Chapter 4 Quiz

A  Labor unionists

B  Democrats

C  Small farmers

D  Republicans

E  Owners of manufacturing plants

A  Created an immigration agency

B  Placed new restrictions on who was allowed in the country

C  Asserted federal control over immigration

D  Resulted in the creation of Ellis Island to process immigrants

E  Is accurately represented by all of the above statements

A  The two largest groups in this wave came from southern Italy and eastern Europe

B  They mostly settled in rural areas.

C  The great majority of these immigrants arrived through Ellis Island

D  They mostly worked in low-paying jobs

E  They tended to settle in communities with others from their region

A  Established a quota system that favored northern and western European immigration

B  Voided the Chinese Exclusion Act

C  Included quotas for the “Asiatic Zone”

D  Were strongly opposed by labor unions

E  Are represented in all of the above statements

A  Ellis Island

B  Long Island

C  Angel Island

D  Staten Island

E  Harbor Island

A  It required that a person reside in the country for two years before naturalization

B  It did not allow for people of color to become citizens.

C  It defined children of any American citizen born outside the country as a citizen.

D  It excluded indentured servants.

E  It effectively excluded people of color.

A  Attempted to specifically limit the arrival of Chinese women to prevent the natural growth of the Chinese communities in the US

B  Is accurately represented by all of these

C  Limited Chinese immigration indefinitely

D  Established the Angel Island immigration station

E  Was the first, and only, federal law up to date to target a specific group of immigrants

A  Tyrus Wong-success as artist

B  Samuel Goldwyn-movie producer and Hollywood executive

C  A.P. Giannini-success in banking

D  Andrew Carnegie-success as industrialist

E  Anzia Yezierska-Hollywood writer and actress

A  Earned the respect of Americans for their religious devotion

B  Lived in tight-knit communities

C  Recreated their cultural and social institutions in New York

D  Were the only group to participate in labor unions

E  Had a significantly higher rate of female immigration than other groups in the Great Wave

A  The need for cheap labor in industrial America

B  The lack of discrimination and prejudice in the United States

C  Views of America as the land of opportunity

D  Poverty and lack of employment opportunities in their homelands

E  Religious persecution in the immigrant homelands

A  Believe that American people and traditions should take primacy over those of immigrants

B  Want to assimilate immigrants to American traditions

C  Want to return to nature

D  Live according to traditional Native American culture

E  Emphasize the assimilation of Native Americans

A  They were targets of prejudice and violence

B  Most Chinese immigrants were men

C  They came with the intention of establishing permanent communities called Chinatowns

D  Many of them worked as laborers on the railroads and in mining

E  They came mostly from the southern province of Guangdong

A  Their main goal was to keep “illegal” immigrants out of the US.

B  Both used extensive interviews to establish the legality of immigrants processed there

C  Both exemplify the growing concerns over the arrival of immigrants to America

D  They were both located off the coast of New York.

E  Both held immigrants until they could prove to have relatives in the country already.

A  American institutions are under threat by large numbers of immigrants who do no0t understand them

B  The large number of immigrant labor threatens the livelihood of Americans.

C  All of these.

D  Immigrants do not want to assimilate.

E  Immigrants come from countries whose customs are too different from our own.

A  Called for stricter requirements for naturalization

B  Won some major victories in state elections

C  Appealed to fears that immigrants would replace American workers

D  Rejected Catholicism as anti-American

E  Are represented by all of the above statements