9. Why did most of the immigrants who came to America in the late 19th century settle in major cities?

Question

A) City living was spacious, clean, and far from overpopulated.
B) City living was crowded but there were plenty of recreational activities.
C) Cities were the cheapest places to live and offered unskilled laborers steady jobs.
D) People had a hard time finding work so they settled into the cities since they could not afford to move.

10. What did President Harrison designate as the official entry point for immigrants arriving to the east coast of the United States?
A) Angel Island
B) Ellis Island
C) Statue of Liberty
D) Book of Registration

11. Why did many people think that the building of the transcontinental railroads was a federal government project?
A) The states were not involved in this project.
B) Private investors were not allowed to buy stock in the railroad companies.
C) The federal government hired Irish and Chinese labor to work on the railroads.
D) Railroad construction companies were heavily subsidized with money and land grants from the federal government.

12. Choose the THREE items that CORRECTLY describe an aspect of the building of the First Transcontinental Railroad.
Responses
A) It crossed the Rocky Mountains.
B) It crossed the Appalachian Mountains.
C) Large numbers of Japanese immigrants were used in eastward construction.
D) Large number of Irish immigrants were used in construction going westward.
E) Construction was completed before the end of the Civil War.
F) The Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads met at Promontory Point, Utah, completing the project.

Answer 1

Here are the answers to your questions:

9. Why did most of the immigrants who came to America in the late 19th century settle in major cities?
C) Cities were the cheapest places to live and offered unskilled laborers steady jobs.

10. What did President Harrison designate as the official entry point for immigrants arriving to the east coast of the United States?
B) Ellis Island

11. Why did many people think that the building of the transcontinental railroads was a federal government project?
D) Railroad construction companies were heavily subsidized with money and land grants from the federal government.

12. Choose the THREE items that CORRECTLY describe an aspect of the building of the First Transcontinental Railroad.
A) It crossed the Rocky Mountains.
D) Large number of Irish immigrants were used in construction going westward.
F) The Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads met at Promontory Point, Utah, completing the project.

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