Immigration and Urbanization - SS.912.A.3.6

Asia

Africa

Mexico

Southern and Eastern Europe

Immigrants threatened the American way of Life and Democracy.

White Protestants were superior to other immigrant groups.

Immigrants stole jobs from native born Americans.

All of the above.

Thousands of people migrated to the West to escape the segregated South.

Thousands of African-Americans migrated to the South because Reconstruction had ended.

Thousands of people migrated from rural areas to Northern cities like New York, Chicago, and Pittsburgh.

The U.S. government spent millions of dollars to complete a canal system to link Northern cities to the Mississippi River.

scientists and technicians

unskilled factory workers

educated professionals

skilled craftsmen

positive; it is a holy endeavor to allow religious minorities into the US

positive; allowing immigrants to escape military service is the right thing to do

negative; European immigrants will bring their garbage lifestyles with them to the US

negative; immigrants are infesting the US and destroying our culture

The Populists were successful in preventing immigrants from buying farmland.

Rapid industrialization had created many job opportunities.

Labor unions gave financial help to immigrants willing to work in the factories.

Most immigrants had lived in cities in their native countries.

the rise of the middle class

the increase in urban population

the spread of infectious diseases

the organization of the health care system