U.S. II Midterm Study Guide Part 2

by 1890 the percentage of the populations of Chicago, New York, and Detroit that were made up of immigrants was roughly

80 percent

In the late nineteenth century, immigrants to urban areas in the United States

generally lacked the capital to buy land

In the early twentieth century, efforts to improve environmental problems in American cities

included a new federal environmental regulatory agency

One significant innovation of urban America in the late nineteenth century were

public parks

In the 1890s, Jacob Riis

reported on the living conditions of the urban poor to encourage improvements

In the late-nineteenth century, New York's Tammany Hal political machine

saw its most famous boss, William M. Tweed sent to prison

The primary goal of the American Protective Association was to

stop immigrants from entering the United States

Prior to its annexation by the United States in 1898, Hawaii

was largely governed by a monarchy

The American artistic movement known as the "Ashcan School"

was strongly influenced by Old World Masters

When Hawaii was annexed in 1898

American marines were used to carry out the action

The 1920 census of the United States revealed that

a majority of Americans lived in "urban" areas

At the end of the nineteenth century, most Americans views leisure time

as being desirable

Compared with the first generation, second generation, immigrants were more likely to

break from their traditional culture

Arguments used by Social Darwinists in the United States to justify expansionism

contended all nations were engaged in a constant struggle to survive

In the 1890s, the interest in American expansion overseas was motivated by

fears that domestic natural resources would soon be in limited supply