Chapter Review 509Review Questions
1.The introduction to this chapter contrasts the
appeal of cities in the late nineteenth century with
their failures and limitations. Did people move
into cities because they had no choice or because
they wanted to do so? Were their lives better or
worse in doing so?
2.What is the relationship between the rise of indus-
try and economic consolidation, described in
Chapter 17, to the rapid growth of cities described
in this chapter?
3.How did the influx of immigrants into the cities
affect relations among ethnic groups? Between
immigrants and “natives”—nonimmigrant
Americans?
4.How did the new forms of amusement and
leisure differ from those in earlier, predominantly
rural settings?
5.Which urban problems were most acute and what
different solutions were proposed by the leading
religious figures and social reformers?Social Gospel A doctrine preached by many urban
Protestant ministers during the early 1900s that
focused on improving living conditions for the
city’s poor rather than on saving souls; proponents
advocated civil service reform, child labor laws,
government regulation of big business, and a
graduated income tax, 505
tenement Four- to six-story residential apartment
house, once common in New York and certain
other cities, built on a tiny lot with little regard for
adequate ventilation or light, 497Read and Review
Chapter 18Massachusetts Bureau of
Statistics of Labor, p. 488Health Check at Ellis Island,
p. 493Looking Backward at
Immigrant Origins, p. 495Foreign-Born Population, 1890,
p. 495New York City Tenements,
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Ellis Island Immigrants, 1903,
p. 495Fox, fromConey Island
Frolics,p. 504ReadtheDocumentWatchtheVideoReinforce what you learned in this chapter by studying the many documents,
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Connections
Source: Jane Addams Memorial Collection
(JAMC neg. 20), Special Collections, The
University Library, University of Illinois
at Chicago.