Social Developments: Migration and attitudes to it from 1890-1920

Question 1

What was the Atlantic Migration?

Answer 1

The mass movement of millions of Europeans to the USA

Question 2

How many Europeans came to the USA during the Atlantic Migration?

Answer 2

18 million

Question 3

What was the main belief among the European immigrants in this migration?

Answer 3

That they could get well-paying jobs

Question 4

Give an example of a city which was able to have many immigrants come into it

Answer 4

New York

Question 5

What did many immigrants deem essential for a city to be liveable for them?

Answer 5

Street Width

Question 6

What was the average street width in New York?

Answer 6

130 feet

Question 7

What fraction of New York did the Jewish Population take up?

Answer 7

1/3

Question 8

Did Naples or New York have more Jews in it by 1900?

Answer 8

New York

Question 9

What was the intention for most Jews coming to America?

Answer 9

To live there permanently

Question 10

What fraction of immigrants to the USA went back to their home countries after a while?

Answer 10

1/3

Question 11

What fraction of New Yorks population was Jewish in the 1910s?

Answer 11

1/4

Question 12

What percentage of Italian Immigrants returned to their home country and left the USA?

Answer 12

60%

Question 13

What percentage of Russian Jews returned back to their home country and left the USA?

Answer 13

3%

Question 14

What percentage of Italian Immigrants were male?

Answer 14

80%

Question 15

What percentage of Jewish Immigrants were women?

Answer 15

50%

Question 16

What fraction of Jewish men considered themselves skilled workers? Why?

Answer 16

2/3, so they were more likely to get higher-paying jobs.

Question 17

What fraction of Italian men considered themselves skilled workers?

Answer 17

1/6

Question 18

How small could some towns be in the USA in terms of population and still see benefits from Immigration?

Answer 18

Less than 5000 people living in them

Question 19

What was an electrical feature which became implemented more in streets with the help of Immigration?

Answer 19

Lightbulbs

Question 20

What percentage of houses in the USA had electricity by 1908?

Answer 20

10%

Question 21

What was the population of the USA in 1860?

Answer 21

30 million

Question 22

What was the population of the USA in 1890?

Answer 22

60 million

Question 23

What was the population of the USA in 1920?

Answer 23

100 million

Question 24

What internal migration increased heavily in the 1910s?

Answer 24

African-American Migration

Question 25

What was the first decade in the USA for there to be more people living in urban areas than rural areas?

Answer 25

1920s

Question 26

By how many times did people in the 1890s live in rural areas compared to urban areas?

Answer 26

2 times more

Question 27

Name an anti-immigration measurement passed before 1890

Answer 27

1882 Chinese Exclusion Act

Question 28

What year was the Immigration Restriction League formed?

Answer 28

1894

Question 29

Name a prominent politician that was part of the Immigration Restriction League (HCL)

Answer 29

Henry Cabot Lodge

Question 30

What nation was the 1907 Gentlemen's Agreement with?

Answer 30

Japan

Question 31

What did the 1907 Gentlemen's Agreement say in relation to Japan immigrants to the US?

Answer 31

Japan would limit immigration to the US

Question 32

What year did Theodore Roosevelt pass an immigration Act? (early 1900s)

Answer 32

1903

Question 33

What did the 1903 Immigration Act do?

Answer 33

It banned anarchists from entering the USA

Question 34

What year did Theodore Roosevelt pass an immigration act? (Later 1900s)

Answer 34

1907

Question 35

Did the 1907 Immigration Act double, triple, or quadruple head tax?

Answer 35

Doubled it

Question 36

What commission was made under the 1907 Immigration Act?

Answer 36

Dillingham Commission

Question 37

What did the Dillingham Commission say about Eastern European immigrants?

Answer 37

They were less able to assimilate into American culture

Question 38

What was head tax in relation to immigration?

Answer 38

The money immigrants paid when entering the USA

Question 39

What was the 'Red Scare'?

Answer 39

The fear of Communism spreading in the USA

Question 40

What event occurred which started the Red Scare?

Answer 40

The 1917 Russian Revolution

Question 41

What year was the first Immigration Act passed in the later 1910s?

Answer 41

1917

Question 42

How did the 1917 Immigration Act limit the entrance of immigrants?

Answer 42

It applied a literacy test for all Immigrants

Question 43

What was the situation for many Eastern Europeans affording the literacy test?

Answer 43

They could not afford it

Question 44

What did the 1918 Immigration Act do?

Answer 44

Limit immigration from Russia

Question 45

Who were Eugenics?

Answer 45

People that wanted to sterilise certain people in society

Question 46

What Darwinist theory did Eugenics base their ideas on?

Answer 46

Social Darwinism

Question 47

What did Eugenics fear about genes being passed on by poor people?

Answer 47

It would mean there would be more poor people

Question 48

What was the Melting Pot?

Answer 48

The idea that all immigrants would assimilate into American culture

Question 49

What was a city that had a very dense German-American Population?

Answer 49

Milwaukee

Question 50

How many German-American newspapers were there in Milwaukee?

Answer 50

22 newspapers

Question 51

How did immigrant communities positively impact politicians on all levels?

Answer 51

Politicians were more likely to take advantage of them so they could get elected and be corrupt

Question 52

What was a Trade Union immigrant workers in a factory would likely join?

Answer 52

American Federation of Labor

Question 53

Who was the leader of the American Federation of Labor Trade Union?

Answer 53

Samuel Gompers

Question 54

What did Samuel Gompers want for Immigrants and the AFL?

Answer 54

He encouraged them to join the Trade Union

Question 55

Why did Trade Unions oppose Chinese Immigrants?

Answer 55

Because they took work for lower wages

Question 56

Who were the 1892 and 1894 Homestead and Pullmans strike blamed on?

Answer 56

Immigrants

Question 57

What fraction of immigrants lived below the poverty line in 1900?

Answer 57

2/3