American History Unit 1 Topic 2 Part 2

Subway systems were first developed to

What was the impact of railroad expansion on the steel industry?

What industry benefited the most from the Bessemer process?

How did elevated trains and subways improve urban transportation?

What is one way the city landscape changed in the beginning of the twentieth century?

In the early 1900s, which invention was most needed to help run offices and factories?

The two most importance new technologies that enables the development of the skyscraper were

What industry did the refrigerator railcar impact the most?

Jane Addams opened a settlement house in Chicago called what?

The "other half" that Jacob Riis referred to in his 1890 book "How the Other Half Lives" were the

By the 1890s, more than half of all immigrants in the United States were

European Immigrants--------Ellis Island Asian Immigrants------------ ?

Most "old" immigrants to the United States came from Western Europe, but most "new" immigrants came from

In the 1800s one of the most important pull factors for new immigrants was

What was the most common push factor for the large number of Irish immigrants who came to the United States in the 1800s?

What was the push factor that brought many European Jews to the United States beginning in the late 1800s?

Immigrants who failed a medical inspection upon arrival in the United States

At the turn of the 20th century, the majority of the working poor lived

Tenement apartments at the turn of the twentieth century were

What condition most directly contributed to the spread of disease in city tenements in the early 1900s?

Describe tenements in New York City in the early 1900s.

Immigrants tended to adjust well to America if they

Describe an enclave from the late 1800s/early 1900s.

What helped immigrants in the 1800s and 1900s retain their culture?

In the 1800s, both "old" and "new" immigrants to the United States faced hostility because of

What was the provision of the Chinese Exclusion Act that affected Chinese immigrants who were already in the United States?

In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act

What is the application of the theory of evolution and natural selection to human society and that society progressed because only the fittest survived?