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1 Name Date Class DIRECTIONS: Outlining Read the section and complete the outline below. Refer to your textbook to fill in the blanks. I. Europeans Flood Into America A. By the 1890s, more than half of all immigrants in the United States were from and Europe. B. Many immigrants moved to avoid forced, which in some nations could last for many years. C. Jews living in Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire came to the United States to avoid D. Most immigrants booked passage in, the cheapest accommoda"' tions on a steamship. E. How well immigrants adjusted depended partly on how quickly they learned and adapted to American II. Asian Immigration A. In the mid-1800s, the population of China was approximately B. The in China caused such death and suffering that thousands of Chinese left for the United States. C. In January 1910, California opened a barracks on to accommodate Asian immigrants. III. Nativism Resurges A. In the late 1800s, anti-immigrant feelings were largely directed against, and B. Some native-born Americans feared the influx of into the mostly Protestant United States. C. Many also opposed immigration, arguing that immigrants would work for low wages or accept work as D. The Workingman's Party of California was organized to 114

2 Name Date Class --, ,...;;.,... ;,-'<t'-. /..-,..".... '"'" a'guidd Reading tivity 6..' L'4;g:i;;:':"-;:,::':::>i.;:::X,,.:<,;:...i....:.:i.;..':'o' :;.:.:.. ;:: <...L,...:1.:::'.:'.:'':-..,;. :.:<'-i. '" --'.:. DIRECTIONS: Recalling Facts Read the section and answer the questions below. Refer to your textbook to write the answers. 1. What was the number of United States cities in 1840? What had this number grown to by 1900? 2. What did most of the immigrants in the late 1800s lack? 3. What did cities have to offer that the rural areas did not? What gave city landowners the incentive to grow upward rather than outward? 5. Who contributed to the design of skyscrapers? 6. What type of mass transit was first used in San Francisco? 7. Who was included in America's rising middle class? 8. What were the living conditions of the working class? 9. What threats were presented by city living, especially for the working poor? 10. What happened to the murder rate between 1880 and 1900? 11. What did Jacob Riis accuse of causing poverty, corruption, and suffering? 12. What was a political machine? :c 13. What was an example of outright fraud among party bosses? (.) " 14. What organization was headed by William "Boss" Tweed? G 15. What were two benefits of political machines, according to their defenders? cd 115

3 Name Date Class Guided Reading Activity 6-] J DIRECTIONS: Recording Who, What, When, Where, Why and How Read the section and answer the questions below. Refer to your textbook to write the answers. 1. Who wrote more than one hundred books expressing the idea of individualism in American society? 2. What was the catchphrase for the concept of Social Darwinism? 3. Why did Andrew Carnegie donate millions of dollars for philanthropy? 4. Who was considered to be an incomparable genius for works such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn? 5. Where could people go to find free toilets and water for their horses? 6. Why did outdoor games such as tennis and golf become popular in the late 1800s? 7. What term was used to describe government jobs that were handed out after an election victory? 8. Why was President James A. Garfield shot and killed in 1881? 9. What were the names of two opposing groups within the Republican Party over the system of patronage? 10. Who became known as the "Mugwumps"? 11. How were corporations such as Standard Oil able to negotiate rebates from the railroads? 12. What were the weaknesses of the Sherman Antitrust Act? 13. When, according to Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward, would society no longer have any crime, poverty, or politics? (") o a '"0 " ::: 14. What services were available to immigrants at a settlement house?. 15. What workplace habits did grammar schools promote to children? 116

4 Name Date Class DIRECTIONS:Filling in the Blanks In the space provided, write the word or words that best complete the sentence. Refer to your textbook to fill in the blanks. 1. Populism was a movement to increase farmers' and to work for in their interest. 2. One specific problem that greatly concerned farmers was the nation's u 3. To help finance the Union war effort, the United States issued millions of dollars in, which could not be exchanged for or coms. 4. A rapid increase in the money supply without an increase in goods for sale caused government to, which is a decline in the value of money. 5. Realizing that their problems were caused by a, many farmers concluded that had pressured Congress into reducing the money supply. 6. Some people, particularly those living in, wanted the 7. pooled farmers' crops and held them off the market in order...= to ri' c: E o.,,) 8. In Wabash v. Illinois, the Supreme Court ruled that states could not regulate 9. The exchanges had success with in Texas and in Illinois. 10. A plan by Charles Macune called for farmers to store their crops in government warehouses called 11. Populists who attended the Omaha convention called for federal ownership of and a graduated 12. Both the and the nominated William Jennings Bryan for president in William McKinley's personal reputation helped to improve the Republican Party's image with and 14. Although the Populist Party began to decline after 1896, some of the they favored did come about in later decades. 117 h

5 DIRECTIONS: Name Dare Class a Guided Reading Activity 6-5 Using Headings and Subheadings Locate each heading below in your textbook. Then use the information under the correct subheading to help you write each answer. I. Resistance and Repression A. organized a mass migration of African Americans from the rural South to B. Many African American farmers joined the when it was formed in C. Democratic leaders warned that would return the South to II. Imposing Segregation rule similar to Reconstruction. A. A movement to diminish the of African Americans gained momentum at the end of the nineteenth century. B. Two methods that Mississippi used to deny the vote to African Americans were and C. The was introduced in order to exempt whites from voting restrictions such as literacy tests. D. The statutes enforcing segregation were known as E. In 1883/ the Supreme Court ruled that private businesses-such as / and -were free to practice segregation. F. The Supreme Court's ruling in established the legal basis for discrimination in the South for more than years. III. The African American Response A. In 1895/ a book published by denounced mob violence and demanded for those accused of a crime. B. In an address known as the / Booker T. Washington urged African Americans to concentrate on preparing themselves and for full equality. C. Washington's views were challenged by / who was particularly concerned with protecting and exercising 118