Immigrants developed a loyalty to the city boss and political machine because of the assistance delivered by the precinct worker.TrueFalse

On election day, immigrants knew that they were expected to vote according to the instructions of the precinct worker.TrueFalse

Which of the following describes the reason so many immigrants moved into fast-growing cities?They wanted the opportunity to vote.They were looking for jobs.They were looking for health benefits.They were looking for large pieces of land.

The “blue-collar democracy” of the 1930s included all of the following EXCEPTGroup of answer choicesStrong support from second- and third-generation “new” immigrants in the Northeast and Upper MidwestRealignment of American politics in which the Democratic Party became the national majority partyThe belief held by most industrial workers that the CIO and Democratic Party represented corrupt “special interests”The Americanization of those workers who had previously been political “outsiders”

In the late 1800s, American cities had a high number of foreign-born citizens.TrueFalse

What was the purpose (or function) of the ideology of social mobility?Group of answer choicesTo prevent unskilled workers from believing they could every get ahead in lifeTo convince workers that failure to rise up the “ladder of success” was the individual’s fault.To convince immigrants that the United States was an exceptional nationTo convince Americans that automobiles were a better form of mobility than horses were