1. which option describes a pull factor that influenced european immigration to the united states?
1.land scarcity
2.industrial
3.political unrest
4.religious persecution
2. what role did nativism play in federal policy?
concern for immigrants' children led to increased public education funding.
concern about living conditions led to construction of public housing.
concern about conditions in factories led to more rights for immigrant workers.
concern over cultural differences led to more restrictive immigration
3."immigrants who arrive in american cities are poor and frightened. they are to find jobs and housing. there new comers should show their gratitude at voting time."use this statement to answer the question.
who most likely would have said this?
a) political boss
b) factory owner
c) labor union
d) religious leader
4. which of the following is an example of acculturation?
speaking a blend of english and another language
living in a neighborhood with others from the same country
replacing cultural traditions with new
preferring to speak your own language over others
5. how did zoning laws to reduce the danger from pollution?
they required factories to limit their use of chemicals.
they kept factories outside of residential neighborhoods.
they relocated factories to rural areas far away from the
they established building codes to reform factory plumbing.
6.what was the effect of the bull moose party's entrance into the presidential election of 1912?
a. it split the republican vote and allowed the democrats to win.
b. it prevented any of the three parties from winning a majority of electoral votes.
c. it split the democratic vote and allowed the republicans to win.
d. it stole votes from the other parties to win the election.
7. how were muckrakers able to influence american society and ultimately inspire reform?
a. they led frequent marches and strikes.
b. they worked as government officials.
c. they contributed photographs and articles to magazines.
d. they controlled factories and labor unions.
8. which belief did presidents roosevelt, taft, and wilson share?
a. the federal government should not be involved in the free enterprise system.
b. the federal government should regulate unfair business
c. the federal government should supply jobs to the unemployed.
d. the federal government should support unions in labor disputes.
9.what led jane addams to open hull house?
a. she believed that someone needed to the clinically insane assimilate into society.
b. she believed in the urban poor, especially immigrants.
c. she believed that the public needed to know what the government was doing.
d. she believed big businesses operated under unfair practices.