, Urbanization, and the Rise of Political Machines

Chapter 7 Review

Answer the questions below using complete sentences or following the directions were otherwise

indicated.

The New Immigrants (pgs. 274-279)

1. Read the quote above. How is the above statement a reflection of some of the nativist response to

immigration that emerged in the US during the 19th century?

2. Read the statements below. Write down the letters EI for the statements that apply to Ellis Island and AI for

the statements that apply to Angel Island.

a. ______ Located in San Francisco Bay.

b. ______ First stopping point for many European immigrants.

c. ______ Poems Carved In Silence were poems written in Chinese that were discovered there in the

1970s, decades after they had been written by those kept on the island.

d. _____ Located in New York harbor.

e. _____ Disembarkation point for many Asian immigrants.

f. _____ No longer welcomed Chinese immigrants after the passage of the 1883 Anti-Chinese Immigration

Act.

g. _____ No longer welcomed as many Japanese immigrants after the conditions of the Gentlemens

Agreement were settled.

3. Based on the graphic organizer you assembled in class, what were some of the chief motivations many

immigrants had when moving to the United States?

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...immigration not only furnishes the greater portion of our criminals, it is also seriously affecting the moof the native population. It is disease and not health which is contagious. Most foreigners bring with tcontinental ideas of the Sabbath, and the result is sadly manifest in all our cities, where it is beingtransformed from a holy day to a holiday...liquor traffic carried on by foreigners.

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4. How did US immigration policy change in the 1920s and then again in the 1960s?

The Problems of Urbanization (282-287)1. Henry Fords decision to offer classes to his workers where they would learn English and the basics of

American government was part of which movement designed to foster greater assimilation for immigrant

workers?

Answer: Henry Fords decision to offer classes to his workers to teach them English and American government

was part of the _________________________________.

3. What did a Settlement House and the Social Gospel Movement have in common?

4. Who was Jane Addams and what made her one of the most famous women in the world?

5. Define the expression Culture Shock:

6. ________________ is the massive growth of cities.

7. What were five of the main reasons why so many people chose to move to the cities of the Northeast and the

Midwest in the 19th century?

8. What is the difference between a settlement house and a tenement house?

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9. What were some of the overall differences on cities that were brought with the development of mass

transportation?

10. What is the difference between urban and rural?

The Emergence of Political Machines (288-293)

1. In your own words definepolitical machine:

2. True or False. Graft is when a corrupt politician illegally takes money from a taxpayer.

3. What was the name of New Yorks most famous Democratic Political Machine?

4. What role did Thomas Nast have in exposing the corruption of Boss Tweed and Tamanny Hall?

5. Label the pyramid to show the hierarchy of a political machine.

6. How does a Kickback work in terms of how it was used by 19th century political machines?

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City Boss Precinct Worker

Ward BossPrecinct Captain