Author Question: Which is NOT an institution in which urban immigrants preserved the language and customs of the old ... (Read 46 times)

Garrulous · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

New urban immigrants tended to:

A) settle in cities where large numbers of their countrymen lived.
B) go wherever the best jobs could be found.
C) blend together into a melting pot.
D) stay in one neighborhood once they settled there.

Question 2

The fastest growing area of the textile industry in the later 19th century was in:

A) New England.
B) the Southern Piedmont.
C) east coast cities.
D) the Midwest.

Question 3

Central Park, the first planned public urban park in the U.S., opened in 1858 in:

A) Chicago.
B) Boston.
C) New York City.
D) Philadelphia.

Question 4

Where would members of the urban middle and working classes be most likely to meet?

A) in church
B) at a baseball game
C) at an amusement park
D) in a saloon

Question 5

Which is NOT an institution in which urban immigrants preserved the language and customs of the old country?

A) the church
B) fraternal societies
C) theater
D) public schools